NO EASY ROAD TO TORONTO : GREENMAN WINS AGAIN ON DQ.Byline: Kevin Modesti Daily News Staff Writer Favorites went 0 for 15 in the weekend's major 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. preps at Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
The trend that began Saturday - when Cigar was among the upset victims - continued right through the $300,000 Oak Tree Turf Championship late Sunday. The race became the second straight Santa Anita feature to be decided by a disqualification that made a winner of a horse trained by Walter Greenman and owned by Gary Biszantz and Gary Vandeweghe. The filly Admise and jockey Kent Desormeaux finished second but became $11.20 winners when Bon Point and Chris Antley were DQ'd to fifth for interfering with Khoraz and 7-5 favorite Gold and Steel late in the 1-1/4-mile grass race. On Saturday, Savinio became the winner when Alphabet Soup was disqualified dis·qual·i·fy tr.v. dis·qual·i·fied, dis·qual·i·fy·ing, dis·qual·i·fies 1. a. To render unqualified or unfit. b. To declare unqualified or ineligible. 2. in a controversial stewards' decision following the Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap The Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap is an American thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1982 during the Oak Tree Racing Association at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. . ``Love the stewards,'' Greenman said Sunday, expressing a minority opinion among the 24,054 fans at the track. It must be his week. A few days ago, Greenman said, his wife, Jean, put $6 in a Las Vegas slot machine and won a $40,000 car. The trainer said Biszantz, who wasn't at the track, would decide if Admise will try the Breeders' Cup Mile or Turf. The Turf Championship, formerly known as the Oak Tree Invitational, was one of four stakes in Arcadia. There were three on Saturday. Meanwhile, Belmont Park, 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 , held four stakes each day. For Breeders' Cup handicappers it was a study marathon. Here's how the upsets affected contenders for the seven Breeders' Cup races, which have purses ranging from $1 million to $4 million: Sprint: Lakota Brave ($9.20), with Eddie Delahoussaye subbing for traveling Alex Solis, earned a trip to Woodbine woodbine, name for several vines, among them honeysuckle and Virginia creeper. woodbine Any of many species of vines belonging to various flowering-plant families, especially the Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia, family Vitaceae) of by surging past Letthebighossroll in the $149,200 Ancient Title Breeders' Cup Handicap on Sunday. The 7-year-old equaled the stakes record with 6 furlongs in 1:08. ``His next race should be his best one,'' trainer Bruce Headley said, noting the Sprint will be his third start since ankle surgery. At Belmont, Lord Carson ($19.80) and Shane Sellers beat Sprint favorite Honour and Glory for a D. Wayne Lukas-trained exacta ex·act·a n. A method of betting, as on a horserace, in which the bettor must correctly pick those finishing in the first and second places in precisely that sequence. Also called perfecta. in the Boojum Boojum may refer to:
Juvenile Fillies: At Belmont, Storm Song ($7.70) and Craig Perret won the Frizette fri·zette n. Variant of frisette. by four lengths to turn the tables on Matron winner and Juvenile Fillies favorite Sharp Cat. Nick Zito trains Storm Song, Lukas has Sharp Cat. The day before, Lukas' City Band joined his usual slate of Breeders' Cup fillies by winning the Oak Leaf. Distaff: Both top contenders finished second Sunday. Jewel Princess ran well after a 2-1/2-month layoff, but Top Rung ($13) and Chicago-based rider Earlie Fires held her off in the $178,450 Lady's Secret Breeders' Cup Handicap The Lady's Secret Breeders' Cup Handicap is a race for thoroughbred race horses run at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during the Oak Tree Racing Association meet each year. . Serena's Song couldn't hold off Yanks Music ($6.60) and John Velazquez in the Beldame at Belmont. Jewel Princess trainer Wally Dollase was thrilled with her prep. Yanks Music trainer Leo O'Brien said he would pre-enter the 3-year-old filly in both the Distaff and the Classic. In another Distaff prep Sunday, the Spinster Stakes at Keeneland in Lexington, Ky., California-based favorite Different and Chris McCarron beat Top Secret as Urbane and Solis finished fourth. The Argentina-bred Different is ineligible for the Breeders' Cup. Mile: Allied Forces' connections promised to consider the shorter of the Breeders' Cup turf The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for three-year-olds and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. The race's current title sponsor is John Deere. races after the 3-year-old and Richard Migliore scored a $24.80 victory in the Jamaica Handicap at Belmont. Odds-on Sir Cat was seventh. Saturday, Mile contender Da Hoss needed the outing and was beaten by former claimer Same Old Wish in the Kelso. In Arcadia on Saturday, Urgent Request became a Mile possibility, winning the Oak Tree Breeders' Cup Mile over Megan's Interco, who will now settle for the Nov. 2 California Cup Mile The California Cup Mile is an American thoroughbred horse race run annually at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during its Oak Tree Racing Association meet in the fall of the year. . Juvenile: So unexpected was the $20 win by Free House and Desormeaux in the $200,000 Norfolk Stakes at Santa Anita on Sunday that owners John Toffan and Trudy McCaffery said they forget if the 2-year-old son of Smokester is Breeders' Cup-eligible. Swiss Yodeler finished third at odds-on. Saturday in New York, Ordway won the Moet Champagne to knock runner-up Traitor out of the Juvenile. Third-place Gold Tribute - who was second in the Del Mar Futurity The Del Mar Futurity is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Beginning in the racing season of 2007, this race has been upgraded by the American Graded Stakes Committee from a Grade II event to a Grade I. - is still pointing for Toronto. Turf: Actually, the weekend may have affected the Breeders' Cup's 1-1/2-mile, $2 million race less than any of them. Admise and Gold and Steel are possibilities out of the Oak Tree race. Diplomatic Jet, who won the Turf Classic Invitational over Awad at Belmont on Saturday, may go to Woodbine to take on the Turf's traditional European invasion. Classic: Skip Away, who upset Cigar in the Jockey Club Gold Cup The Jockey Club Gold Cup, established in 1919, is a prestigious thoroughbred flat race open to horses of either gender three-years-old and up. It is typically the main event of the fall meeting at Belmont Park, just as the Belmont Stakes is of the spring meeting and the Travers at Belmont, won't challenge him again in the Breeders' Cup's $4 million race, trainer Sonny Hine indicated Sunday. Owner Carolyn Hine - his wife - would have to pay $480,000 because the 3-year-old wasn't nominated. ``The next race is in February - the Donn Handicap (in Florida),'' Sonny Hine said. In California on Sunday, trainer David Hofmans said he won't challenge the stewards' Goodwood ruling. The race should produce two Classic starters: Alphabet Soup and second-place Dare and Go - Cigar's upsetter at Del Mar. |
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