NOTEBOOK: JEWELER TO GAMBLE ON PICK SIX REPEAT.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas This article is about the city in Texas. For the city in Alberta, Canada, see Grande Prairie, Alberta. Grand Prairie is a city in Dallas County (USA), with a significant overlap into Tarrant County, and a minor overlap into Ellis County. - There have been two-time winners at the 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. , most notably Tiznow in the 2000 and 2001 editions of the Classic, but no horse or human has pulled off the repeat that Graham Stone will seek Saturday at Lone Star Park Lone Star Park is a horse racing track located in Grand Prairie, Texas. History Lone Star Park opened in 1997. The track offers separate meets for Thoroughbred racing and Quarter Horse racing. In October of 2002, Magna Entertainment Corp. . Stone is the 41-year-old jeweler who made $8 worth of pick-six bets at the Time Out Lounge in Rapid City, S.D., before last year's Breeders' Cup races at Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
Stone and friend Will Dixon were the holders of the only perfect ticket in the Breeders' Cup's so-called Ultra Pick 6. The payoff has been exceeded only by the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. parimutuel- record $3,058,138 shared by a group from Lexington, Ky., at the 1999 Breeders' Cup. ``In many ways it's still a dream,'' Stone said. Stone is spending Breeders' Cup week on the scene at Lone Star Park, where promoters are touting him as proof pick-six success isn't only for experts. (It's true, you can also win by being unspeakably lucky.) Stone plans to play an $8 ticket again this year in the $2-minimum wager. He said he'll use Artie Schiller in the Mile, Speightstown and Kela in the Sprint, Ouija Board Ouija board Device for obtaining messages from the spirit world, sometimes used by a medium during a séance. The name derives from the French and German words for “yes” (oui/ja). in the Filly & Mare Turf, Roman Ruler in the Juvenile, Kitten's Joy Kitten's Joy (foaled May 8, 2001 in Kentucky) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse by the Sadler's Wells stallion El Prado out of the Lear Fan mare Kitten's First. Kitten's Joy is owned and bred by Ken and Sarah Ramsey (who is nicknamed Kitten). in the Turf, and Pleasantly Perfect Pleasantly Perfect (born April 2, 1998 in Lexington, Kentucky) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who retired as the fourth richest American horse in career earnings. A son of Pleasant Colony, winner of the 1981 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes, he was out of the mare Regal State who and Dynever in the Classic. The only unconventional picks are Artie Schiller, a 12-1 shot, and Dynever, at 15-1. Stone said he likes Artie Schiller because ``it looks like somebody is going to be coming from off the pace to win (the Mile).'' Stone liked Dynever's second-place finish in the Meadowlands Cup and the fact the colt has won a race at Lone Star Park. Now that he can afford more, the $8 ticket won't be Stone's only stab. ``I'll play a larger one, too,'' Stone said. --Bailey wins: Dallas native Jerry Bailey won Lone Star Park's nine-man International Jockey Championship in a three-race series Thursday afternoon. Bailey rode winners Proven Cure and Promise of War. Kieren Fallon was second. --Back home: Santa Anita will open its gates at 8:30 a.m. Saturday and have live races before and after the Breeders' Cup simulcasts from Lone Star Park. The first Santa Anita race is scheduled for 9:55 a.m., and the first Breeders' Cup race, the Distaff, is set for 10:20 a.m. Six Santa Anita races will follow the Breeders' Cup, including the featured Morvich Handicap. The Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita ends Sunday, when the main event is the Las Palmas Handicap The Las Palmas Handicap is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California during the Oak Tree Racing Association meet each year in the fall. The race is open to fillies and mares, age three and up, willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the turf. . Through Wednesday, Corey Nakatani (19 wins) led the jockey standings by one over Victor Espinoza and three over Tyler Baze, and Mike Mitchell (13) led the trainers by four over John Sadler. Hollywood Park begins a 36-day season Wednesday. Kevin Modesti, (818) 713-3616 heymodesti(at)aol.com CAPTION(S): box Box: 21ST BREEDERS' CUP |
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