FLAGBIRD HASN'T BEEN LUCKY LADY : SHE TOPS FIELD FOR DEL MAR'S PALOMAR 'CAP.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Flagbird will hope for better luck when she heads a field of eight fillies and mares in the $125,000 Palomar Handicap on the Del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
In her latest race, the Beverly D Handicap at Arlington International, Flagbird's saddle slipped and jockey Eddie Delahoussaye Edward J. Delahoussaye (born September 21 1951) was an American thoroughbred jockey from New Iberia, Louisiana. He began his career in 1968 and in ten short years became the top American jockey with 384 wins. had to pull her up early. That was the fifth Grade I race without a victory for the 5-year-old daughter of Nureyev who came to the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. with trainer Jeremy Noseda Jeremy Noseda (born September 17, 1963) is a British racehorse trainer. After six years working for John Dunlop, and five years as assistant to John Gosden, he joined Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphin operation in late 1993, and played a significant role in training such horses as last fall. The 1 1/16-mile Palomar is a Grade II race. Flagbird, who will be ridden by Corey Black, was assigned 118 pounds, two to eight pounds more than her opponents. Delahoussaye takes Smolensk, who carries 116, as does Yearly Tour. Half the field is coming out of a victory: Real Connection, who won the Osunitas Handicap by a head at this distance for trainer Mel Stute; Slewvera, who won an allowance race for Dare and Go owners La Presle Farm; Inscrutable Dancer, who won an allowance for Bobby Frankel; and Wheatly Special, who won the minor Sandy Blue Handicap. Let's rock: Seven retired jockeys are ready, or so they say, to ride in Del Mar's annual Rocking Chair Derby exhibition - that means no betting - today. Bill Harmatz, Jack Leonard, Danny Velasquez, Alex Maese, Ray York, Rudy Campas and Frank Olivares will be aboard maiden-claiming horses going 5-1/2 furlongs. Harmatz, who retired in 1971, is the oldest at 65. York won last year. More Soup? Defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del título defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Alphabet Soup was one of five horses entered Friday morning for Sunday's $200,000 Del Mar Breeders' Cup The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I thoroughbred horse races operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982 by a consortium of North American racing organizations, led by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. Handicap, a mile turf race. Alphabet Soup stretches out after sprinting to victory in the Pat O'Brien last month. He was assigned 120 pounds, two more than Savinio and Dramatic Gold and seven more than Cezind and Powerful Punch. Belmont opens: Patsyprospect took the lead entering the stretch and went on to a 3-1/4-length victory in the $54,700 MacArthur Handicap on opening day of Belmont Park's 33-day fall season. Carrying 119 pounds and ridden by Jerry Bailey, the 5-year-old horse covered 7 furlongs on the fast track in 1:22. Richmond Runner, the favorite in the seven-horse field, was runner-up, a length ahead of Polished Apple. The winner returned $7.40. The Belmont meet will be highlighted by a pair of multi-stakes weekends that include the $500,000 Woodward Stakes on Sept. 14 and the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup The Jockey Club Gold Cup, established in 1919, is a prestigious thoroughbred flat race open to horses of either gender three-years-old and up. It is typically the main event of the fall meeting at Belmont Park, just as the Belmont Stakes is of the spring meeting and the Travers on Oct. 5. Cigar may run in both races. Nakatani sits: Corey Nakatani decided not to appeal a five-day suspension that runs through the end of the Del Mar meet on Wednesday, meaning his lead in the jockey standings is in jeopardy. The suspension was handed down after Nakatani's mount, Invictus, was disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. in the fifth race Aug. 29. Nakatani at first indicated he would appeal. Going into Friday's races, Nakatani had 40 victories for the season, which puts him four ahead of Alex Solis, five ahead of Pat Valenzuela, and six ahead of Chris McCarron. Megan goes north: Megan's Interco, who could be headed to the Breeders' Cup Mile now that stablemate Noun 1. stablemate - a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person stable companion Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times Fastness has been retired with an injury, will face three horses in the $100,000 San Francisco Handicap today at Bay Meadows. The 7-year-old gelding gelding castrated male horse. , trained by Jenine Sahadi, will bid for his fourth straight victory, a streak that started with the California Cup Mile The California Cup Mile is an American thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during its Oak Tree Racing Association meet in the fall of the year. last November. Nakatani is scheduled to ride Megan's Interco. The race is designated as exempt from suspensions. Ranger, Time Star and Petit Poucet round out the small field for the 1 1/16-mile turf race. Each carries five to nine pounds less than Megan's Interco's 121. Time Star will carry jockey Russell Baze, who is the only jockey to win 400 races four consecutive years and is on pace to top the 400-victory mark again. He began the racing week with 286 victories in 1996. |
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