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"RACE OF THE WEEK"
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Daddy Nose Best (#1) wins the $200,000 Guaranteed, El
Camino Real Derby, ridden by Julien Leparoux, Trained by
Steven M. Assmussen, Owned by Bob & Cathy Zollars, the 1
1/8 mile race went in1:50.46 - Photo credits: Stacia
Mumm, Victor Fierros & William Vassar - Vassar
Photography / story by Michael Cusortelli for SureBet
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Daddy
Nose
Best
Rallies
to
Win
Grade
3 El
Camino
Real
Derby
Berkeley,
CA -
Feb.
18,
2012
-
Julien
Leparoux
rode
Daddy
Nose
Best
to a
come-from-behind
win
in
the
Grade
3,
$200,000
El
Camino
Real
Derby
at
Golden
Gate
Fields
on
Saturday.
Trained
by
Steve
Asmussen
for
owners
Bob
and
Cathy
Zollars,
Daddy
Nose
Best
rallied
off
of
the
fractions
of
:23.31,
:47.57,
and
1:12.28
set
by
Handsome
Mike
and
All
Squared
Away,
before
he
reached
the
wire
in
1:50.46
for
his
1
1/8-mile
trip
on
Golden
Gate's
synthetic
Tapeta
surface.
Daddy
Nose
Best's
victory
was
his
first
in a
stakes
race,
and
it
established
the
bay
colt
as
one
of
the
West
Coast
contenders
for
the
May
5,
$2-million
Kentucky
Derby
(G1)
at
Churchill
Downs.
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DAISY DEVINE TRUMPS ‘QUEEN’ IN FG’S MARDI GRAS ‘CAP
- NEW ORLEANS - Feb. 21, 2012 – James Miller’s Daisy
Devine, cleverly ridden by Irish-born jockey James
Graham, took advantage of a short field and a temporary
rail set 22 feet away from its inside position that left
Clark Brewster’s odds-on favorite Cherokee Queen
somewhat tactically challenged and was able to draw off
late for a 2 1/2-length tally in Fat Tuesday’s featured
$75,000 Mardi Gras Handicap for older fillies and mares
over Fair Grounds’ yielding Stall-Wilson turf course. |
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LG Jet takes home the Oregon Thoroughbred Breeders’
Derby - Portland, OR—Feb. 20, 2012 -
LG Jet made it four wins in a row on Monday as he
cruised to a win in the $20,000 Oregon Thoroughbred
Breeders’ Derby at Portland Meadows. |
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Castle Pines and Swiss Exploit take Leg 2 of the Route
Claiming Series, $25,000 Final is up next on March 14th
- Portland, OR - Feb. 20, 2012 - Castle Pines went right
to the front and stayed there as the 9 year old veteran
went wire to wire to score an impressive win in Leg 2 of
the Route Claiming Series at Portland Meadows on Monday. |
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CITY TO CITY TURNS THE TABLES UNDER NAKATANI WITH 8-1
UPSET BY A HEAD IN GRADE II BUENA VISTA -
ARCADIA, CA - Feb. 20, 2012 – The beaten favorite in her
two previous starts, City to City finally got the money
by a desperate head over Up In Time Monday in a driving
finish to climax Santa Anita’s Grade II, $150,000 Buena
Vista Handicap after covering the one mile on turf in
1:34.19. |
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Team Baffert Sweep Both Divisions of the Southwest
- HOT SPRINGS, AR - Feb. 20, 2012 – It has been quite a
three-day span for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who
has won 8 of 10 starts over this Presidents Day weekend,
including both divisions of the $250,000 Southwest
Stakes (G3) before a crowd of 29,313 at Oaklawn. Using
similar stalking tactics, Castaway won the first
division and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Sprint winner Secret
Circle won the second division. |
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BAFFERT HITS GUSHER AS DRILL WINS GR. II SAN VICENTE
- ARCADIA, CA - Feb. 19, 2012 - Drill defeated American
Act by a nose to win the $150,000 San Vicente Stakes
(Grade II) and snap a five-race skid on Sunday at Santa
Anita, although trainer Bob Baffert isn't rushing him
onto the Kentucky Derby trail. An on-track crowd of
11,023 were held spellbound the final furlong and the
result was very much in doubt until the photo finish
camera established the official order of finish. |
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Gleaming Scores Second Straight in Spring Fever
- HOT SPRINGS, AR - Feb. 19, 2012 – Whenever Sanders and
