OUT OF THE GATE.Byline: - Kevin Modesti A WEEK AT THE RACES At The Races is a British television channel, originally co-founded with Channel 4, but now owned by a partnership between British Sky Broadcasting, Arena Leisure PLC and 28 (out of the 59) UK racecourses. --Brother Derek landed on the state veterinarian's official injured list after he won the Santa Catalina Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita, but trainer Dan Hendricks said the problem is a cut on his left forefoot and ``nothing major.'' Brother Derek won't lose a day of training for the April 8 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. , Hendricks said. --Balance (Victor Espinoza riding) and Wild Fit (Alex Solis),one-two in the Las Virgenes Stakes The Las Virgenes Stakes is a race for thoroughbred fillies. A Grade I event, it's raced each February at Santa Anita Park and offers a purse of $250,000 for eligible three-year-olds. , are among five 3-year-old fillies expected to run in Sunday's Santa Anita Oaks Santa Anita Oaks is an American Grade I Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid March at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. Open to three-year-old fillies willing to race 8.5 furlongs (1 1/16 miles) on the dirt, it currently offers a purse of $300,000. . Wild Fit was the 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 runner-up. --Dream of Summer (Solis) carries a race-high 120 pounds, twomore than Star Parade (Martin Pedroza), and starts from the rail in the10-horse Santa Margarita. --George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award winners from as far backas Walter Blum (1965), Donald Pierce (1967) and Braulio Baeza (1968) areexpected to be at Santa Anita on Sunday when Mark Guidry receives the annual honor in a between-races ceremony, which recognizes a rider for on- and off-the-track qualities. --Lava Man's Santa Anita Handicap victory on Saturday lifted the Cal-bred former claimer to No. 1 in the National Thoroughbred RacingAssociation poll, ahead of Brass Hat, Brother Derek, Harlington and HighLimit. CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) ON THE STAKES SCHEDULE (2) SANTA ANITA LEADERS |
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