LAVA MAN HEADS FIELD FOR WHITTINGHAM MEMORIAL 'CAP.Byline: Staff and Wire Services 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 , the 2005 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 who is unbeaten in three starts this year, will meet defending champion Sweet Return in Saturday's $300,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap The Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Hollywood Park Racetrack. Until 1999 it was named the Hollywood Invitational Turf Handicap, often just referred to as the Hollywood Invitational Handicap. at Hollywood Park. The Grade I event over 1 1/4 miles on the Lakeside Turf Course has drawn a stellar field, which also includes multiple graded stakes winner King's Drama, two-time San Juan Capistrano Handicap The San Juan Capistrano Invitational Handicap is an American invitational handicap thoroughbred horse race run annually on turf at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. In its 69th running in 2008, it was first run as an invitational handicap in 1965 and as a Grade IIT currently winner T.H. Approval, 2005 Jim Murray Memorial Handicap winner Runaway Dancer, 2005 Whittingham runner-up Red Fort and Group 3 winner Artiste Royal. The Whittingham was known as the Hollywood Turf Handicap when the trainer saddled a record seven winners. Feeling blue: First-time starter Cobalt Blue, owned by Merv Griffin and trained by Doug O'Neill, was impressive while rallying to win his career debut at Hollywood Park. Cobalt Blue, a 2-year-old chestnut son of Golden Missile, rallied from sixth on the backstretch back·stretch n. The part of an oval racecourse farthest from the spectators and opposite the homestretch. , catching Future Search in the final strides to win the five-furlong race by a neck in 58.24 seconds. He paid $9, $4.60 and $3 as the 7-2 favorite in the field of 10. |
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