TIZNOW STAYS AT HOME.Byline: - Kevin Modesti ARCADIA - Tiznow will stay at Santa Anita and carry a race-high 124 pounds - one more than Skimming - in Sunday's Goodwood Handicap, the major western prep for the Breeders' Cup Classic The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and older run at a distance of 1ΒΌ miles (2012 m) on dirt. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup. . Principal owner Michael Cooper and trainer Jay Robbins had waited until Tuesday, when Santa Anita released weight assignments for the 1 1/8-mile Goodwood, to announce whether they'd run Tiznow here or send him to Belmont Park 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 for Saturday's Jockey Club Gold Cup The Jockey Club Gold Cup, established in 1919, is a prestigious thoroughbred flat race open to horses of either gender three-years-old and up. It is typically the main event of the fall meeting at Belmont Park, just as the Belmont Stakes is of the spring meeting and the Travers . In 2000, Tiznow used a Goodwood victory as a stepping stone to the Breeders' Cup Classic upset at Churchill Downs that made him Horse of the Year. The 2001 Breeders' Cup program will be held at Belmont Oct. 27. Tiznow (Chris McCarron riding) is expected to be challenged by Skimming (Garrett Gomez), Dixie Dot Com (118 pounds, David 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 ), Freedom Crest (115, Kent Desormeaux), Tribunal (115, Corey Nakatani) and Digfor It (114, Alex Solis) in the $500,000 Goodwood. Skimming, Dixie Dot Com and Dig for It finished 1-2-3 in Del Mar's Pacific Classic. Saturday, Kona Gold will carry 127 pounds in the Ancient Title Handicap as the 7-year-old retraces his path to the 2000 Breeders' Cup Sprint The Breeders' Cup Sprint is an American Weight for Age Grade I Thoroughbred horse race for three year olds & up. Run on dirt over a distance of 6 Furlongs (3/4 mile), the race has been held annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the championship. The scheduled appearances of popular Tiznow and Kona Gold are good news for Santa Anita, which saw 2-year-old stars Came Home (ankle) and Habibti (fever) scratched from Breeders' Cup prep races last weekend. |
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