HORSE RACING: GIACOMO CAPTURES SAN DIEGO 'CAP.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Giacomo won for the first time since last year's 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. on Saturday, beating Preachinatthebar by a head in the $300,000 San Diego Handicap The San Diego Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. The race carries a purse of 300,000. at Del Mar. Ridden by Mike Smith, the 4-year-old colt covered 1 1/16 miles in 1 minute, 42:15seconds and paid $11.60, $5 and $3.40. Preachinatthebar returned $5.60 and $3.40. Giacomo has raced only fourtimes since the 2005 Kentucky Derby, most recently finishing fifth in 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 . The $180,000 winning purse boosted Giacomo's career earnings to $2.2 million. ``I was hoping he could still throw his race -- and he did,'' Smith said. ``I flashed back on the (Kentucky) Derby when he made that (stretch) move.'' Trainer John Shirreffs said Giacomo's next race could be the $1 million Pacific Classic on Aug. 20 at Del Mar. Dancing Edie prevailed in a close four-horse finish to win the Grade I $400,000 John C. Mabee Handicap The John C. Mabee Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race contested each summer at the Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The race, known as the Ramona Handicap through 2001, is an important prep race for the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. . Dancing Edie, ridden by Cory Nakatani, covered 1 1/8 miles over the turf in 1:48:26 and paid $10, $5.80 and $4. Moscow Burning, a nose behind the winner, paid $6.60 and $4.40, while Island Fashion returned $5.20 to show. Jockey Patrick Valenzuela, who missed the first four days of the Del Mar meet with a back problem, will need surgery and could be out four to eight weeks, agent Tom Knust told the Daily Racing Form The Daily Racing Form, LLC (DRF) is a broadsheet newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois by Frank Brunell. The paper publishes the past performances of race horses as a statistical service for bettors on horse racing in the United States. . Also: Rainy weather forced officials to take the extreme factor out of two events at Calder Race Course Calder Race Course is a horse racetrack in Miami Gardens, Florida in the United States. History In the mid-1960's, real estate developer Stephen A. Calder envisioned summertime racing in Florida; in 1965, on the advice of Mr. in Miami Gardens, Fla. Two races that were to have run simultaneously in the ``World's Fastest Daily Double'' were conducted separately, and the $50,000 King George's Wrong Way Stakes was held in the usual counterclockwise direction. ... Wonder Lady AnneL opened a huge lead in the stretch and held off a rally from Pine Island to win the $300,000 Coaching Club American Oaks The Coaching Club American Oaks is a race for thoroughbred three-year old fillies run at a mile and a quarter on the Belmont Park dirt. The race is the second leg of the Triple Tiara of Thoroughbred Racing. A Grade I stakes, beginning in 2005, it offers a purse of $300,000. for 3-year-old fillies on closing day at Belmont Park. |
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