THREE GO FOR THE TITLE HOLLYWOOD FUTURITY LIKELY WILL DECIDE CHAMP.Byline: Kevin Modesti Staff Writer INGLEWOOD - The national championship for 2-year-old racehorses will be settled on the field. ``We've got our own little BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. going,'' said Ron Ellis Ronald John Edward Ellis (born January 8, 1945 in Lindsay, Ontario) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs. , the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. product who trains Declan's Moon, the 7-5 morning-line favorite for the Hollywood Futurity this afternoon at Hollywood Park. It's better than that. Unlike college football's Bowl Championship Series, the Hollywood Futurity has managed to squeeze three title contenders into one contest. Declan's Moon (Victor Espinoza riding), 5-2 Proud Accolade (John Velazquez) and 3-1 Wilko (Corey Nakatani) are among eight entrants in the 1 1/16-mile race with a purse estimated at $449,500. A win by any of the three should guarantee a victory in the end-of-year championship voting. Scheduled for 4:05 p.m. as the eighth race on a 10-race card starting at 12:30 p.m., the Futurity is the most anticipated stakes of Hollywood Park's winter season. ``(Proud Accolade) is here because the championship's on the line,'' said Michael ``Whitey'' McCarthy, the assistant who has managed the colt's trip for New York-based trainer Todd Pletcher. Proud Accolade will race in blinkers blinkers 1. rigid pieces of leather fitted to a head harness at a point where they will obstruct the horse's lateral vision. 2. a more sophisticated piece of harness worn by expensive horses consisting of a canvas head-covering with holes for the ears to protrude and two for the first time as he shoots for his second major victory. The son of Yes It's True won the Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park before finishing sixth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile The Breeders' Cup Juvenile is a Thoroughbred horse race for 2-year-old colts and geldings raced on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. at Lone Star Park Lone Star Park is a horse racing track located in Grand Prairie, Texas. History Lone Star Park opened in 1997. The track offers separate meets for Thoroughbred racing and Quarter Horse racing. In October of 2002, Magna Entertainment Corp. . The Breeders' Cup was his only defeat in four starts. ``We're accepting the challenge,'' said Craig Dollase, new trainer of Wilko, who threw open the championship debate by winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile at 28-1 odds in his U.S. debut. Dollase, who took over Wilko's training from England's Jeremy Noseda following the Breeders' Cup, has been nursing a crack on the colt's left forefoot forefoot /fore·foot/ (-foot) 1. one of the front feet of a quadruped. 2. the fore part of the foot. but told the Daily Racing Form The Daily Racing Form, LLC (DRF) is a broadsheet newspaper founded in 1894 in Chicago, Illinois by Frank Brunell. The paper publishes the past performances of race horses as a statistical service for bettors on horse racing in the United States. the son of Awesome Again is ``95 percent'' likely to start. Of the trio of title contenders, only Declan's Moon lacks a victory in a race of the Hollywood Futurity's Grade I stature or a victory in a race beyond the sprint distances. The son of Malibu Moon is unbeaten in three starts, including the Del Mar Futurity The Del Mar Futurity is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Beginning in the racing season of 2007, this race has been upgraded by the American Graded Stakes Committee from a Grade II event to a Grade I. and Hollywood Prevue. Breaking from post 1 (Wilko), 3 (Declan's Moon) and 5 (Proud Accolade), the stars figure to look for early positions close behind front-running Bushwacker and Rene Douglas, Hollywood Park's leading rider. Also entered are Southern Africa, Giacomo, General Jumbo and Lucky Bid. The Futurity's 23 previous runnings produced such memories as Grand Canyon's 2-year-old-record time of 1 minute, 33 seconds for a mile, the event's distance in 1989; Tejano's becoming the first 2-year-old millionaire by winning in 1987; and wins by future stars Show Chief, Best Pal, A.P. Indy, Real Quiet, Captain Steve and Point Given. Roving Boy (1982) is the only winner to be voted 2-year-old champion. Brocco's loss to Valiant Nature (1993) cost him the 2-year-old title that went to Dehere. Kevin Modesti, (818) 713-3616 heymodesti(at)aol.com |
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