HORSE RACING: TIN MAN STILL HAS BIG HEART.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer ARCADIA - At the movies, the Tin Man Tin Man may refer to: In television:
Still racing at age 8, the gelding gelding castrated male horse. became one of Santa Anita's oldest stakes champions when he and jockey Victor Espinoza passed Whilly and Felipe Martinez entering the stretch to win the $150,000 San Marcos Handicap The San Marcos Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses run on grass at Santa Anita Park in January of each year. The race is open to horses, age three and up willing to race one and one-quarter miles on the turf. A Grade II event, it offers a purse of $150,000. by a length Sunday. Milk It Milk and Kent Desormeaux finished second as Whilly wilted to third in the 11-horse race over 1 1/4 miles of turf. ``Anytime you can get these old-timers to come back like this, it's great,'' Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella said of the oldest Santa Anita stakes winner since Kona Gold won the 2003 El Conejo Handicap The El Conejo Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses run each year at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to horses of either gender, four year olds and upwards, willing to race five and a half furlongs on the dirt. A Grade III event, it offers a purse of $100,000. at 9. The Tin Man, a son of Triple Crown winner Affirmed, was at his best three years ago when he lost a photo finish to barnmate Johar in the San Marcos between victories in the Grade I Clement L. Hirsch and the San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (săn l  `ĭs ōbĭs`pō), city (1990 pop. 41,958), seat of San Luis Obispo co., S Calif., near San Luis Obispo Bay; inc. 1856. . He lost seven races in a row before missing a year because of an ankle injury. After winning at the allowance level in his Dec. 28 comeback race, The Tin Man ($8.20) was the bettors' second choice to fourth-place Atlando on Sunday. The victory was his ninth in 23 races and put his earnings past $1.2 million. ``Imagine how good he's going to be at 10,'' Mandella said. --DL: Trainer Richard Schosberg thought Attila's Storm didn't seem to be ``at his best'' when the betting favorite finished a close third to Major Success in Saturday's Palos Verdes Handicap The Palos Verdes Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses held at Santa Anita Park, USA, each year. The race is open to horses, age three and up, willing to race six furlongs on the dirt. It carries a purse of $150,000. . Schosberg found out why Sunday. The sprinter came out of the race with a condylar con·dy·lar adj. Relating to a condyle. condylar (kän´dilur), adj pertaining to the mandibular condyle. condylar axis, n See axis, condylar. fracture in his left hind leg and is scheduled for an operation today in Buellton. Schosberg was optimistic the 4-year-old will compete again. --Entry time: Lineups will be set today for Saturday's Sunshine Millions, the event for California- and Florida-breds that features four stakes at Santa Anita and four at Gulfstream Park. --Envelope, please: The Eclipse Awards will be named tonight in Beverly Hills. The Horse of the Year is expected to be Saint Liam or Afleet Alex. Kevin Modesti, (818) 713-3616 heymodesti(at)aol.com |
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