2012 San Francisco Mile @ Golden Gate Fields [12:48]
Hudson Landing, owned by Chappell Farms LLC and trained by Blaine D. Wright, won in the slow time of 1:37.29 (the track record is 1:33.40). Mike Beer and Dan Illman of the Daily Racing Form out of New York made pre-race picks. THE FIELD: pp1 JERANIMO with Mike Smith pp2 WORTH REPEATING with Francisco Duran pp4 POSITIVE RESPONSE with Julien Couton pp5 SANGER SILVER with Abel Cedillo pp6 CALIMONCO with Mario Gutierrez pp7 HUDSON LANDING with Juan Hernandez pp8 DUMORE EAST with Kerwin John pp9 LIVE SUNDAYS with Aaron Gryder pp10 MR. CANDY BAR with Inoel Beato pp11 GALLANT SON with Leslie Mawing
Tags: Hudson Landing, Juan Hernandez, horse racing, turf race, 1 mile race, handicap betting, Mike Beer, Dan Illman, Chappell Farms LLC, Blaine D. Wright, Albany CA
2012 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields [10:50]
Daddy Nose Best noses out Lucky Chappy in a photo finish in the El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields Saturday in a time of 1:50.46. Daddy is owned by Bob and Cathy Zollars of Dallas and the winning jockey was Julien Leparoux from Florida. See: Larry Stumes, San Francisco Chronicle, February 19, 2012.
Tags: horse racing, Albany California, Daddy Nose Best, Julien Leparoux
2012 El Camino Real Derby - a Photo Finish at Golden Gate Fields [10:15]
Daddy Nose Best noses out Lucky Chappy in a photo finish in the El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields Saturday in a time of 1:50.46. Daddy is owned by Bob and Cathy Zollars of Dallas and the winning jockey was Julien Leparoux from Florida. See: Larry Stumes, San Francisco Chronicle, February 19, 2012.
Tags: horse racing, Albany California
Golden Gate Fields Year of the Dragon Celebration [09:38]
Golden Gate Fields celebrated the Lunar New Year on February 26 with the Year of the Dragon Celebration. This video starts with a performance of Chinese dance by the Flying Angels, followed by race1 at a mile and a sixteenth and is topped off by Sam Spear interviewing the now retired jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. past holder of the title "Worlds Winn-ingest Jockey". Russell Baze, current holder of the title, joins them at the end.
Tags: horse racing, Albany California, Laffit Pincay Jr., Russell Baze, winning-est jockey, Chinese dance, Flying Angles
2012 California Derby at Golden Gate Fields [05:07]
Russian Greek, at 8:5, stormed from last place turning for home to surge and win by a length over Cahill Chrome, the long shot at 29:1. Russian Greek is trained by Jerry Hollendorfer and owned by Mikhail Yanakov's Olympia Star, Inc. of Hallandale Florida. Source: Larry Strumes, "Russian Greek meets expectations in California Derby", San Francisco Chronicle, January 15, 2012.
Tags: Golden Gate Fields, Albany California, horse racing, Russian Greek, Jerry Hollendorfer, Aaron Gryder, Olympia Star Inc.