LAVA MAN'S FLOW WILL STOP.Byline: KEVIN MODESTI HORSE RACING horse racing, trials of speed involving two or more horses. It includes races among harnessed horses with one of two particular gaits, among saddled Thoroughbreds (or, less frequently, quarterhorses) on a flat track, or among saddled horses over a turf course with Lava Man Lava Man (foaled on March 20, 2001) is a dark bay gelded thoroughbred race horse by Slew City Slew (Seattle Slew) out of L'il Ms. Leonard (Nostalgia's Star) who rose from the lowest levels of claiming races to become regarded by many racing fans and members of the racing media as a has won more major races than any other active American thoroughbred. And the gelding gelding castrated male horse. should keep on winning them. Just not Saturday at the Breeders' Cup The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I thoroughbred horse races operated by Breeders' Cup Limited, a company formed in 1982 by a consortium of North American racing organizations, led by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. . Put it this way: If the California standard bearer an officer of an army, company, or troop, who bears a standard; - commonly called color sergeantor color bearer; hence, the leader of any organization; as, the standard bearer of a political party s>. See also: Standard for the championship races at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., finds a way to beat Bernardini in the $5 million 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 1¼ 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. , we ought to give him a statue at the state Capitol. In most years, a horse who dominates the Southern California circuit as Lava Man has, with seven consecutive victories this season, would be heavily favored in the Classic. But most years, a blue-collar old Cal-bred Lava Man wouldn't encounter a blue-blooded young star of the magnitude of Bernardini, the Preakness winner and winner of six in a row. There is one chance. If Lava Man can look Bernardini in the eye, he might win a battle of wills with the 3-year-old who has yet to face a neck-and-neck fight in the stretch. Unfortunately, the clock says Lava Man will be lucky to look Bernardini in the tail as they pass the Twin Spires. The Californian in me wants to predict Lava Man is about to embarrass everybody who insinuates his competition at Santa Anita, Hollywood Park and Del Mar isn't as strong as the Eastern horses', and those who think an ex-claimer son of Slew City Slew is ipso facto [Latin, By the fact itself; by the mere fact.] ipso facto (ip-soh-fact-toe) prep. Latin for "by the fact itself." An expression more popular with comedians imitating lawyers than with lawyers themselves. inferior to a classic-winning son of A.P. Indy. But Bernardini just looks too good. It looks like Wait 'Til Next Year for Lava Man. My picks for the eight races Saturday: Juvenile Fillies: 1. Octave, 2. Cash Included, 3. Dreaming of Anna Dreaming of Anna (foaled February 5, 2004 at Lantern Hill Farm in Midway, Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred filly racehorse. She was sired by the outstanding English and American stud, Rahy out of the Broad Brush mare, Justenuffheart, who was a multi graded stakes race winner . Longshot: Appealing Zophie. Octave (6-1 on Churchill Downs' morning line) and jockey Garrett Gomez start the day right for trainer Todd Pletcher, who entered a record 17 horses in the Breeders' Cup races. The 2-year-old daughter of 1995 Juvenile winner Unbridled's Song can sit behind shorter-priced contenders and finish. Juvenile: 1. Principle Secret, 2. Scat SCAT sheep cell agglutination test. Daddy, 3. Stormello. Longshot: Pegasus Wind. New York-prepped 2-year-olds have been nearly as disappointing in the Juvenile as they've been in the Classic, so a close call has to go to Santa Anita winner Principle Secret (5-1) and Victor Espinoza. Circular Quay (5-2) is a favorite to go against. Filly & Mare Turf: 1. Ouija Board, 2. Wait a While, 3. Honey Ryder. Longshot: My Typhoon. The top-class English mare Ouija Board (8-5) tries to win this race for the second time in three years, having outlasted her first two Breeders' Cup jockeys. Kieran Fallon (2004) is banned in America because of a race-fixing case in England and Jerry Bailey (2005) has retired. Frankie Dettori has the honor now. Sprint: 1. Bordonaro, 2.Henny Hughes, 3. Siren Lure. Longshot: War Front. Front-running speed and Patrick Valenzuela at the reins are a great combination for Bordonaro (3-1), a Cal-bred who would be trainer Bill Spawr's first Breeders' Cup winner. With Henny Hughes (2-1) favored, this is the other great West-East battle Saturday. Mile: 1. Araafa, 2. Gorella, 3. Aragorn. Longshot: Badge of Silver. Since George Washington (that's a horse) went to the Classic, Araafa (9-2) is the top European in one of the turf races that Euros have dominated. California's Aragorn (5-1) hasn't faced milers like these. Distaff: 1. Fleet Indian, 2. Spun Sugar, 3. Balletto. Longshot: Baghdaria. Spun Sugar (10-1) would be the bet at that price over Fleet Indian (8-5) -- and both Pletcher representatives are must-use in exactas. What if Spun Sugar's cave-in at Keeneland was because of the Polytrack synthetic surface? Turf: 1. Cacique ca·cique n. 1. An Indian chief, especially in the Spanish West Indies and other parts of Latin America during colonial and postcolonial times. 2. A local political boss in Spain or Latin America. , 2. Go Deputy, 3. Hurricane Run. Longshot: Rush Bay. The headscratchingest race on the card, if you ask me. Bobby Frankel- trained Cacique (4-1) and Pletcher's Go Deputy (6-1) ran 1-2 in the strong Man O' War at Belmont. Hurricane Run (3-1) is an Arc de Triomphe Arc de Triomphe Largest triumphal arch in the world. A masterpiece of Romantic Classicism, it is one of the best-known monuments of Paris. It stands at the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle, at the western terminus of the Champs-Élysées. winner. Classic: 1. Bernardini, 2.Lava Man, 3. Invasor. Longshot: George Washington. It's the race for Horse of the Year. 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 preps have produced eight winners and 14 losing favorites in the Classic. Bernardini (even-money) is good enough to overcome that. At Hollywood Park: Maybe the new synthetic main track isn't the front- runners' graveyard it had seemed after Wednesday's opener of the 36-day Hollywood Park fall meet. Main-track races Thursday included a wire-to-wire win by Belvedere Belle at 1 1/16 miles and wins by horses rallying from second, second, third, fourth and sixth. Wednesday, no main-track winner was closer than fourth in the early stages. heymodesti@dailynews.com (818) 713-3616 CAPTION(S): box Box: OUT OF THE GATE - Kevin Modesti and Associated Press |
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