EVEN FIELD OF EIGHT IN THIRTY SLEWS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. An evenly-matched field of eight sprinters will go postward in Sunday's $100,000-added Thirty Slew's Handicap at Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
The Thirty Slews, carded at 5-1/2 furlongs on the turf course, was responsible for a world record last year as Darley Stud's Pembroke won the race in 1:00 2/5. Cyrano Storme finished third in that race and is back for another crack this year. The 6-year-old son of Cyrano de Bergerac Cy·ra·no de Ber·ge·rac , Savinien de 1619-1655. French satirist and duelist whose works include the spirited drama The Pedant Imitated (1654). has won only five of 29 starts, but he's two-for-five at Hollywood Park and won the Grade III Hollywood Turf Express here last November. Cyrano Storme, who carries highweight of 119 pounds, is owned by Bob and Beverly Lewis, trained by Jean-Pierre Dupuis and ridden by Rene Douglas. Boulderdash Bay, a 6-year-old New Mexico-bred, comes from humble beginnings Humble Beginnings was an American pop punk band from New Jersey. While never gaining large-scale success, many of the band's members went on to mainstream success with other outfits. but has thrived since being shipped to California to run on turf. The son of Spotter Bay has won three of his last four starts, all crosstown on Santa Anita's hillside turf course. Jockey Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron (b. March 27 1955, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame retired jockey. He was introduced to the sport of thoroughbred racing by his older brother, jockey Gregg McCarron. and trainer Bob Baffert Bob Baffert (born January 13, 1953 in Nogales, Arizona) is an American horse owner and trainer. He graduated from the University of Arizona's Racetrack Management Program with a Bachelor of Science degree. , who were scheduled to team up with Cavonnier in Saturday's Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course Pimlico Race Course is a horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. Pimlico officially opened in the fall of 1870, with the colt Preakness winning the first running of the Dinner Party Stakes. in Baltimore, were also scheduled to combine forces with Boulderdash Bay in the Thirty Slews. Concept Win, a multiple graded stakes winner trained by W.L. Proctor, possesses good speed and comes off a victory in the Grade III Count Fleet Sprint Handicap at Oaklawn Park. Other contenders include Score Quick, a winner of seven races and over $400,000 in 1995; Gundaghia, a tough 9-year-old who has won 19 races and $800,055; Comininalittlehot, a recent $80,000 claim by trainer Mike Mitchell, and High Charger, an improving Irish-bred conditioned by Hall of Famer Bobby Frankel. The field from the rail out with jockeys and weights: High Charger, Alex Solis, 113; Daggett Peak, Martin Pedroza, 115; Score Quick, Kent Desormeaux, 115; Gundaghia, Chris Antley, 114; Boulderdash Bay, Chris McCarron, 118; Comininalittlehot, Corey Nakatani, 117; Concept Win, Gary Stevens, 118, and Cyrano Storme, Rene Douglas, 119. First post time is 1 p.m. |
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