LISTENING MAKES BIG NOISE; TRAINER MCANALLY GETS SPECIAL THRILL FROM UPSET VICTORY.Byline: Brad Nelson Brad Nelson (born December 23, 1982 in Algona, Iowa), is a minor league baseball player in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He has played first base and outfield. He was acquired by the Brewers in the fourth round of the 2001 amateur draft. Daily News Staff Writer Trainer Ronald McAnally suffered a loss last week when 13-year-old mare Bayakoa, a two-time Eclipse Award winner, died of foaling foaling parturition in the mare. foaling induction bringing on the birth of the foal, usually via the injection of oxytocin. complications in Kentucky. With that as the backdrop, McAnally earned a special victory Sunday when Listening took advantage of a quick early pace to rally for a four-length upset win in the $200,000 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. for fillies and mares 3-year-olds and up at Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
The Milady is a race that McAnally knows well, thanks largely to Bayakoa, who won the race in 1989 and '90 to start a string of five straight Milady victories for the trainer. ``(Bayakoa) was a great mare, no question about it,'' McAnally said. ``She's hard to replace. But (Listening), she's done very well for us.'' Listening, who like Bayakoa is owned by Janis R. Whitham, was running third most of the 1 1/16-mile race behind a hot pace set by 3-5 favorite Exotic Wood and Chile Chatte. Jockey Alex Solis pulled her to the front at the top of the stretch and waltzed home. ``When I saw :45.1 (the half-mile time), I said, `How sweet it is,' '' said McAnally. ``I thought what really won the race for us was the pace.'' He'd get no argument from Ron Ellis, the trainer of Exotic Wood, who faded to third, 10 lengths behind second-place Chile Chatte. ``It was too fast,'' Ellis said. ``I don't think that there's anything wrong with her. Even last year when she was at her best, nobody can go head-and-head in :45 1/5 and expect to win.'' Before the race, Ellis scratched the stronger part of the entry, Twice the Vice, in order to set her up for a meeting with Jewel Princess on Saturday 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 . But that didn't stop the public from betting Exotic Wood down to odds-on. Listening, a 4-year-old filly with seven wins in 15 career starts, won in a time of 1:41 1/5 at 3-1 odds. Her last victory had come in December at Hollywood Park in the Bayakoa Handicap. Gold Cup watch: 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. may face as few as five opponents Sunday in his attempt to become the first horse in 30 years to win back-to-back Hollywood Gold Cups. Three of Siphon's foes will be his stablemates from the Richard Mandella barn: Sandpit, Gentlemen and Talloires. Siphon, Sandpit and Gentlemen gave Mandella an unprecedented 1-2-3 finish in the Santa Anita Handicap The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in the late winter at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses three years old and up, and is considered the most important race for older horses in North America during in March. For the Gold Cup, Mandella is adding Talloires, a 7-year-old turf specialist (five wins, eight seconds in 25 starts) who will be making his first start on dirt. He has earned more than $1.3 million. The other horses in the field are Marlin, the only one returning from the Santa Anita Handicap to test Mandella's big three again; River Keen, the winner of the Californian at Hollywood Park in his U.S. debut on June 1; and Will's Way, an Eastern invader whose status for the race is uncertain. Will's Way won the Travers at Saratoga last August before finishing seventh 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. . Native Diver, winner of the Gold Cup from 1965 through 1967, is the only horse to win it in consecutive years. A win by Siphon would put him two-thirds of the way toward a $3 million bonus for winning the Santa Anita Handicap, the Gold Cup and the Pacific Classic at Del Mar in August. Notes: Frisk A term used in Criminal Law to refer to the superficial running of the hands over the body of an individual by a law enforcement agent or official in order to determine whether such individual is holding an illegal object, such as a weapon or narcotics. Me Now edged Bob Baffert-trained Anet, ridden by 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 , to win the $300,000 Ohio Derby. . . . Jockey Omar Berrio came away with cuts and bruises after being thrown from second-place finisher Arroblero after Hollywood Park's second race. He returned to ride in the 10th race. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Listening, with Alex Solis aboard, pulls off an upset victory in the $200,000 Milady Breeders' Cup Handicap at Hollywood Park. Phil McCarten / Daily News |
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