Videos tagged with "kiris"

1995 Sword Dancer Invitational Handicap [02:58]
Kiri's Clown, a 6-year-old horse who likes to come busting out of the gate to take the lead and try to hold it, came busting out today and did hold it. And by the length of his neck, against a late rush by Awad, he scored a resounding upset to win the $250000 Sword Dancer Invitational on the Saratoga turf. Not only that, but he broke Fraise's track record of 1992 by two-fifths of a second, running the mile and a half on the inner turf course in 2:252/5 . He also broke the losing streak of his trainer, Phil Johnson, who hadn't saddled a winner in New York State in 68 races going back to April. In between, though, Kiri's Clown traveled to New England in June and won the New Hampshire Sweepstakes. Kiri's Clown gave his latest performance only five days after running seventh in the Daryl's Joy Handicap. Johnson explained in the winner's circle that his horse would rather race every five days than work out every five days. "If you have a good work horse," he said, "you don't do the Daryl's Joy. But he doesn't work very well, and sometimes horses lose interest working." Johnson and his jockey, Mike Luzzi, planned on having the early lead; the only question was whether they would hold it. "We thought we would get the lead," Luzzi said, "but I didn't think we would get it the way he did. Basically, my horse was just galloping along. He got challenged at the three-eighths pole, and then when Awad came to him, he just got real game." When Awad came to him, they had only a few ...
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1995 Manhattan Handicap [03:01]
Awad storms down the stretch to win the 95 Manhattan..
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1996 Kelso Handicap [02:33]
In the $175000 Kelso, four horses jammed their way into the photo at the finish, but the long-shot Same Old Wish was in front by a whisker. He is a 6-year-old owned by the Friendship Stable, which made many friends when the 34-1 outsider poked his neck in front to edge out the favorite, Da Hoss, who in turn beat out Volochine by a neck, and Volochine beat out Dowty by a head for third.
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1995 Early Times Manhattan Handicap Grade I [05:05]
Awad rallied from last to first to nose Blues Traveller at the wire in the Grade I $500000-added Early Times Manhattan over the mile and a quarter inner-turf course. "This is a mile-and-a-half horse," said Dave Donk, Awad's trainer. "So this is a huge race for him. He's got to get lucky, he needs pace, and he got it." The final time of 1:58 2/5 was eye popping --just four ticks off the track record. And Awad returned $16.20 for a $2 win bet. But a photo was needed to separate the two. "I was just screaming, 'Come on wire, come on wire,' " said Chris mccarron, who rode Blues Traveller.
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1994 Sword Dancer Invitational [00:36]
today and outran stars such as Fraise and Sea Hero to win the $250000 Sword Dancer Handicap. Fraise, the Breeders' Cup champion, finished fourth; Sea Hero, the winner of last year's Kentucky Derby, ran seventh in Saratoga's foremost grass race. Kiri's Clown led until Alex the Great collared him on the homestretch. At the finish, Alex had three-quarters of a length on Kiri's Clown, who held second by two lengths over L'Hermime. The winner ran the mile and a half in 2:283/5 and returned ...
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