HORSE RACING : `LONG SHOT' MAKES A SPLASH.Byline: Daily News The heavy rain early Sunday drove 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. winner Alphabet Soup and nearly 30 other horses out of the Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
With Alphabet Soup scratched from the $198,200 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
The 7-year-old gelding gelding castrated male horse. paid $11.40 as the ``long shot'' in the race, which was reduced to four horses when Alphabet Soup, Dramatic Gold and Marlin were withdrawn earlier in the day. Savinio finished second, nine lengths in front of Eltish, and pacesetter Paying Dues was last. Savinio banked $40,000 and became the first $1 million earner trained by Walter Greenman. Kingdom Found, a son of The Bart who is owned by the Dilbeck Family Trust, had tried sprints, routes, dirt, turf and various levels of competition but never a wet track in a career that now covers 29 races and 11 victories. But he was always close to the lead Sunday and got the lead from Savinio after Paying Dues gave up in midstretch. He was clocked in 1:40.74 on a sloppy, sealed track. Ancient Title set the San Pasqual record, 1:40 1/5, in 1978. ``I never had a chance to work him on an off track, so I really didn't know if he'd handle it,'' said Rafael Becerra, the former Gary Jones Gary Jones is the name of:
Becerra said he plans to run Kingdom Found in the Feb. 2 San Antonio Handicap The San Antonio 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-eighth miles on the dirt. The Grade II event offers a purse of $250,000. Round Table won this race in 1958. , next in the series that leads to the March 2 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 . Alphabet Soup's withdrawal was unusual, given his 2-for-2 record on wet tracks. Trainer David Hofmans apparently didn't want to risk the West Coast's leading older horse on a hard track. Said Stevens, who rode three winners: ``You worry about it (the track), as hard as it is. An old horse like this (Kingdom Found), sometimes they will protect themselves. But he was reaching out over the track, and he was comfortable with it.'' In all, 29 horses were scratched Sunday from the nine races, on top of the eight that were scratched overnight. In Florida: Mecke, last year's Arlington Million winner, stayed close to a slow pace and won the $75,000 Mac Diarmida Handicap at Gulfstream Park with Jerry Bailey riding. It was wet at Gulfstream, too, so the 1-3/8-mile race was moved from turf to the main track and only four horses ran. Awad was among the scratches. |
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