OAKTREE: SWEEPING TRIUMPH SWEPT OVERBOARD EASILY BEATS KONA GOLD.Byline: Rich Hammond Rich Hammond Los Angeles Daily News sports writer. Instrumental in bringing the Los Angeles Kings hockey organization closer to the fans. He is the atypical "what a guy" to Kings fans everywhere. Rich Hammond on himself. Staff Writer ARCADIA - Swept Overboard not only enhanced his reputation Saturday with a victory over the nation's top-ranked sprinter, he also earned a trip to 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. World Thoroughbred Championships with his victory in the $200,000 Ancient Title Handicap at Santa Anita. Swept Overboard swept past 3-5 favorite Kona Gold in the stretch and won the 6-furlong race by 2 1/2 lengths, removing any doubt from trainer Craig Dollase that the 4-year-old deserves a chance to run in the Oct. 27 Breeders' Cup Sprint The Breeders' Cup Sprint is an American Weight for Age Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds & up. Run on dirt over a distance of 6 Furlongs (3/4 mile), the race has been held annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the at Belmont Park and a likely rematch with defending Sprint champion Kona Gold. ``He relaxed well today, exactly like we hoped he would,'' said jockey Eddie Delahoussaye, who rode Swept Overboard for the first time. ``When I called on him, believe me, he gave it to me. He's got great turn of foot, and when he's right he's a very good horse.'' Swept Overboard, the 7-2 second choice, stayed back as long shots Freespool and Forest Camp set a quick early pace. Kona Gold, last year's Ancient Title winner, made his move at the top of the stretch, but Swept Overboard came on strong from the outside and won in 1 minute, 7.67 seconds. ``At about the three-eighths (pole) the owner (J. Paul Reddam John Paul Reddam B.A. M.A. Ph.D. (born July 28, 1955 in Windsor, Ontario, Canada) is a former professor of philosophy at California State University, Los Angeles and a businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner. Known by his middle name, J. ) and I were looking at each other, wondering if we were in the right race,'' said Dollase, whose horse won for the fourth time in five Santa Anita starts. ``But obviously Eddie knows this horse real well, and knows his abilities.'' Kona Gold, trained by Bruce Headley with Alex Solis aboard, finished second, followed by I Love Silver. At 127 pounds, Kona Gold had to give 11 pounds to Swept Overboard, but the weights will be equal in the Breeders' Cup race. In the most prestigious of five Breeders' Cup prep races at 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 , Aptitude swept outside Albert the Great at the top of the stretch and won the 1 1/4-mile $1 million 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 , a 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. prep, by 10 lengths. Officer, trainer Bob Baffert's undefeated 2-year-old, easily handled two turns for the first time in a 3 3/4-length victory over Heavyweight Champ in the 1 1/16-mile $500,000 Champagne Stakes. You was even with Cashier's Dream at the top of the stretch but pulled away to win by 6 1/4 lengths in the $500,000 Frizette Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles, a Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies is a 1 1/16-mile thoroughbred horse race on dirt (although the distance has varied, depending on the configuration of the host track) for two-year-old fillies run annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part prep. Also, favored Forbidden Apple beat Sarafan by 1 1/2 lengths in the Kelso Handicap, a Breeders' Cup Mile prep. |
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