HORSE RACING: KING'S DRAMA TAKES SAN GABRIEL 'CAP.Byline: Staff and Wire Services King's Drama beat Railroad by a half-length Sunday in the $150,000 San Gabriel Handicap The San Gabriel Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California each year. The race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt and offers a purse of $150,000. at Santa Anita. Ridden by 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 , King's Drama chased Railroad most of the way and made a late surge to hold on as the 9-10 wagering favorite. King's Drama covered 1 1/8 miles on the turf course in 1minute, 48.53 seconds and paid $3.80, $2.80 and $2.20. Railroad returned $8.20 and $5, and Hendrix paid $2.40 to show. The victory, worth $90,000, increased King's Drama's career earnings to $1,157,916, with 10 wins in 30 starts. Hall of Fame trainer Bobby Frankel saddled the winner, his third stakes win in five days. ``This horse tries hard and he's a gelding gelding castrated male horse. , so he's going to be around a long time, as long as I take good care of him,'' Frankel said. In the co-featured $83,150 Blue Norther Stakes for 2-year-old fillies, Valbenny rallied to beat Courtwood by a length. Santa Anita concludes an extended holiday weekend of racing today with a nine-race program featuring a pair of Grade III events, the Monrovia and El Conejo handicaps. Naughty victory: Naughty New Yorker capped a very successful year with a 2 3/4-length victory in the $68,420 Alex Robb Handicap at Aqueduct. The 4-year-old won four races in 2006 -- all stakes. Three came in races like the Alex Robb, restricted to 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 breds. His other victory was the Big A's Red Smith Handicap The Red Smith Handicap is a turf race for thoroughbred horses open to three-year-olds and up and set at a distance of one and three-eighths miles. Run at Belmont Park on Long Island, New York, it is a Grade II event and offers a purse of $150,000. last month. Naughty New Yorker's bankroll bank·roll n. 1. A roll of paper money. 2. Informal One's ready cash. tr.v. bank·rolled, bank·roll·ing, bank·rolls Informal for the year was $253,513. |
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