HORSE RACING: FAMILIAR WINNERS AT FAIRPLEX.Byline: Daily News Martin Pedroza and Doug DOUG Dumb Old Utility Guy O'Neill finished on top - as usual - as the 67th Los Angeles County Fair The Los Angeles County Fair (also called simply the L.A. County Fair) is an annual event held in the Fairplex in Pomona, California, held every September. It is a carnival with rides, merchants, food vendors, cooking contests, and livestock. The 2007 L.A. horse-racing season at Fairplex Park ended Monday. Pedroza rode his 26th winner, far from his record total of 51 a year ago but enough to run away with the jockeys championship for the seventh year in a row, setting a new mark for the longest titles streak at Fairplex. David Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the won six consecutive titles from 1989 to 1994. O'Neill finished with 13 victories to capture the trainers' championship for the fourth year in a row, establishing a new mark for the longest trainers' title streak at the Pomona track. Three other trainers had won three consecutive titles, most recently Jerry Fanning from 1982 to 1984. Pedroza, who served a suspension for three of the last five days of the 16-day meet, finished seven wins ahead of Felipe Martinez, who was five ahead of Matt Garcia. O'Neill finished nine in front of Ted H. West, who was two in front of Jeff Mullins Jeffrey Vincent Mullins (born March 18 1942) is a retired American basketball player and coach who is best known for his playing career with the Duke Blue Devils, the Golden State Warriors of the NBA, and later as . Most of Southern California's other top-10 jockeys and trainers skip the brief meet at Fairplex Park's five- eighths-mile track. They'll be back in action when the Oak Tree season at Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
Omar Figueroa rode Tialinga ($7.20) to victory Monday in the $60,000 Bangles and Beads Stakes for fillies and mares. |
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