HISTORY HAS FEW OPTIONS IN CLASSIC 3 OF 4 ENTRIES CAN MAKE MARK WITH VICTORY TODAY.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer DEL MAR Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
Medaglia d'Oro has only three challengers - Candy Ride, Milwaukee Brew and Fleetstreet Dancer - and Del Mar's marquee race is left with its smallest field in 13 runnings after injured Kudos was withdrawn Friday morning. But barring a shocker shock·er n. One that startles, shocks, or horrifies, as a sensational story or novel. Noun 1. shocker - a shockingly bad person bad person - a person who does harm to others 2. by nonstakes-winner Fleetstreet Dancer, the result of the 1 1/4-mile race for 3-year-olds and up is bound to be history-making. Medaglia d'Oro, the nation's richest active thoroughbred with $3,254,720 in purses after seven victories in 13 career starts, can get a leg up in his coast-to-coast battle with Mineshaft mine·shaft n. A vertical or sloping passageway made in the earth for finding or mining ore and ventilating underground excavations. Noun 1. for top older-horse honors this season. The 4-year-old is undefeated in 2003 after winning the Strub Stakes and Oaklawn and Whitney handicaps, the last after a nearly four-month layoff forced by a stall-accident hoof hoof, horny epidermal casing at the end of the digits of an ungulate (hoofed) mammal. In the even-toed ungulates, such as swine, deer, and cattle, the hoof is cloven; in the odd-toed ungulates, such as the horse and the rhinoceros, it is solid. injury. ``He fought off a challenge from a very, very good horse,'' Medaglia d'Oro jockey Jerry Bailey said of the one-length Whitney victory over Breeders' Cup Classic The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and older run at a distance of 1¼ miles (2012 m) on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. winner Volponi. ``And he's come back to work really well since then. So I'd have to say he's stepping forward. I would expect a very big race this weekend.'' For Bailey, a victory would be his first in the Pacific Classic. In his only previous attempt, he and Cigar finished second to Dare and Go in 1996, snapping Cigar's winning streak at a record-tying 16. For Bobby Frankel, trainer of both Medaglia d'Oro and Milwaukee Brew, a victory would be his seventh in the Pacific Classic, extending a dominance unprecedented in major California races. A 1-2 finish would be the third for Frankel, who swept exactas in 1992 (Missionary Ridge-Defensive Play) and 1993 (Bertrando-Missionary Ridge). The would-be upsetters can make marks themselves. Candy Ride can cap a journey from Argentina to the top of the Southern California handicap division by winning. The 4-year-old is unbeaten in five starts, three in his native country before he was imported by Sidney Craig and his diet-diva wife Jenny last winter. This will be his first start at 1 1/4 miles, after a progression from 1 1/16 in his allowance-level U.S. debut to 1 1/8 on turf in Hollywood Park's American Handicap. Like Medaglia d'Oro, Candy Ride has Hall of Famers in charge. Julie Krone, replacing injured Gary Stevens, tries to make the Pacific Classic the biggest race to be won by a woman jockey west of New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , where Krone rode Colonial Affair to victory in the 1993 Belmont Stakes. Ron McAnally, who has won virtually every other major race in the state, is trying to end a surprising futility in the Pacific Classic, in which none of his eight starters has finished better than fourth. Meanwhile, Milwaukee Brew - easily overlooked as Frankel's other horse today - can at age 6 force fans to recognize him as one of the circuit's most accomplished major-race runners of recent years by adding the Pacific Classic to his back-to-back Santa Anita Handicap The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in the late winter at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses three years old and up, and is considered the most important race for older horses in North America during victories. It's a watchable watch·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of being watched; viewable: watchable wildlife. 2. Good enough to watch: "The fastest modem ... race. Whether it's bettable is another question. The short field means there will be no show betting and no trifecta tri·fec·ta n. A system of betting in which the bettor must pick the first three winners in the correct sequence. Also called triple. [tri- + (per)fecta.] . The Pacific Classic will be run as the afternoon's fifth race, before the start of the pick-six for which Del Mar guarantees a $1 million pool. Kevin Modesti, (818) 713-3616 kevin.modesti(at)dailynews.com. $1 MILLION PACIFIC CLASSIC When: 2:45 p.m., fifth race on 11-race Del Mar program beginning at 12:30 p.m. TV: ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network coverage starts at 2 p.m. Odds: Medaglia d'Oro is even-money favorite on morning line, Candy Ride 7-5, Milwaukee Brew 5-2, Fleetstreet Dancer 20-1. Kudos has been scratched. Stakes record: Bertrando's 1:59 2/5 for 1 1/4 miles was set in 1993 and equaled by Tinners Way in 1994. Del Mar info: (858) 755-1141, www.delmarracing.com CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: Candy Ride, pictured, is unbeaten in five starts, and trainer Ron McAnally is looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. his first Pacific Classic victory. Benoit Photo/Associated Press Box: $1 MILLION PACIFIC CLASSIC (see text) |
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