China Prince at Hollywood- January 10, 2013 [02:37]
China Prince at Hollywood- January 10, 2013
Hollywood Park Dec 13, 2012 Handicapping Horse Racing Pick's [01:08]
THIS DAY IN HISTORY Racing history was made at Laurel Park Dec. 13, as Rapid Redux tied the modern all-time United States record for victories in a calendar year when he starts in the sixth race, a $17000 starter allowance.Citation currently holds the single-season record with 19 wins in 20 starts in 1948, the year he captured the Triple Crown. Hollywood Park Dec 13,2012 MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT (All Weather Track A mile and a Sixteenth RACE 1 #4 Curly Top (KY) RACE2 MAIDEN CLAIMING $50000 -- $40000(All Weather Track 6 ½ furlongs Going to have to take #6 Justification (CA) Race3 STARTER ALLOWANCE Six Furlongs. (Turf) $40000 Will take #6 Sweet Nectar (CA) Race 4 CLAIMING $32000 -- $28000 6 furlongs All Weather Track #6 There Is No Limit (KY) Race 5 CLAIMING $32000 -- $28000 Six Furlongs. (Turf) #3 Drift King (FL) Race 6 CLAIMING $25000 -- $22500 Six And One Half Furlongs. (All Weather Track) #7 Until You (WA) Race 7 ALLOWANCE OPTIONAL CLAIMING $25000 One And One Sixteenth Miles. (Turf) #2 Candy Sunrise Race 8 CLAIMING $12500 -- $10500 One And One Sixteenth Miles. All Weather Track #7 Donato (KY)
2012 Hollywood Oaks [02:12]
2012 Hollywood Oaks
1994 Hollywood Preview Stakes [01:09]
After running six furlongs in a sprightly 1:08 4/5 at Santa Anita on Oct. 23, Afternoon Deelites came back Sunday in the $95250 Hollywood Prevue Breeders' Cup and won by three lengths with virtually no encouragement from jockey Kent Desormeaux. His seven-furlong time of 1:20 4/5 broke the stakes record by a fifth of a second and came within two-fifths of the track record, which was set by the 7-year-old Memo, another Mandella trainee, in the Triple Bend Handicap in July. With two scratches, there were only three horses for Afternoon Deelites to beat, and he left them with an electrifying burst of speed at the top of the stretch. Valid Wager, the 13-10 favorite who had been second in the Arlington-Washington Futurity, finished second, four lengths ahead of Hunt for Missouri. Southern Tempo, the leader after a half-mile, was last, beaten by 18 lengths. "That horse that won accelerated like no other 2-year-old I've seen this year," said Chris McCarron, who rode Hunt for Missouri. "He accelerated like maybe Mandella was running a 4-year-old against us. Maybe they ought to check this one's lip tattoo." Like Soul of the Matter, Afternoon Deelites is a West Virginia-bred and a son of Private Terms. Bacharach said that Afternoon Deelites' dam, Intimate Girl, was injured and retired after running only one race. Soul of the Matter, this year's Super Derby winner, was fifth in the Kentucky Derby and fourth in the Breeders' Cup Classic. "This colt's a lot like Soul of the Matter ...