2000 Alcibiades Stakes [01:49]
Racecourse, ran the 1 1/16 miles on a fast track in 1:44.86. She's a Devil Due is the first horse ever owned by Griggs and Goetz, longtime friends and assistant managers at a Toyota plant in nearby Georgetown, Kentucky. The two each took out mortgages on their homes to purchase the filly privately for $30000. The Alcibiades was worth $270320 for the filly, who has now earned $358520 for her owners. Donated by Jeff Mende.. ... keeneland horse racing shes devil due Mark Guidry Ken McPeek Nasty ...
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2000 Meadowlands Cup [01:53]
Lord Sterling at the top of the stretch after six furlongs in 1:09.46, and the gelding strode out through the lane to stop the teletimer in 1:48.84 for 1 1/8 miles on a fast track. Lord Sterling held sway by a neck over Where's Taylor. Talk's Cheap finished fourth and Valhol fifth. Vision and Verse finished eighth, with jockey Jerry Bailey labeling the clinker "pitiful." The same dream is dancing in the heads owners Julian DeMarco and Richard Disano of Rhode Island, whose emotional ...
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2000 King's Bishop Stakes [01:25]
little Wake at Noon, under Jorge Chavez, burned up the front end, setting fractions of :21.90 and :44.30 while Plecther-trained Left Bank pressed the pace in second. At the top of the stretch, the six-horse field was stretched out across the track, all in contention. But More Than Ready found his "A" game to sweep past the field. Valiant Halory, the longest shot in the field at 27.50-to-1, rallied late for second, 3 ¾ lengths in front of Millencolin. Running time was 1:22.49 over a fast track ...
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2009 Hopeful Stakes Grade I [04:05]
opened a clear edge in spite of drifting out. Theriot was able to correct Dublin and they held sway to score convincingly over Aspire, who encountered some traffic difficulty before rallying for second under Julien Leparoux. Aikenite closed up well to get the show spot with Alan Garcia aboard. The winning time for the seven furlongs on a fast track was 1:23.52. A $525000 September Keeneland yearling buy in 2008, Dublin is owned by Robert C. Baker and William L. Mack. The long-striding ...
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2000 Louisiana Derby [01:47]
, Captain Steve, the Bob Baffert trainee had won the Hollywood Futurity (G1). Exchange Rate, second betting choice at 3.20-to-1, was a head behind Captain Steve in fourth place. Bob and Beverly Lewis's Tribunal, a $1.8-million yearling trained by Baffert, finished last under jockey Jerry Bailey. Mighty negotiated the 1 1/16 miles on a fast track in 1:43.29. After the race, Brothers said that Mighty has learned his lessons both through racing and during morning training. He attributed ...
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