LUKAS' CAPE CANAVERAL WINS.Byline: Kevin Modesti Daily News Staff Writer His pedigree and physique suggest Cape Canaveral won't run as well at longer distances, but with a perfect record and aggressive D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. training, the 3-year-old is sure to get a chance to try. The stocky son of Mr. Prospector and Seaside Attraction is 2 for 2 - never having trailed in a race - after he and jockey 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 ground out a one-length victory over Aristotle and two others in the $102,508 San Miguel Stakes The San Miguel Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses held at Santa Anita Park, located in Arcadia, California. The race is held near the beginning of January each year. The race is open to three year olds willing to sprint six furlongs on the dirt and carries a purse of $75,000. at Santa Anita on Saturday. The wins came at 6 and 6-1/2 furlongs. Now Lukas must choose between entering Cape Canaveral in the 7-furlong San Vicente on Feb. 6 or waiting for a mile race here or at Gulfstream Park in Florida. The colt is one of the 21 horses Lukas nominated for the 1-1/8-mile Santa Anita Derby The Santa Anita Derby is an American Grade 1 thoroughbred horse race for three-year-olds run each April at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California and carries a purse of $750,000. on April 3. The 1-1/4-mile Kentucky Derby is May 1. ``Everybody always speculates about a Mr. Prospector, and if they run 1:09, they think they're a sprinter,'' Lukas said. ``My thought is that people have opinions, horses have the facts. I have to think if it's in the gene pool, he'll be able to (race long). At this time of year, everybody's questionable.'' Cape Canaveral's 1:09.15 was the third-slowest clocking in the past 10 San Miguels. He paid a miserly mi·ser·ly adj. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; avaricious or penurious. mi  ser·li·ness n.Adj. 1. $2.40. Another prospective short-priced stakes winner will be in evidence today when Silver Charm, 3-5 on the morning line for the San Pasqual Handicap The San Pasqual Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Santa Anita Park each year. The race is open to horses age three and up willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles on the dirt. It offers a purse of $150,000. Winners
Silver Charm got no winter break and was reportedly strong in workouts. ``He's fit and ready for 1999,'' trainer Bob Baffert said. Notes: Santa Anita's other stakes, the Santa Ysabel for 3-year-old fillies, went to Holywood Picture, who paid $13.60 despite a solid win last time out. Trainer Jim Chapman's self-effacing comment: ``You've got Octavio (Vergara) riding and me training, so that probably takes care of a lot of the respect.'' . . . David Flores rode his eighth, ninth and 10th winners of the meet to jump from sixth to a tie for third in the standings behind leader Kent Desormeaux (13). . . . At Gulfstream Park, Sir Bear and Jerry Bailey wore down Behrens and Jorge Chavez to win the Broward Handicap, a step toward the Jan. 30 Donn. Sir Bear ($4.40) was coming off a victory in Aqueduct's Cigar Mile. . . . Silver Charm will be the first Kentucky Derby champion to race at age 5 since Strike the Gold, the 1991 winner, not since Ferdinand, the '86 winner. The misinformation mis·in·form tr.v. mis·in·formed, mis·in·form·ing, mis·in·forms To provide with incorrect information. mis in the Kentucky Derby record book published by Churchill Downs was repeated by reporters last week. |
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