PHAR TO WIN TAKES TO TURF.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Phar to Win, a lightly raced 4-year-old gelding gelding castrated male horse. who was trying turf for the first time, justified his 7-10 favorite status Thursday with a dominant victory in Oak Tree's $45,200 Continental Red Stakes for California-breds at Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
Jockey Jon Court Jon Kenton Court (born November 23, 1960 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. Having grown up in Florida, Jon Court began riding in Colorado at the now closed Centennial Park in 1980. sent the son of Avenue of Flags Avenue of Flags is a park in the city of Hermitage in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, United States, erected during the Iran hostage crisis of 1979 - 1981 to honor the American diplomats held hostage in Tehran, Iran. to the lead soon after the start of the 1 1/8-mile competition, and the pair was never seriously threatened while covering the distance in 1:47.14. The gelding, trained by Thomas Bell III, finished twolengths ahead of Johnny High Brite, with Final Finale another three-quarters back. The winner paid $3.40, $2.60 and $2.60. Johnny High Brite returned $3.80 and $3 while the show price on Final Finale was $6 in the field of eight. It was the third successive victory for Phar to Win after an 18-month layoff. He earned $26,400 to bring his total to $70,800 for owners Betty and Robert Irvin. Lava flowing: Doug O'Neill, who saddled four winners on opening day to equal a single-day Santa Anita record shared with Bobby Frankel and Richard Mandella, said Lava Man is ``doing fantastic'' as he prepares for the Grade II Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap The Goodwood Breeders' Cup Handicap is an American thoroughbred horse race run annually since 1982 during the Oak Tree Racing Association at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. and a possible meeting with Giacomo and Brother Derek on Oct. 7. ``He's due to work three-quarters this Saturday if all goes well,'' O'Neill said. ``He's galloping really well over that new track (at Hollywood Park). He's getting something out of it every day. I'm very happy with where he's at right now. Hopefully, they won't have a huge spread in the weights.'' He's a hit: Unrivaled Song could have stakes competition in his future after winning Wednesday's first race for his third victory in as many starts. Neil Drysdale trains the 3-year-old gelded geld 1 tr.v. geld·ed or gelt , geld·ing, gelds 1. To castrate (a horse, for example). 2. To deprive of strength or vigor; weaken. son of 2000 Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus, who won by a length and paid $5 as the favorite. ``They all have a lot of talent,'' said the Hall of Fame trainer, who conditioned the sometimes cantankerous can·tan·ker·ous adj. 1. Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable: disliked her cantankerous landlord. 2. Fusaichi Pegasus. |
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