HURLEY IS SET FOR TURF CUP.Byline: Staff and Wire Services He's known more for his basketball exploits in Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953, the ACC's twelve member universities compete in twenty sports in the NCAA's Division I. country, but Bobby Hurley's interest in thoroughbred racing could put him back at center stage Saturday in the $1 million Colonial Turf Cup The Colonial Turf Cup is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually since 2005 at Colonial Downs race track in New Kent County, Virginia. A Grade III event, it is raced on turf at a distance of 9.5 Furlongs (1 and three sixteenths miles) and is open to three-year-old horses. at Colonial Downs Colonial Downs is a horse racing track in New Kent, Virginia adjacent to Interstate 64, halfway between Richmond, Virginia and Williamsburg, Virginia. History and information The track opened on September 1, 1997. More than 13,000 attended the track on opening day. in Providence Forge, Va. Stream Cat, co-owned by the former Duke basketball star, is the early favorite at 7-2 in a field of 14 for the opening leg of the $5 million Grand Slam of Grass The Grand Slam of Grass is a series of American Thoroughbred horse races made up of four turf events for three-year-old horses. The series offers a $2 million bonus for any horse who wins all four races. . With Showing Up, sixth in the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. , and proven turf performer Go Between also in the field, the 13/16-mile race is anything but a sure thing for Stream Cat, who has won his three previous starts on the turf. ``This replaces the void of competition,'' Hurley said. Apprentice doubles up: Apprentice jockey Martin Garcia won two races Thursday, including a front-running ride aboard Pippette in the $51,000 feature at Hollywood Park. Pippette covered one mile on the turf in 1 minute, 36.03 seconds, defeating Quiet Kim by a length. The 3-year-old filly paid $18.20, $12 and $6. She took a bad step while pulling up after the race and was vanned off the track. Quiet Kim returned $6.40 and $4, and Indy Miss paid $4.60 to show. |
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