OUT OF THE GATE.Byline: - Kevin Modesti and Associated Press MILEPOSTS Trainer Mike Mitchell, who won Fairplex Park's Pomona Handicap with Chinkapin Noun 1. chinkapin - small nut of either of two small chestnut trees of the southern United States; resembles a hazelnut chincapin, chinquapin edible nut - a hard-shelled seed consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell in 2003, goes for a repeat with Hotel Hall (Omar Figueroa riding) and I Pea Oh (Omar Berrio) in Sunday's race. Fairplex leading trainer Doug O'Neill and leading jockey Martin Pedroza are expected to team up with Christine's King. ... Through Wednesday, Pedroza was on pace for 49 wins at the 17-day Fairplex meet that ends Sunday, one more than David Flores' 1991 track record. ... The victory by 50-1 King George W. in Saturday's ninth race keyed a Fairplex pick-four record payoff of $38,535.60 and a track superfecta su·per·fec·ta n. A method of betting in which the bettor, in order to win, must pick the first four finishers of a race in the correct sequence. [super- + (per)fecta.] Noun 1. payoff of $43,482.40. But the superfecta mark was broken two races later when 13-1 Lunar Flight won the Barretts Debutante to key a $53,130.10 payoff. ... Santa Anita will be the first North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. track to test horses for the use of alkalizing agents called milkshakes when the 26-day Oak Tree meet opens Wednesday. The California Horse Racing Board has authorized stewards or state veterinarians to select any horse entered in a race for testing of total carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. concentrations in its blood. The proposal now faces a 45-day public comment period. But all horses entered in races during the first week at Oak Tree will be tested for milkshakes, executives said. After that, there will be random checks of several horses each day. First-time violators will forfeit purse money, and second-timers could face banishment from the track. Carbon dioxide at high levels would indicate it was illegally administered in an attempt to improve performance by neutralizing lactic acid that might otherwise cause fatigue. ... Imperialism (Kent Desormeaux) is favored to win Saturday's Super Derby, the 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. runner-up's first start since his Preakness fifth-place finish. ... Top-ranked Pleasantly Perfect continued training for the Oct. 30 Breeders Cup Classic by working 6 furlongs in 1:12 3/5 Monday at Santa Anita. ... 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. near Dallas, host of the Oct. 30 Breeders' Cup races, announced all 51,034 seats are sold out. The track has added 39,000 temporary seats to accommodate the crowd. ... Adoration, 40-1 upsetter in the 2003 Breeders' Cup Distaff The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. It is sponsored by the airline Emirates. at Santa Anita, has been retired with an ankle injury. She won eight of 20 races and more than $2 million. CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) FAIRPLEX PARK LEADERS (2) ON THE STAKES SCHEDULE |
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