REGION ADDED TO GOLD CUP; MANDELLA HORSE MAKES FIVE IN FIELD.Byline: Brad Nelson Brad Nelson (born December 23, 1982 in Algona, Iowa), is a minor league baseball player in the Milwaukee Brewers organization. He has played first base and outfield. He was acquired by the Brewers in the fourth round of the 2001 amateur draft. Daily News Staff Writer Incredibly, Sunday's Hollywood Gold Cup The Hollywood Gold Cup is a Grade I stakes race for thoroughbred horses inaugurated in 1938 at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. It was run as a handicap race until 1997 when it was switched to weight-for-age conditions. , already overflowing with Richard Mandella-trained horses, picked up one more Thursday morning. When post positions were drawn for the $1 million race at Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
Region joins stablemates Siphon siphon (sī`fən, –fŏn), tube through which a liquid is lifted over an elevation by the pressure of the atmosphere and is then emptied at a lower level. , Gentlemen, Talloires and Sandpit. Santa Anita Handicap The Santa Anita Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in the late winter at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California. It is a Grade I race for horses three years old and up, and is considered the most important race for older horses in North America during winner and defending Gold Cup champion Siphon was made the 6-5 morning-line favorite, followed by the entry of Gentlemen and Talloires - both partly owned by Hollywood Park chairman R.D. Hubbard - at 7-5. The only other horse in the race is Marlin, trained by D. Wayne Lukas Darrell Wayne Lukas (born September 2, 1935 in Antigo, Wisconsin) is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. . When Will's Way didn't make the trip from the East Coast and River Keen came down with a cough, there were just five horses left, which would have tied the 1958, '67 and '94 Gold Cups as the smallest field in the race's history. It also would have left Siphon with no chance to earn the $3 million bonus that goes with winning the Santa Anita Handicap, the Gold Cup and Del Mar's Pacific Classic. According to the rules of the MGM MGM in full Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. U.S. corporation and film studio. It was formed when the film distributor Marcus Loew, who bought Metro Pictures in 1920, merged it with the Goldwyn production company in 1924 and with Louis B. Mayer Pictures in 1925. Grand-sponsored bonus, at least six horses must run in each race for the bonus to stay in effect. Mandella dismissed the notion that he would run an unsound unsound said of an animal, usually a horse, which has been examined for soundness and found to be unsatisfactory. horse just to keep the bonus alive. ``I wouldn't do that,'' he said. ``Region is a horse that's always eligible to run a big race. And, for a $1 million Gold Cup, to have a horse sitting in the barn in good shape just doesn't make sense to me with as small a field as it is. The first intention was not to ensure the bonus. That's nice that it works out that way, but that was not the first intention. And if any of them are sick or sore, they will not run.'' Mandella was toying with the idea of entering Region as early as Monday morning, long before Will's Way and River Keen dropped out. Asked at the time if five was the limit, he asked with mock urgency, ``Why, did you see one I missed?'' Region has won 12 of 34 lifetime starts, earning more than $750,000. He was fourth in the Californian on June 1 at Hollywood Park and finished second twice in May, once in Hollywood's Mervyn LeRoy and again in Golden Gate's All-American Handicap. His last victory came in September in the $150,000 Pomona Invitational at Fairplex Park. He was eighth in the 1994 Santa Anita Handicap. He joins oldsters Sandpit (8) and Talloires (7) in the Gold Cup and will be ridden by 50-year-old Laffit Pincay, who has won seven of his 20 Gold Cup rides. Only Bill Shoemaker has won it or ridden in it more (8 of 26). Trainer Charlie Whittingham saddled three horses in nine different Gold Cups. Before this, Mandella had saddled five Gold Cup horses total in his career. Most people see the race as another showdown between Siphon and Gentlemen, who finished third in the Santa Anita Handicap. ``I have to give each of my horses their best chance,'' said Mandella on the way he looks at the race. ``But the riders have also ridden these horses a lot, so there won't be a lot of direction. They basically know the horse.'' Notes: Three of the Gold Cup jockeys will be looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. their first victories in the race. Chris McCarron is 0 for 15 (nine seconds) and Alex Solis and Corey Nakatani are both 0 for 5 in Gold Cups. . . . Hollywood Park is close to announcing that the July 13 Swaps Stakes will be moved to July 20 and the purse increased from $500,000 in a final attempt to lure Triple Crown stars Silver Charm, Touch Gold and Free House. Silver Charm appears committed to another race, and no decision has been made on whether there will be a purse increase if only the other two run. . . . In Sunday's other features, Northern Afleet tops the field for the $250,000-added Triple Bend Breeders' Cup Handicap at 7 furlongs and Windsharp and Donna Viola hook up in the $300,000 Beverly Hills Handicap The Beverly Hills Handicap is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in late June at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. The Grade II un over a distance of 1 ΒΌ miles on turf, the race is open to fillies and mares three years of age and older. on the turf at 1 -1/4 miles. HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP When: Sunday. Where: Hollywood Park. Post time: approx. 3:40 p.m. Purse: $1 million. Distance: 1-1/4 miles. TV: ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network . Probable field (with jockeys): Siphon (Flores Flores, town, Guatemala Flores (flōrəs), town (1990 est. pop. 2,200), capital of Petén department, N Guatemala. Flores was built on an island in the southern part of Lake Petén Itzá and on the site of the ), Gentlemen (Stevens), Sandpit (Nakatani), Marlin (McCarron), River Keen (Desormeaux), Talloires (Solis). Possible: Will's Way (Chavez). CAPTION(S): Box Box: HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP |
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