HORSE RACING ROUNDUP: BAILEY JUMPS GUN BY A DAY AT AQUEDUCT JOCKEY EARNS RECORD-BREAKING 69TH STAKES VICTORY SATURDAY.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer INGLEWOOD - On top of a major-stakes twin bill, a $1 million pick-six guarantee and a Julie Krone Julie A. Krone (b. July 24, 1963, Benton Harbor, Michigan), is an American jockey. In 1993, she became the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race when she captured the Belmont Stakes aboard Colonial Affair. bobble-head giveaway, Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
The track printed a placard to be used in a post-race ceremony if jockey Jerry Bailey rode a record-breaking 69th stakes victory of 2003 with Etoile Montante in $500,000 Matriarch or Senor Swinger in the $600,000 Hollywood Derby The Hollywood Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race for three-year-old horses on the turf run each year in December at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. this afternoon. But Bailey went ahead and tied and broke Mike Smith's 1994 record of 68 on Saturday by winning three stakes at Aqueduct racetrack Aqueduct Racetrack, known as the Big A, is a horse racetrack in the neighborhood of Ozone Park in the New York City borough of Queens. History The racetrack opened in 1894 and was rebuilt in 1959, with additional renovations made in 2001 and 2006. in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Ashado's desperate Demoiselle Stakes victory was No. 68, Read the Footnotes' easy Remsen was No. 69, and Congaree's romping Cigar Mile was No. 70. Hollywood Park must consider it a rare display of bad timing by the nation's perennial champion jockey. ``It's a load off my back,'' Bailey said of the record. ``I give Mike Smith a lot of credit. It's very tough to do.'' After Bailey ended 2002 two wins short, Smith sent him a box of Omaha Steaks, with a note saying he thought ``you might need a couple of stakes.'' Bailey called him and joked: ``I will break your record next year, just for that.'' Given Bailey's recent dominance, Smith said Saturday at Hollywood Park, ``I was kind of proud he took a few years to break it.'' Bob Baffert-trained Congaree ($3.20), the Hollywood Gold Cup The Hollywood Gold Cup is a Grade I stakes race for thoroughbred horses inaugurated in 1938 at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. It was run as a handicap race until 1997 when it was switched to weight-for-age conditions. winner, scored a repeat victory in the Cigar Mile by 5 1/4 lengths over Bobby Frankel-trained Midas Eyes in the 5-year-old's first race since his fourth-place finish 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. . Ashado ($3.10), second to Halfbridled in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies is a 1 1/16-mile thoroughbred horse race on dirt (although the distance has varied, depending on the configuration of the host track) for two-year-old fillies run annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part , became a three-time stakes winner when she barely held off La Reina in the Demoiselle. Read the Footnotes ($6) won by 3 3/4 in the Remsen, whose 1 1/8 miles tests the stamina of 2-year-olds eyeing the next Kentucky Derby. While Bailey was costing Hollywood Park a shot at history, Krone was giving her bobble-head day a good lead-in with victories in both stakes Saturday. Krone helped Redattore to cap his 8-year-old season by winning the $400,000 Citation Handicap after keeping Castledale a nose in front of Dealer Choice in the $100,000 Generous Stakes for 2-year-old fillies. Krone had exercised ``Red'' for trainer Richard Mandella before her comeback but hadn't ridden the Brazil-bred in competition until Saturday, when she took over for Alex Solis, who's in Japan this weekend. She sent the horse to the lead at mid-stretch and they held off favored Irish Warrior and 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 by three-quarters of a length. A winner of 14 of 31 starts and more than $1.7, Redattore had been 0 for 3 since winning the Shoemaker Mile in May. ``You've got an old pro there,'' Irish Warrior trainer Wally Dollase said of Redattore. Castledale's victory was the second for trainer Jeff Mullins in Hollywood Park's holiday-weekend Turf Festival, which began Friday with Mambo Slew winning the Miesque and Mullins' King Robyn winning the Hollywood Turf Express. Baffert-trained Senor Swinger is a 4-1 favorite for the 14-horse Hollywood Derby today - Russell Hudak said the colt is the highest-priced favorite in the 18 years he has been setting the track's morning line - and French shipper Etoile Montante is 7-2 for the Matriarch. Hollywood Park's placard reads: ``Jerry Bailey - North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Record - 69 Stakes Wins.'' Anybody have some Whiteout? Meanwhile, in Tokyo on Saturday, Fleetstreet Dancer won the $2.3 million Japan Cup Dirt The Japan Cup Dirt (JPN G-1) is a race usually run a day before the Japan Cup. Race Information
The $4.3 million Japan Cup was scheduled for late Saturday night, Los Angeles time. Japan Cup jockeys Solis (Johar), Victor Espinoza (Sarafan) and Corey Nakatani (Denon) will attempt the annual dash across the international dateline to Hollywood Park's major races this afternoon. Kevin Modesti, (818) 713-3616 kevin.modesti(at)dailynews.com |
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