Hirsch’s Gleaming runs at Oaklawn this year, there seems
to be travel complications for her regular jockey Cliff
Berry. She needed a replacement rider when she won the
American Beauty Stakes last month, but Berry had less
trouble making it to Hot Springs Sunday, and the two
travelled beautifully together in taking the $60,000
Spring Fever. |
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COLOR CODE AND DEFIANT FLYER SCORE IN THE $100,000 TWO
ALTAZANO AND JIM'S ORBIT AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK
- Houston, TX - Feb. 18, 2012 - The third leg of the
Texas Stallion Stakes Series took place at Sam Houston
Race Park this evening and two completely different
running styles made for very exciting racing action. It
was a front-running score by Color Code in the $100,000
Two Altazano and a huge run from off the pace by Defiant
Flyer in the $100,000 Jim’s Orbit. Both stakes were
supported by the Texas Thoroughbred Association (TTA)
for progeny of nominated Texas stallions. |
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ELLAFITZ CONTINUES ELEVATION WITH GRITTY DOMINANCE OF
GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA MARIA FOR THIRD STRAIGHT STAKES
WIN - ARCADIA, CA - Feb. 18, 2012 – Ellafitz,
the 5-year-old mare whom trainer Bob Baffert says is
“getting better with age,” demonstrated her gritty
resistance Saturday when turning back challenge after
challenge as the front-running winner of Santa Anita’s
Grade II, $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes for older fillies
and mares at 1 1/16 miles. |
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Daddy Nose Best Rallies to Win Grade 3 El Camino Real
Derby - Berkeley, CA - Feb. 18, 2012
- Julien Leparoux rode Daddy Nose Best to a
come-from-behind win in the Grade 3, $200,000 El Camino
Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields on Saturday. Trained by
Steve Asmussen for owners Bob and Cathy Zollars, Daddy
Nose Best rallied off of the fractions of :23.31,
:47.57, and 1:12.28 set by Handsome Mike and All Squared
Away, before he reached the wire in 1:50.46 for his 1
1/8-mile trip on Golden Gate's synthetic Tapeta surface. |
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Derive Game Winner of Gold Cup -
Phoenix, AZ - Feb. 18, 2012 - Rick Weist’s Derive dug
down in deep stretch to score his fifth-straight win and
push his record to five-for-five at Turf Paradise with a
thrilling win in the $75,000 Phoenix Gold Cup on
Saturday afternoon. |
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Iplaytricks wins $110,000 Sydney Valentini Handicap in a
driving finish - Sunland PK, NM -
February 18, 2012 - In dramatic finish, Iplaytricks
upset heavily favored Rose’s Desert by three quarters of
a length to win the $110,000 Sydney Valentini Handicap
on Saturday at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. |
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Absinthe Minded Repeats Bayakoa Victory Impressively
- HOT SPRINGS, AR - Feb. 18, 2012 – Briland Farm’s
Absinthe Minded had Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas
calling it the “best race of her career” after she
shrugged off pressure on the lead to defend her title in
Saturday’s $100,000 Bayakoa Stakes before an on-track
crowd of 20,432 at Oaklawn. It was the fourth Bayakoa
win for current leading jockey Terry Thompson, who was
also aboard last year. |
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INDIGO RIVER KEEPS ROLLING WITH $73,950 SWEET LIFE
STAKES WIN - ARCADIA, CA - Feb. 12, 2012 –
Irish-bred Indigo River, bet down to 8-5 favoritism,
posted her second victory in as many starts over Santa
Anita’s downhill turf course Sunday when she out
finished
Vionnet by 1 ½ lengths to capture the third running of
the $73,950 Sweet Life Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at
6 ½ furlongs. |
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Vamoose powers home in $50,000 Curribot Stakes
- Sunland Park, NM - Feb. 12, 2012 - Vamoose unleashed a
powerful move around the far turn to take a commanding 3
and 1/2 length win in the $50,000 Curribot Stakes at
Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday. |
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GREAT MILLS RETURNS TO THE WINNER’S CIRCLE IN THE
$75,000 CHAMPION ENERGY SERVICES STAKES AT SAM HOUSTON
RACE PARK - Houston, TX - Feb. 11, 2012 - Great
Mills, owned by Millennium Farms and trained by Steve
Asmussen, had not entered the winner’s circle since last
July at Saratoga. This evening at Sam Houston Race Park,
he showed his class as he defeated nine rivals in the
$75,000 Champion Energy Services Stakes. |
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FRONT-RUNNING SLIM SHADEY TURNS GRADE II SAN MARCOS
STAKES UPSIDE DOWN AT ODDS OF 11-1 UNDER JOCKEY DAVID
FLORES - ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 11, 2012) –
British-bred Slim Shadey, whose 13-1 upset victory in a
first-level allowance event one month ago halted an
11-race losing streak, turned Santa Anita’s 60th running
of the Grade II, $150,000 San Marcos Stakes topsy turvy
on Saturday. |
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JOYFUL VICTORY RETURNS IN PINK IN FG’S TIFFANY LASS
- NEW ORLEANS - Feb. 11, 2012 – Fox Hill Farms’ Joyful
Victory, asked to show a second effort when passed by
Mrs. Yoshio Fujita’s Ravi’s Song in mid-stretch of
Saturday’s $75,000 Tiffany Lass Stakes at Fair Grounds,
responded to that request with a courageous half-length
tally in the New Orleans oval’s featured race of the
weekend. |
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Amie's Dini Turns Table on Rival Now I Know
- HOT SPRINGS, AR - Feb. 11, 2012 – Amie’s Dini put the
pressure on early and the strategy paid off as she was
able to turn the tables on the previously unbeaten Now I
Know in Saturday’s $75,000 Martha Washington Stakes. The
last time the two fillies met it was the opposite result
in the Jan. 15 Dixie Belle Stakes. |
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Twelve Twenty Two strolls home in $50,000 El Diario
Stakes - Sunland Pk., NM - Feb. 11,
2012 - In a consummate performance, Twelve Twenty Two
strolled home to an easy four and three-quarter length
win in the $50,000 El Diario Stakes at Sunland Park
Racetrack and Casino on Saturday. |
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GAME ON DUDE RETURNS AS MAJOR PLAYER WITH 5 ¼-LENGTH
ROMP IN SAN ANTONIO STAKES - ARCADIA, CA - Feb.
5, 2012 – In his first start since a gritty second in
the $5 million Breeders’ Cup Classic last Nov. 5,
defending Santa Anita Handicap champion Game On Dude
gave every indication Sunday that he again would be a
major player among the nation’s older horses at the age
of 5. |
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PLEASANTLY BLESSED BENEFITS FROM A RAIL SAVING RIDE TO
WIN THE $50,000 JERSEY LILLY STAKES - Houston,
TX - Feb. 4, 2012 - Pleasantly Blessed showed her class
and turf acumen tonight at Sam Houston Race Park,
defeating a solid field of ten fillies and mares in the
$50,000 Jersey Lilly Stakes. |
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STAR GUITAR DOES IT AGAIN IN THE $200,000 LOUISIANA
PREMIER NIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP - LOUISIANA PREMIER NIGHT
RESULTS - VINTON, LA. – Feb. 4, 2012 - Brittlyn
Stable Inc.’s 7-year-old Star Guitar rallied from last
in a field of 10 on Saturday night to capture his fourth
consecutive $200,000 Louisiana Premier Night
Championship at Delta Downs. |
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I’LL HAVE ANOTHER SENDS PUNTERS PACKING WITH 43-1 LEWIS
UPSET, ULTIMATE EAGLE LANDS IN STRUB WINNER’S CIRCLE &
MR. COMMONS DOMINATES ON TURF IN ARCADIA -
ARCADIA, CA - Feb. 4, 2012 - With trouble unfolding
behind him, 43-1 shot I'll Have Another went on to
stunning upset in the Grade II, $200,000 Robert B. Lewis
Stakes, surprising his trainer and owner as much as the
bettors. |
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Alternation Returns In Big Way with Essex Triumph
- HOT SPRINGS, AR - Feb. 4, 2012 - Pin Oak Stable’s
Alternation finally earned the Oaklawn stakes victory
that eluded him last year when he authoritatively
captured Saturday’s $100,000 Essex Handicap. Among the
leading contenders on the Arkansas Derby trail in 2011
