HORSE RACING'S BEST ON DISPLAY AT OAK TREE P. VALENZUELA COULD MAKE HIS RETURN.Byline: ART WILSON Staff Writer There will be plenty of world-class equine athletes running the next week and a half as the Oak Tree Racing Association The Oak Tree Racing Association is an American not-for-profit corporation that exists to conduct live thoroughbred horse racing in Southern California. History In 1968, the Del Mar Thoroughbred Club the operators of Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California decided to begins its 38th season today at Santa Anita. Beginning Saturday, there will be eight Breeders' Cup prep races over the first two weekends of the 26-day meeting, including four Grade I events -- the Yellow Ribbon Stakes The Yellow Ribbon Stakes is a Grade I race for thoroughbred fillies and mares aged three-years-old and upwards. It is raced during the Oak Tree Racing Association meeting at Santa Anita Park in late September / early October. , Clement L. Hirsch Turf Championship, Oak Leaf Breeders' Cup Stakes and Ancient Title Breeders' Cup Stakes. In addition, two-time Oak Tree riding champion Patrick Valenzuela, who has a long history of substance abuse, is tentatively set to return to action Thursday if he receives clearance from the California Horse Racing Board. Valenzuela has been idle since July 16, except for one winning ride aboard Becrux in the Woodbine Mile in Canada on Sept. 17. He was reportedly a patient at Las Encinas Encinas is a municipality located in the province of Segovia, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2004 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 68 inhabitants. Hospital in Pasadena, which specializes in drug and mental health cases, for about a month for personal reasons. He's since passed urine and hair follicle hair follicle n. A deep narrow pit that is formed by the tubular invagination of the epidermis and corium and encloses the root of the hair. Hair follicle tests and the CHRB CHRB California Horse Racing Board CHRB Community Housing Resource Board (Montana) CHRB Commonwealth Health Research Board was waiting for medical documents during his absence before allowing Valenzuela to ride. Arlington Million winner The Tin Man, trained by Hall of Fame conditioner Richard Mandella, will start Saturday in the Clement Hirsch in what Mandella hopes will be a tuneup for the Breeders' Cup Turf The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for three-year-olds and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. The race's current title sponsor is John Deere. on Nov. 4 at Churchill Downs. The Tin Man, an 8-year-old gelding gelding castrated male horse. who was sidelined for 14 months because of an ankle injury, returned to the races in December with an allowance victory over the Santa Anita turf course. A son of Triple Crown winner Affirmed, The Tin Man has won three of four races since, including the Grade I Arlington Million when some lamented afterward about the turtle-like pace, but Mandella would have none of it when reached by phone Tuesday. ``I might be prejudiced, but I've watched the replay of the race and you know, the favorite and the second favorite were both within a length at the quarter pole,'' Mandella said. ``They had every chance he did. It's not like he had five (lengths) on them all the way and then just held on. It wasn't a walkover. But he doesn't need me to defend his record.'' Today's marquee race is the Grade III Senator Ken Maddy Handicap The Senator Ken Maddy Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses run each year at Santa Anita Park, California, USA, during the Oak Tree Racing Association meet. The race is open to three year olds and up willing to race six and a half furlongs on the downhill turf course. , which will feature Santa Anita downhill turf specialist Cambiocorsa. art.wilson@sgvn.com (626) 962-8811, Ext. 2103 CAPTION(S): box Box: OAK TREE AT A GLANCE |
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