HORSE RACING : GOLD CUP WORTH THE WEIGHT RACE ASSIGNMENTS BODE FOR COMPETITIVE FIELD.Byline: Kevin Modesti Daily News Staff Writer Read between the lines Between the lines can refer to:
Perhaps the most contentious Gold Cup since Johnny Longden John Eric Longden (February 14, 1907 - February 14, 2003) was an American Hall of Fame jockey. He was born in Wakefield, Yorkshire, England but his father wanted to build a better life for his family so in 1909 emigrated to Canada, settling in Taber, Alberta. By 1912 Longden Sr. and Eddie Arcaro Eddie Arcaro (February 19, 1916 - November 4, 1997) was an American Thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame jockey who won more American Classic Races than any other jockey in history and is the only rider to have won the U.S. Triple Crown twice. were navigating the 1-1/4 miles and Bill Shoemaker William Lee Shoemaker (August 19, 1931 – October 12, 2003) was an American jockey. Referred to as "Bill", "Willie," and "The Shoe", William Lee Shoemaker was born in the town of Fabens, Texas. At 2. was a Northern California Northern California, sometimes referred to as NorCal, is the northern portion of the U.S. state of California. The region contains the San Francisco Bay Area, the state capital, Sacramento; as well as the substantial natural beauty of the redwood forests, the northern apprentice. Racing secretary Martin Panza handicapped the likely field for Sunday's $1 million Gold Cup like this: Soul of the Matter (ridden by Corey Nakatani) on top, carrying 123 pounds. All six of his opponents within six pounds, with Tinners Way (Eddie Delahoussaye) carrying 121 pounds; Helmsman (Chris McCarron) 120; Geri (Jerry Bailey), Mr Purple (to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. ) and Dare and Go (Alex Solis) 118; and Siphon siphon (sī`fən, –fŏn), tube through which a liquid is lifted over an elevation by the pressure of the atmosphere and is then emptied at a lower level. (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 ) 117. If they all go, the weight spread will match the lowest ever for a Gold Cup with seven or more horses. The other time as few as six pounds separated the field, it was 1949, and Solidarity (under 115 pounds and Ralph Neves) scored an 11-1 upset of high-weighted Dinner Song (118 and Longden) and favored Vulcan's Forge (117 and Arcaro). This year, in the absence of Cigar, who was declared out of the Gold Cup with a foot injury and thus wasn't assigned a weight, Hollywood Park is advertising the depth of the remaining field. All seven horses are winners of Grade I races or, in Siphon's case, a Group 1 race in Brazil. ``The only horse who might be a question mark, classwise, is the only speed in the race,'' Panza said. Entries and post positions will be announced Thursday. Soul of the Matter won the Grade I Louisiana Super Derby at age 3, and has finished fourth in all three of his Grade I starts the past two years, including two Breeders' Cup Classics. His 123-pound assignment is two more than he carried in his two handicap victories and one less than he carried in his grudging second to Cigar in Dubai last time out. Tinners Way picks up five pounds from his half-length victory in the Californian, his first start in seven months, while Helmsman, who was second in that weight-for-age race, drops two pounds, and Mr Purple, who was third, drops four. Geri, Cigar's stablemate Noun 1. stablemate - a horse stabled with another or one of several horses owned by the same person stable companion Equus caballus, horse - solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times and the only out-of-state horse expected for the Gold Cup, received the weight he carried while running third as an odds-on favorite in the muddy Pimlico Special. He won the Oaklawn Handicap under 115. Geri worked seven furlongs in 1:26 on a fast track Sunday at Belmont Park. He's scheduled to arrive Wednesday. Streaking: Twice the Vice returned from a freshener to win her third straight Grade I race, giving trainer Ron Ellis and owners Martin and Pam Wygod their second straight victory in the $177,500 Milady Breeders' Cup Handicap The Milady Breeders' Cup Handicap is a race for thoroughbred race horses run at Hollywood Park Racetrack each year. The Grade II race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt and offers a purse of $175,000. . They won the race in 1995 with Pirate's Revenge. Sunday's Milady victory also was the fourth in five years for jockey Chris McCarron. ``She had to be fit to beat a pretty nice field of fillies like this (Sunday),'' McCarron said after Twice the Vice looped Top Rung, Urbane and Borodislew, and held off Jewel Princess to win by three-quarters of a length and pay $5. This was the 5-year-old's 10th victory in 19 starts, putting her earnings over $1 million. Nice start: Michael Hunter, a journeyman jockey from Maryland and Illinois, said he moved to California to ``make a name for myself.'' After his first race here, a stalking victory aboard long shot Pellies Flight in a claiming race Sunday, disappointed pick-six players could think of a few names to call him. Pellies Flight paid $152.20, the highest win price of the Hollywood Park meet. ``He was a long shot, but what the hell, I've got to get exposure here,'' said Hunter, who rides at 114 pounds and stands 5-foot-6. ``I'm not in a position to refuse anything.'' A string of upsets produced a $148,510 pick-six carryover for Wednesday. Notes: Named to ride Pretty Kathleen in the first race Wednesday is Pat Valenzuela, who went off radar after trying Florida last winter. . . . Corey Nakatani knocked two winners off Alex Solis' Hollywood Park lead, now 47-46. . . . Trainer Rick Berry's horses have won three of five starts at Hollywood, including Charge to the Top's claiming victory Sunday. |
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