OUT OF THE GATE.Santa Anita Leaders Jockeys Corey Nakatani.....58 Kent Desmormeaux...44 Alex Solis.........42 Lafit Pincay Jr. ..36 David Flores.......32 Trainers Bob Baffert........25 Robert Frankel.....18 William Spawr......16 Ronald McAnally....14 Richard Mandella...13 PINCAY WATCH Laffit Pincay rode three winners in the past week at Santa Anita to raise his record career-victories total to 8,883 through Thursday. He won aboard Princess Candi and favorites Elegant Fellow and Brite Nite. THE STAKES SCHEDULE: Santa Anita: Saturday, $150,000 Crystal Water Handicap, 3-year-olds and up, 1 mile on turf; Sunday, $300,000 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. , 3-year-old fillies, 1 1/16 miles. Gulfstream Park: Today, $200,000 Gulfstream Park Sprint Championship, 3-year-olds and up, 7 furlongs; Saturday, $750,000Florida Derby, 3- year-olds, 1 1/8 miles, and $100,000 Swale, 3-year-olds, 7 furlongs. Fair Grounds: Sunday, $750,000 Louisiana Derby, 3-year-olds, 1 1/16 miles. Bay Meadows: Saturday, $200,000 El Camino Real Derby The El Camino Real Derby is a race for Thoroughbred horses held in late winter at Bay Meadows. The El Camino Real is open to three-year-olds willing to race one and one-sixteenth miles (8 and 1/2 furlongs) on the dirt. A Grade III event, it offers a purse of $200,000. , 3-year-olds, 1 1/16 miles. Turf Paradise: Saturday, $100,000 Phoenix Gold Cup, 3-year-olds and up, 6 furlongs. MILEPOSTS Desert Hero, who ran third in last year's 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. and was once considered a serious Kentucky Derby contender, has been euthanized. The horse, who won last year's Grade II San Rafael Stakes The San Rafael Stakes is a race for thoroughbred horses run at Santa Anita Park, located in Arcadia, California. The race is a Grade II event with a purse of $150,000 and is open to three-year-olds willing to race one mile (8 furlongs) on the dirt. , was suffering from equine protozoal myelitis myelitis /my·eli·tis/ (mi?e-li´tis) 1. inflammation of the spinal cord; often expanded to include noninflammatory spinal cord lesions. 2. inflammation of the bone marrow (osteomyelitis). . The colt's last race was a win in an allowance race at Santa Anita on Jan. 29. A necropsy confirmed that the EPM EPM equine protozoal myeloencephalitis. , which causes damage to the central nervous system, had spread extensively through Desert Hero's system. CAPTION(S): photo, box Photo: no caption (Laffit Pincay) Box: THE STAKES SCHEDULE (see text) |
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