HORSE RACING: MILLIONS WILL BE RUN SATURDAY.Byline: Staff and Wire Services ARCADIA -- Lava Man, Bordonaro and Sweetnorthernsaint, all trying to bounce back from defeats, are among the crowds of horses entered in the fifth annual Sunshine Millions races Saturday at Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park. The Sunshine Millions offers a total of $3.6 million in purses for eight races, restricted to California- and Florida-bred horses, split between the Magna Entertainment-owned tracks in Arcadia and Hallandale Beach, Fla. Not counting the ``also-eligible'' horses in the six oversubscribed Refers to connecting more users to a system than can be fully supported if all of them were using it at the same time. Networks and servers are almost always designed with some amount of oversubscription, counting on the fact that everybody does not need the service simultaneously. races, up to 88 horses could compete. The vast majority of them are Florida-breds, which is usual in the event that ostensibly is a battle for regional bragging rights. Sweetnorthernsaint heads the 14 entrants (12 of whom will run) in the $1 million Sunshine Millions Classic The Sunshine Millions Classic is a race for thoroughbred horses held in January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California or at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Half the eight races of the Sunshine Millions are run at one track and half at the other. , scheduled to cap the card at 2:45 p.m. PDT at Gulfstream. Since finishing seventh behind Barbaro as the lukewarm favorite in the Kentucky Derby, the 4-year-old Florida-bred had won twice in a row before finishing third to Chatain at 6-5 in the Hall's Hope Handicap at Gulfstream last time out. Traveling from California to run in the Classic are Del Mar Derby The Del Mar Derby is an American thoroughbred horse race run each year at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The race is open to horses of either gender, age three, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the turf. winner Get Funky (Jose Valdivia Jr. riding), 2005 California Cup Classic The California Cup Classic is an American thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during its Oak Tree Racing Association meet in the fall of the year. winner McCann's Mojave (Frank Alvarado), 2006 Cal Cup Classic winner Texcess (Garrett Gomez) and San Pasqual Handicap The San Pasqual Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Santa Anita Park each year. The race is open to horses age three and up willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. It offers a purse of $150,000. Winners
Lava Man, whose victory in the 2006 Classic opened the Cal-bred's sensational season, will stay at Santa Anita this time to run in the $500,000 Sunshine Millions Turf The Sunshine Millions Turf is a race for thoroughbred horses held in January at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California or at Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Half the eight races of the Sunshine Millions are run at one track and half at the other. . Lava Man (Corey Nakatani) heads 13 entrants (12 can run) in his first start since finishing seventh to Invasor in the Breeders' Cup Classic The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and older run at a distance of 1ΒΌ miles (2012 m) on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. . Trainer Doug O'Neill has indicated Lava Man might race more on turf than he did in '06, when he won the Khaled Stakes and the Grade I Whittingham on the Hollywood Park grass. ``In an ideal world, he'd have the same campaign as last year,'' O'Neill said. ``The only zigzag might be a priority for grass races, but that said, we still hold the dream of having him win 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 Hollywood Gold Cup and the Pacific Classic, as he did last year.'' Bordonaro (Richard Migliore), among nine horses entered in the $300,000 Sunshine Millions Sprint at Santa Anita, races for the first time since the Cal-bred's championship chances were dashed with a fourth-place finish behind Thor's Echo in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. The racing week at Santa Anita begins today with a double carryover of $723,744 in the pick-six. |
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