PICK-SIX POOL BREAKS RECORD.Byline: Kevin Modesti Daily News Staff Writer Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
That's a track record, bettering the $3.3 million wagered on the pick-six June 14, when management made a $1 million guarantee. Upsets by Flying Rey and 21-1 Hollyhoney in the opening pick-six races knocked out most players. But after predictable victories by Perfected, Expressionist ex·pres·sion·ism n. A movement in the arts during the early part of the 20th century that emphasized subjective expression of the artist's inner experiences. ex·pres , Native Desert in the featured Khaled Stakes, and Avenging Eagle, the holders of 28 perfect tickets collected $77,221 apiece. The Daily Racing Form's Ira Kaplan and Brad Free had suggested that bettors count on a Native Desert victory. ``If they knew this horse, they would never have `singled' him,'' jockey Rene Douglas said after the race. ``He's common. But he sure tries.'' The payoffs were bigger than in June, when 35 perfect tickets were worth $53,000 apiece. People races: With two days left in Hollywood Park's three-month season, Corey Nakatani ''' Corey S. Nakatani (born October 21, 1970 in Covina, California, United States) is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. As of 2006, Nakatani has won more than 3000 races including the Kentucky Oaks twice, the Canadian International Stakes, the Dubai Golden has a one-victory lead over Chris McCarron Christopher John "Chris" McCarron (b. March 27 1955, Boston, Massachusetts) is an American thoroughbred horse racing Hall of Fame retired jockey. He was introduced to the sport of thoroughbred racing by his older brother, jockey Gregg McCarron. , 50-49. Nakatani won the Royal Heroine with the impressive Tuzla on Saturday. McCarron answered with favored Uptown Squeeze. The leading trainers blanked, so Craig Dollase has 18 winners to 16 for Ron McAnally Ronald L. McAnally (born July 11, 1932, in Covington, Kentucky) is an American Hall of Fame trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing. Called "one of the most honored and respected of North American trainers" by Thoroughbred Times Co. and Bob Hess Bob Hess (born May 19, 1955, in Edmonton, Alberta) is a former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the second round, 26th overall, by the St. Louis Blues in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft. Jr. Today: Despite stamina questions, front-running Old Trieste is the 2-1 favorite for the $500,000 Swaps Stakes The Swaps Stakes is a race for Thoroughbred horses run at Hollywood Park Racetrack each year. The race is open to horses, age three. willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. A Grade II event, it carries a purse of $400,000. , one of five stakes on what Hollywood Park is billing as Super Sunday. Grand Slam, Shot of Gold and Old Topper Topper house he purchases is haunted by the young couple who owned it previously and their dog. [Am. Lit., Cin., TV: Topper in Halliwell, 718] See : Ghost Topper Hopalong Cassidy’s faithful horse. are all 7-2 or less on the morning line. Old Trieste, who'll have McCarron, won the 1 1/16-mile Affirmed after fading to 10th in the 1-1/4-mile Kentucky Derby; the Swaps is 1-1/8. Also on the 1 p.m. card: It's West (River Bay) vs. East (Devonwood) in the Sunset Handicap on turf; D. Wayne Lukas' 2-year-old Yes It's True shipped from Kentucky for the Hollywood Juvenile Championship; and California-breds sprint in the Answer Do and the Valkyr Handicap. Elsewhere: Kelly Kip, one of the nation's leading sprinters, won the $300,000 De Francis Memorial Dash at Laurel with jockey Jean-Luc Samyn and is batting .500 in 22 starts. National news: The Breeders' Cup announced it will add a $1 million fillies-and-mares turf race in 1999 at Gulfstream Park, expanding the event to eight races. It's inconvenient for Santa Anita and Hollywood Park, because female turf stars have always turned to the Yellow Ribbon in October and the Matriarch in November. |
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