RAMONA FEATURES FAVORED VIOLA.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Donna Viola is favored in the Ramona Handicap today and Marlin is favored in the Eddie Read Handicap The Eddie Read Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race for horses age three and up and is raced at a distance of one and one-eighth miles on the turf. The Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California hosts the $400,000, Grade I event, which is an important prep to the Breeders' on Sunday as Del Mar Del Mar is the name of several places in the United States of America:
Bettors' first or second choices have captured nine of the past 10 runnings of Del Mar's two major grass events, the winners including Flawlessly, Possibly Perfect and Matiara in the Ramona and 1993 Horse of the Year Kotashaan and Fastness in the Eddie Read. Donna Viola, who will carry 121 pounds with Gary Stevens
Different, co-highweight at 121 with 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. , will be in the Ramona field of seven fillies and mares going 1-1/8 miles. P. Val's back: Jockey Patrick Valenzuela, whose sometimes-brilliant career has been broken up by drug problems, is scheduled to return today at Del Mar following a nine-month suspension. He has three mounts on the 10-race card. At Saratoga: The leading older horses on the East Coast - Skip Away, Will's Way and Formal Gold - make up half the field for the $350,000 Whitney Handicap today at Saratoga. Skip Away, the 3-year-old champion of 1996, defeated both rivals in his past two starts, the Massachusetts and Suburban handicaps. He will carry high weight, 125, and Shane Sellers in the 1-1/8-mile Whitney. |
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