TIMARIDA HEADS MATRIARCH FIELD.Byline: Daily News Wire Services Timarida, an impressive winner of her two U.S. starts, heads a field of 12 entered in today's $700,000 Matriarch at Hollywood Park Hollywood Park may be several places:
Timarida, a 4-year-old Irish-bred daughter of Kalaglow, has 10 wins, two seconds and two thirds in 15 lifetime starts - all on turf - and has earned $1,077,309. Timarida, who will be ridden by John Murtagh John Richard Murtagh (born on 21 July 1967 in Canterbury, New Zealand) is a former cricketer. He captained the New Zealand Under-19 team in three Youth Tests and three Youth ODIs in 1986/7. , most recently finished third in the Champion Stakes The Champion Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in the United Kingdom for three-year-old and above thoroughbreds. It is run over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs (2,012 metres) at Newmarket's Rowley Mile course in October. It was first run in 1877. in England. Others entered in the 16th running of the 1-1/4-mile race for fillies and mares on the turf were defending champion defending champion n (SPORT) → defensor/a m/f del tÃtulo defending champion n (Sport) → champion(ne) en titre Duda, who will be ridden by Gary Stevens
He began his career in 1968 and in ten short years became the top American jockey with 384 wins. ; Real Connection, Laffit Pincay; Hollywood Dream, Cash Asmussen Cash Asmussen (born March 15, 1962, in Agar, South Dakota) is an American thoroughbred horse racing jockey. Born Brian Keith Asmussen, in 1977 he legally changed his name to "Cash". ; Memories of Silver, Robbie Davis; Bail Out Becky, Pat Day; Auriette, Kent Desormeaux; Alpride, Chris McCarron; Olimpia Dukakis, Alex Solis; Dixie Pearl, Rene Douglas, and Wandesta, Corey Nakatani. Each entry will carry 123 pounds except Memories of Silver, a 3-year-old filly who will carry 120 pounds. ``This is the best group of (fillies and) mares in America,'' said Wally Dollase, who trains Windsharp. ``Whoever wins The Matriarch deserves the Eclipse (Award).'' The 5-year-old Windsharp, who finished fifth in the Breeders' Cup Turf The Breeders' Cup Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on turf for three-year-olds and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. The race's current title sponsor is John Deere. , has eight wins, five seconds and three thirds in 23 starts and earnings of $741,043. Before her third-place finish in the Breeders' Cup Mile, Memories of Silver had won four straight races. Overall, she has won 4 of her 8 lifetime starts and earned $404,095. Duda won The Matriarch last year as a 30-1 shot in 2:00 1/5. She beat Angel In My Heart by one length, with Wandesta finishing third, Windsharp fourth, Alpride seventh and Bail Out Becky ninth. The $500,000 Crown Royal Hollywood Derby for 3-year-olds also will be contested today. Rainbow Blues heads a field of 14 entered in the 56th running of the 1-1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds on the turf. Rainbow Blues, who will be ridden by Nakatani, has won 3 of his 14 lifetime starts and earned $326,950. Another contender figures to be Marlin, who will be ridden by John Velasquez. Marlin has won 4 of 14 lifetime starts and earned $527,280. Gentlemen wins: Gentlemen, bred in Argentina, ran head and head much of the way with Beau Jingles before drawing off in the stretch under Gary Stevens to post a 2-1/2-length victory Saturday in the $300,000 Citation Handicap at Hollywood Park. The victory made it a sweep for foreign horses on the second day of the sixth annual Turf Festival as Irish-bred Hello captured the $250,000 Generous Stakes earlier on the card. Hello overcame traffic problems and a bumping incident in midstretch while closing gamely under Chris McCarron to capture the one-mile event in 1:34 3/5. NYRA NYRA New York Racing Association NYRA National Youth Rights Association NYRA New York Restaurant Association Mile: Gold Fever, an 11-1 shot, closed fast down the middle of the track for an upset victory in the $250,000 NYRA Mile at Aqueduct in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . Unbridled's Song disappointed with a second-place finish in his return to competition after a 5-1/2-month layoff in the sixth race, a seven-furlong allowance. After breaking a step slow, Unbridled's Song made a strong move to gain a brief advantage after entering the stretch but couldn't withstand the late surge of Pacific Fleet, who went on to a 1-1/4-length victory under Lafitt Pincay Jr. Unbridled Song was runner-up in the field of six. After the race, owner Ernie Paragallo said that Unbridled's Song might be retired. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: Unbridled's Song (2, center) returns to the races at Aqueduct but finishes second behind Pacific Fleet, left, ridden by Laffit Pincay Jr. Associated Press |
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