HORSE RACING : BAFFERT ADDS TO DEL MAR DOMINATION.Byline: Kevin Modesti Daily News Staff Writer Bob Baffert Bob Baffert (born January 13, 1953 in Nogales, Arizona) is an American horse owner and trainer. He graduated from the University of Arizona's Racetrack Management Program with a Bachelor of Science degree. can be the center of attention even when he's 2,500 miles away. The trainer dominated closing day at Del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
an animal in its second year of age, e.g. yearling cattle, yearling filly, yearling colt. yearling disease rinderpest in wildebeeste in the Serengheti. sales Wednesday, meant only that he had to deliver his one-liners by cellular phone. Baffert won the $250,000 Del Mar Futurity The Del Mar Futurity is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Beginning in the racing season of 2007, this race has been upgraded by the American Graded Stakes Committee from a Grade II event to a Grade I. for the second straight year when Souvenir Copy and jockey Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron (b. March 27 1955, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame retired jockey. He was introduced to the sport of thoroughbred racing by his older brother, jockey Gregg McCarron. overcame traffic to get the best of to gain an advantage over, whether fairly or unfairly. - Milton. See also: Best a three-horse photo finish with favorite Old Topper Topper house he purchases is haunted by the young couple who owned it previously and their dog. [Am. Lit., Cin., TV: Topper in Halliwell, 718] See : Ghost Topper Hopalong Cassidy’s faithful horse. and Baffert-trained Commitisize. ``The horse (Souvenir Copy) ran unbelievable,'' Baffert, who was watching on TV, said on the phone to his brother Bill, who was forwarding his comments to owners John and Betty Mabee. ``He must have a heck of a trainer.'' Earlier, Baffert and the Mabees won the $79,900 El Cajon El Cajon (ĕl kähōn`), city (1990 pop. 88,693), San Diego co., S Calif.; inc. 1912. Electronic equipment, aircraft parts, irrigation equipment, furniture, and men's suits are among its manufactures. Stakes with Best Star. And later, in a mark of his influence on Del Mar's 60th-anniversary season, Baffert got credit for Kent Desormeaux's narrow victory over Alex Solis in the battle for the jockey championship. Desormeaux rode his 39th (Foreign Vengeance) and 40th (Best Star) winners of the meet early in the afternoon to take the lead by one over Solis, who finished second with three of his six remaining mounts but couldn't get the equalizer. Desormeaux's title was his first since the 1994-95 Santa Anita meet and followed his ninth-place tie at Hollywood Park. He rode 15 of his winners for Baffert, who had 27 to lead the Del Mar trainers for the first time. Desormeaux, who made a point of exercising horses for Baffert during the Hollywood Park meet, got a break when Baffert favorite 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 was hurt in a fall here Aug. 1. ``The reality,'' Desormeaux said, ``is that if you take away all the Baffert mounts I was on, I might be right where I was before.'' Desormeaux's triumph broke a long streak by Solis, who was trying to tie Bill Shoemaker's 1950-52 record by capturing a seventh straight riding title in Southern California. ``We were trying hard,'' Solis said after finishing last aboard Princess Efisio in the meet's final race, his last chance to tie. ``It wasn't meant to be.'' Solis' best chance of the day came when he rode 2-year-old Old Topper for 86-year-old trainer Noble Threewitt in the Futurity. The 7-5 favorite rallied from last to miss by a nose in 1:23 for 7 furlongs. Old Topper had no excuses. Souvenir Copy, the winner, had plenty. He had a rough start, was stopped by traffic on the turn and at the top of the stretch, then knifed between Double Honor and King of the Wild to win and pay $26.20. Souvenir Copy became the fourth Del Mar Futurity winner for McCarron and the fourth for the Mabees' Golden Eagle Farm, who bred the son of Mr. Prospector and Dancing Tribute in Kentucky. The colt will face comparisons to Silver Charm, Baffert's '96 Futurity winner, who went on to win the Kentucky Derby and Preakness. Souvenir Copy broke his maiden on the first try Aug. 3, then finished third to Old Topper in the Best Pal Stakes The Best Pal Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. The race is open to horses, age two, that are willing to race six and one-half furlongs on the dirt. A Grade II event, it carries a purse of $150,000. Aug. 20 while racing wide and hampered by a breathing problem his barn thinks has been corrected. Baffert assistant Eoin Harty said his expectations for Souvenir Copy are ``absolutely the same'' as for Silver Charm - ``the Kentucky Derby.'' Also: The other stakes race on closing day, the $78,850 Live the Dream Handicap, was won by Naninja and McCarron in a course-record 1:33 4/5 for one mile on turf. The old record, 1:34, was set by Slew of Damascus in 1993. |
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