OUT OF THE GATE.Byline: - Kevin Modesti and Daily News wire services MILEPOSTS Martin Pedroza is off to a fast start, riding 17 winners in the first six days at Fairplex Park, as he seeks a record sixth consecutive jockey title at the Los Angeles County Fair The Los Angeles County Fair (also called simply the L.A. County Fair) is an annual event held in the Fairplex in Pomona, California, held every September. It is a carnival with rides, merchants, food vendors, cooking contests, and livestock. The 2007 L.A. track in Pomona. Through Wednesday, Pedroza was on pace to match David Flores' 1991 record of 48 victories in a Fairplex season. ... Omar Figueroa, 20, was far behind Pedroza in the overall standings but made a splash by winning three stakes in the first four days at Fairplex, including Doug O'Neill-trained Lava Man in Monday's Pomona Derby Trial. ... A Japanese trainer paid $8 million for a colt by top sire Storm Cat on Tuesday at a Keeneland yearling yearling an animal in its second year of age, e.g. yearling cattle, yearling filly, yearling colt. yearling disease rinderpest in wildebeeste in the Serengheti. sale in Lexington, Ky. Hideyuki Mori won a bidding war with Irish agent Demi O'Byrne by paying the fourth-highest price ever for a yearling. The record is $13.1 million, paid for a Nijinsky II colt in 1985. The $8 million price tag was a record for Keeneland's September sale, now in its 61st year. It was unclear who the owner would be. The chestnut colt sold Tuesday was out of Welcome Surprise. Storm Cat is North America's most expensive sire, commanding a breeding fee of $500,000 per live foal. ... Smarty An earlier device marketed by Fischer International Systems Corporation, Naples, FL (www.fisc.com) that used a standard 3.5" floppy drive to read smart cards. The smart card was inserted into Smarty, which resembled a floppy disk. Jones' stud fee, starting next year at Three Chimneys Farm Three Chimneys Farm is an American thoroughbred race horse breeding farm in Midway, Kentucky established in 1972 by Mr. & Mrs. Robert N. Clay. The farm has been home to a number of famous horses including U.S. Triple Crown champion Seattle Slew, U.S. in Kentucky, has been set at $100,000 per successful mating. ... Star racehorse and sire Deputy Minister has died at 25 while undergoing treatment in Ohio for cancer. Deputy Minister was the Canadian Horse of the Year The Canadian Horse of the Year is a thoroughbred horse racing honor given annually since 1951 by the Jockey Club of Canada. It is the most prestigious honor in Canadian thoroughbred horse racing. after winning seven stakes as a 2-year-old on his way to 12 victories in 22 career starts. His offspring included Open Mind, Go for Wand Go For Wand (April 6, 1987 - October 27, 1990) was a champion American thoroughbred racehorse. Sired by Canadian Hall of Famer Deputy Minister, Go For Wand was foaled and raised at Claiborne Farm. She was a rising star of racehorses, particularly fillies. and Dehere. ... Walter Case Jr., driver of the second-most winners (11,027) in harness-racing history, pleaded guilty Monday to attacking his estranged es·trange tr.v. es·tranged, es·trang·ing, es·trang·es 1. To make hostile, unsympathetic, or indifferent; alienate. 2. To remove from an accustomed place or set of associations. wife with a steak knife at their Ohio home. He faces up to eight years in prison. Nadine Case, 26, survived the beating that punctured one of her lungs. CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) HOLLYWOOD PARK LEADERS (2) ON THE STAKES SCHEDULE |
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