with two impressive allowance wins, it wasn’t until he
won the Peter Pan Stakes (G2) at Belmont in May that he
began to show his true potential. |
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Jonathan Nance and Debbie Hoonan dominate Leg 1 of the
Route Claiming Series - Portland,
OR - Feb. 1, 2012 - Trainer Jonathan Nance enjoyed some
great success this afternoon in the three divisions of
Leg 1 of the Route Claiming Series, winning two of the
races and finishing second in the other division. Nance
sent out Swiss Exploit in Race 7 which was the first of
the three divisions of Leg 1, and Swiss Exploit went
wire to wire for an impressive two and three quarter
length victory. |
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UNZIP ME BACK ON TOP OF HER GAME WITH WISHING WELL TRIUMPH -
ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 29, 2012) – After disappointing as the
prohibitive favorite in 4 of her 6 previous starts, 6-year-old Unzip
Me reaffirmed her status as the West Coast’s premier female turf
sprinter Sunday with a half-length victory over Teroda in Santa
Anita’s $86,600 Wishing Well Stakes. |
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Talk Circuit takes SPRC Claiming Series division #1; Happy Humor
speeds to victory in division #2 - Sunland Park,
NM – Jan. 29, 2012 - Talk Circuit scored a narrow victory over
Western Pine in the $20,000 Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino
Claiming Series (#1 division) going 5 furlongs on Sunday. Ridden by
leading pilot Miguel Hernandez, Talk Circuit forced the issue and
opened up a commanding lead in the upper stretch and looked gone. In
the final stages, the 3-2 favorite had just enough in the tank to
hold on and win by neck in a time of 57.34 seconds. |
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PAPAW BODIE WITH ROSIE NAPRAVNIK IN THE IRONS CAPTURE THE GRADE 3,
$200,000 CONNALLY TURF CUP AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK -
Houston, TX - Jan. 28, 2012 - There were probably as many fans
thrilled to get their first look at top female jockey Rosie
Napravnik as the horses running in the Grade 3, $200,000 Connally
Turf Cup at Sam Houston Race Park. The talented jockey, who is the
leading rider at Fair Grounds in New Orleans, jetted over to Houston
this evening to ride Papaw Bodie in the richest race of the 2012
Thoroughbred meet. |
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SWEET ASPEN NARROWLY WINS GRADE I SANTA MONICA STAKES AFTER STIRRING
STRETCH DUEL BEFORE SUNSHINE MILLIONS’ DAY CROWD OF 30,514
ARCADIA, CA - Jan. 28, 2012 – Following
a stirring stretch-long duel with
Sugarinthemorning, Craig Stables’ Home
Sweet Aspen emerged victorious by a neck
Saturday in Santa Anita’s 55th running
of the Grade I, $300,000 Santa Monica
Stakes for older fillies and mares at
seven furlongs before an on-track crowd
of 30,514 on Sunshine Millions Day.
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Shudacudawudya Rallies to Win Albany Stakes -
Berkeley, CA – Jan. 28, 2012 - Francisco Duran rode favorite
Shudacudawudya to a half-length victory in Saturday's $65,260 Albany
Stakes at Golden Gate Fields. |
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Stakes Twosome
at Turf Paradise - Phoenix, AZ – Jan. 28, 2012 -
Rare Sunset went from gate to wire to win the $35,000 Glendale
Handicap and favored Derive won the $35,000 Swift Stakes during a
diverse stakes doubleheader on Saturday afternoon at Turf Paradise. |
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INCLUDE ME OUT IS IN BY 4 ¼ LENGTHS IN GRADE II LA CANADA UPSET-
ARCADIA, CA - Jan. 22, 2012 – Include Me Out escaped the shadow of
Grade I winning stablemate Teddy’s Promise Sunday with a burst
around the far turn that expanded into a dominant 4 ¼ -length upset
in Santa Anita’s 38th running of the Grade II, $150,000 La Canada
Stakes for 4-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles. |
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Take Me Away Today sweeps to victory in $50,000 El Paso Times Stakes
- Sunland Park, NM Jan. 22, 2012 - Take Me Away Today raced from
