DONNA VIOLA MAKES RIGHT MOVES.Byline: Kevin Modesti Daily News Staff Writer Donna Viola took the trans-Atlantic route to victory in the $600,000 Yellow Ribbon Stakes The Yellow Ribbon Stakes is a Grade I race for thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three-years-old and upwards. It is raced during the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting at Santa Anita Park in late September / early October. at Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
Donna Viola, a 9-1 shot ridden by Gary Stevens
While that was happening, Corey Nakatani ''' Corey S. Nakatani (born October 21, 1970 in Covina, California, United States) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. As of 2006, Nakatani has won more than 3000 races including the Kentucky Oaks twice, the Canadian International Stakes, the Dubai Golden was trying to find room for Wandesta along the rail after letting her drop back to eighth and last on the backstretch back·stretch n. The part of an oval racecourse farthest from the spectators and opposite the homestretch. . But the traffic never cleared and they finished fifth, behind Admise and a nose ahead of defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Alpride. A few minutes later, a Santa Anita publicist caught up with Wandesta trainer Bobby Frankel in the box seats. Publicist: ``Bobby, hate to get you at a time like this . . .'' Bobby: ``Then don't get me.'' Nakatani, object of Frankel's suppressed anger, said he had a sore left elbow and shouldn't have been trying to ride. But he also took the blame for the 9-10 favorite's worst finish since her sixth in the '95 Yellow Ribbon. ``Hopefully, next time in the Matriarch (Dec. 1 at Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
Nakatani skipped the rest of his scheduled mounts to have the elbow X-rayed. Stevens, meanwhile, had a huge day, winning the Yellow Ribbon for the first time, and four other races. He made the right move in staying close to a slow early pace with Donna Viola, an English-bred daughter of Be My Chief who was racing for the first time since winning the Matron in Ireland and the Prix de l'Opera The Prix de l'Opéra is a Group 1 flat horse race in France for three-year-old and above thoroughbred fillies and mares. It is run over a distance of 2,000 metres (approximately 1 mile 2 furlongs) at Longchamp Racecourse during the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe meeting in early October. stakes in France. The 4-year-old filly's new owner, Gary Tanaka, said he bought her last month for something less than $1 million. Foreign-bred horses have won nine of the 20 Yellow Ribbons and the past three. Alpride ('95) was bred in Ireland, Aube Indienne ('94) in France. Trained by Christian Wall for her first 26 races - this was her ninth victory - Donna Viola will stay here with Ben Cecil. ``That's going to be tough to follow,'' Cecil said. Donna Viola's clocking on a firm turf course was 2:00 3/5, three seconds off the Yellow Ribbon record set by Brown Bess in '89. She paid $21.80. The Oak Tree meet ends today. Alex Solis has ridden 35 winners in 26 days and will continue the titles streak that began at Hollywood Park and Del Mar. Trainer Mike Mitchell has 13 winners and will take his second Oak Tree title; the first was in 1983. Hollywood Park opens its winter meet Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. |
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