NOTEBOOK: CAMBIOCORSA'S LOSS 1ST IN 9 STARTS.Byline: KEVIN MODESTI Staff Writer ARCADIA -- As often happens in the California Cup races, there were lots of upsets Saturday at Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
While River's Prayer and jockey Clinton Potts were winning the $150,000 Cal Cup Distaff by a length over Tiz a Gem, the 3-10 favorite Cambiocorsa was coming home a punchless third, losing for the first time in nine starts on Santa Anita's 6 1/2-furlong hillside turf course. Cambiocorsa carried a career-high 125 pounds, giving nine pounds to the winner and 13 to the runner-up. ``I think the weight hurt us a little bit, but we're very proud of her,'' trainer Doug O'Neill said. ``We knew she had to lose eventually.'' Another sentimental favorite lost when Moscow Burning, the all-time top-earning Cal-bred mare with $1,417,800, made her final career start and ran fourth to SpecialHeather in the $100,000 Cal Cup Distance Handicap. Jockey banned: Carlos Bautista, who rides mostly at Los Alamitos Los Alamitos (lôs ăləmē`təs, lŏs), city (1990 pop. 11,676), Orange co., NE of Long Beach, S Calif., in a suburban area; inc. 1960. Los Alamitos Racetrack and U.S. military installations are nearby. , was suspended for one year Saturday for using an electrical device to stimulate a horse named Royal Medallion in warm-ups for FairplexPark's second race Sept. 24. Bautista violated California rules concerning possession of contraband and animal welfare. At a two-day stewards hearing, he was not alleged to have used the device in the race, in which Royal Medallion finished third. More racing: Another year will pass without cuts in the circuit's overstuffed o·ver·stuff tr.v. o·ver·stuffed, o·ver·stuff·ing, over·stuffs 1. To stuff too much into: overstuff a suitcase. 2. To upholster (an armchair, for example) deeply and thickly. schedule after the California 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 Board gave Santa Anita a fought-over week in April but placated Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
The 2007 schedule: Santa Anita Dec. 26, 2006, to April 22; Hollywood Park April 25 to July 16, Del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, will have seven more racing days than in 2006. Finale: Oak Tree ends today. Corey Nakatani leads Victor Espinoza 23-20 in the jockey standings. Doug O'Neill has run away with the trainers title. Mike Superstein leads the newspaper handicappers in winners. Going into the week, on-site attendance was up 11 percent compared with 2005. |
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