FASTNESS THROWS WEIGHT AROUND, WINS EDDIE READ.Byline: Kevin Modesti Daily News Staff Writer Fastness, jockey 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 and trainer Jenine Sahadi must not be the turf-course Dream Team they appear to be. Only the horse looked bored Sunday. Spotting the runner-up 10 pounds, Fastness, North America's and maybe the world's best middle-distance grass specialist, won his second straight Eddie Read Handicap The Eddie Read Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and up and is raced at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the turf. The Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California hosts the $400,000, Grade I event, which is an important prep to the Breeders' , winning the $313,000 race in a time two-fifths of a second from the decade-old course record. He let Smooth Runner get within a half-length at the end of 1-1/8 miles in 1:47, giving Sahadi and Nakatani a cheap thrill. ``I got a little anxious at the end, because I think he was a little bored,'' said Sahadi, who has trained three Del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
``It's tough,'' said Nakatani, the track's leading rider, ``when they pack the weight on and spot good horses lots of weight. He worked hard and was fully extended to earn this today.'' For his fourth straight stakes victory spanning nine months, Fastness, a gray 6-year-old owned by Carol and C.N. Ray of Evergreen evergreen, term commonly used as synonymous with conifer and applied also to all those broad-leaved plants that bear green leaves throughout the year. Of the latter, most are plants of the tropics, subtropics, and other areas where the growing season is prolonged (e. Farm, carried 124 pounds, eight to 12 more than five rivals. But he went off at 2-5 and paid $2.80. Against easy fractions, he swept around Wavy Run and Gold and Steel on the second turn and went clear in mid-stretch, only to let 6-1 Smooth Runner and 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. make it respectable in the final yards. Gold and Steel was four lengths behind Smooth Runner in third, and Earl of Barking, Wavy Run and Big Sky Jim were distant. Fastness, 9 for 24 and a $1.5 million earner, matched Wickerr's back-to-back Eddie Reads in 1981-82, and might have become a three-time winner if not for a wide trip that left him a neck short of Approach the Bench in '94. In other news: Pat Valenzuela Patrick Valenzuela (born October 17, 1962 in Montrose, Colorado) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born into a racing family, his father plus three of his uncles were jockeys. continued his resurgence by riding winners Homer's House ($9.20) and Pay the Bank ($25.60). But Nakatani rode two, starting the day with Sarita Sarita ($7.40) to lead Valenzuela 15-12. |
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