last to first to capture an impressive two and one-quarter length
victory in the 15th running of the $50,000 El Paso Times Stakes at
Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday. |
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SUBBING JOCKEY WADE & GLEAMING SHINE THROUGH FOG IN AMERICAN BEAUTY
- HOT SPRINGS, AR - Jan. 22, 2012 – Foggy weather proved fortuitous
for jockey Lindey Wade when he picked up the ride aboard Sanders and
Hirsch’s Gleaming in the $50,000 American Beauty Stakes at Oaklawn
because jockey Cliff Berry was unable to fly back from Houston
because of the weather. |
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Lady Of Fifty Goes Wire-To-Wire in California Oaks
- Berkeley, Ca – Jan. 21, 2012 - By Sent to post as the 6-5 favorite
in the field of six, Lady Of Fifty responded with a wire-to-wire 3
1/4-length victory in the Saturday's $100,000 California Oaks for
3-year-old fillies at Golden Gate Fields. |
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WITH CHAMPION AMAZOMBIE SCRATCHED, FRUMIOUS STREAKS TO FIRST STAKES
VICTORY BY 5 ¾ LENGTHS IN GRADE II PALOS VERDES - ARCADIA,
CA - Jan. 21, 2012 – With a morning rain having put 2011 North
American sprint champion Amazombie’s 2012 debut on hold, 6-year-old
gelding Frumious notched his first stakes victory on Saturday by
running off with Santa Anita’s Grade II, $150,000 Palos Verdes
Stakes at six furlongs. |
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COYOTE LEGEND DOMINATES IN THE $100,000 STAR OF TEXAS -
Houston, TX - Jan. 21, 2012 - Tremendous finishes and a convincing
wins from several top Texas-breds made for a thrilling Texas
Champions Weekend at Sam Houston Race Park. The marquee race of the
Texas Champions Day card was the $100,000 Star of Texas, presented
by Emirates Airlines. |
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Absinthe
Minded Returns To Winning Ways in Pippin - HOT
SPRINGS, AR - Jan. 21, 2012 – For the second straight year Absinthe
Minded made a trip to the spas of Hot Springs, relaxed and started
her horse racing season on a winning note. The Briland Farm mare
didn’t take in the waters, but she did set a measured pace and
withstood a furious challenge by Tiz Miz Sue to take the $75,000
Pippin Stakes Saturday at Oaklawn. |
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MR. BOWLING ROLLS TO VICTORY IN LECOMTE - NEW ORLEANS - Jan.
21, 2012 – Giving trainer Larry Jones his second victory in
Saturday’s two stakes restricted to sophomores, Brereton Jones’s Mr.
Bowling rallied from just behind the early leaders to gain the
advantage in upper stretch and then withstood a late bid by Zayat
Stables’ Z Dager and capture the 68th running of Fair Grounds’ Grade
III Lecomte Stakes by a head on the New Orleans oval’s Road to the
Derby Kickoff Day. |
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MR. BOWLING ROLLS TO VICTORY IN LECOMTE; Thiskyhasnolimit Wires
Field in $100,000 Louisiana Handicap; Florida Invader Inspired Gate
to Wire in $75,000 Pan Zareta Stakes - NEW ORLEANS - Jan.
21, 2012 – Giving trainer Larry Jones his second victory in
Saturday’s two stakes restricted to sophomores, Brereton Jones’s Mr.
Bowling rallied from just behind the early leaders to gain the
advantage in upper stretch and then withstood a late bid by Zayat
Stables’ Z Dager and capture the 68th running of Fair Grounds’ Grade
III Lecomte Stakes by a head on the New Orleans oval’s Road to the
Derby Kickoff Day. |
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BELIEVE YOU CAN CAPTURES FG’S SILVERBULLETDAY; Mr. Vegas Survives
Inquiry to Win Grade III, $100,000 Colonel E.R. Bradley Handicap;
Gantry Nips Cash Refund in $75,000 F. W. Gaudin Memorial Stakes
- NEW ORLEANS, LA - Jan. 21, 2012 – Trainer Larry Jones and jockey
Rosie Napravnik both believed in Brereton Jones’s Believe You Can,
and the daughter of Proud Citizen rewarded their faith with a length
and a half victory in Saturday’s $125,000 Silverbulletday Stakes,
first leg of Fair Grounds’ three race series for sophomore fillies
that concludes with the Grade II Fair Grounds Oaks March 31. |
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