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.