HOLLYWOOD PARK: MCCARRON TO RETIRE.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services 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. , one of California and the nation's leading jockeys since the 1970s, has called a news conference before today's races at Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
McCarron, 47, is expected to compete through the next week, perhaps with the intent of bowing out by riding Santa Anita Derby The Santa Anita Derby is an American Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run each April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California and carries a purse of $750,000. winner Came Home in the Affirmed Handicap on June 23. He is scheduled for stakes mounts today aboard Ile de France in the Hollywood Oaks and Bosque Redondo in The Californian. McCarron, elected to the Racing Hall of Fame in 1989, began 2002 as North America's all-time earnings leader with $260 million in purses. He had ridden 7,137 winners through Wednesday and is one of seven men with 7,000. He rode Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. winners Alysheba (1987) and Go for Gin Go for Gin (foaled 1991 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred racehorse most well known as the winner of the 1994 Kentucky Derby. He was sired by Cormorant out of the dam Never Knock. (1994) and was the regular rider for horses of the year John Henry (1984), Alysheba (1988) and Tiznow (2000). McCarron, a Massachusetts native who began his career in Maryland in 1974, moved to the Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, circuit in 1978 and has won 25 riding titles at Hollywood Park, Santa Anita and Del Mar. He and his wife, Judy, who have three daughters, live in Sierra Madre. - Kevin Modesti --Hollywood Park preview: Milwaukee Brew, surprise winner of the 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 while making his last start in March, will carry high weight of 122 pounds as he returns to the races today in the $500,000 Californian at Hollywood Park. Milwaukee Brew will try to become the fifth Big 'Cap champion to win The Californian, the final major local prep for the $750,000 Hollywood Gold Cup The Hollywood Gold Cup is a Grade I stakes race for thoroughbred horses inaugurated in 1938 at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. It was run as a handicap race until 1997 when it was switched to weight-for-age conditions. on July 14. The last Big 'Cap winner to capture the 1 1/8-mile Californian was Spectacular Bid in 1980. Since then, five Big 'Cap winners have run in The Californian. Mr Purple, the most recent, finished third in 1996. The lineup for the Californian, which runs as the ninth race on the 10-race card: Investor's Dream, Gary Stevens up, 116 pounds; Milwaukee Brew; Reba's Gold, Eddie Delahoussaye, 116; Lethal Instrument, Victor Espinoza, 116; Bonus Pay Day, Kevin Krigger, 116; Bosque Redondo, Chris McCarron, 118; Redattore, Alex Solis ,120; Pie N Burger, Laffit Pincay Jr., 116, and Momentum, Garrett Gomez, 118. Frankel, just $1,700 behind Bob Baffert in the national standings with $5.7 million, also has a strong hand in the $350,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap The Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Hollywood Park Racetrack. Until 1999 it was named the Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap, often just referred to as the Hollywood Invitational Handicap. as the card features a Guaranteed $1-million Pick Six and three graded stakes worth more than $1.1 million. Skipping, winner of the Jim Murray Memorial Handicap last month, will head the Frankel contingent and is the 7-2 morning-line favorite in the Grade I event. --The Whittingham field: Cagney, Mike Smith, 115; Continental Red, Patrick Valenzuela, 117; Spinelessjellyfish, Goncalino Almeida, 114; Startac, Stevens, 117; Skipping, Desormeaux, 117; Sarafan, Espinoza, 118; Ringaskiddy, Delahoussaye, 118; Denon, Gomez, 116; Kappa King, Solis, 113, and Night Patrol, Jose Valdivia Jr., 113. Adoration, winner of the Senorita here May 4, is the 5-2 choice in the Grade II Hollywood Breeders Cup Oaks for 3-year-old fillies. The field: Ile De France, McCarron, 113; Sister Girl Blues, Valdivia Jr., 113; Runaway Pro, Valenzuela, 113; Saint Bernadette, Solis, 113; Ladylore, Pincay Jr., 119; Respectful, Desormeaux, 113; Super High, Espinoza, 117, and Adoration, Gomez, 115. |
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