Lasix and Emily [03:39]
Interview with Emily about Lasix, cool slide show.
Living Legend: Lukas Shoots for Six [00:37]
Racing Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas talks about Optimizer's chances in the Preakness Stakes (G1), a race he previously has won five times.
Trainers D. Wayne Lukas and Mike Harrington [00:38]
Trainers D. Wayne Lukas and Mike Harrington talk about the final preparations on the day of the Preakness Stakes (G1). Harrington trains Preakness contender Creative Cause and Lukas trains Optimizer, who is bidding to become the Racing Hall of Famer's sixth Preakness winner.
1996 Caesars International Handicap - ESPN Broadcast [43:47]
Sandpit parlayed inside position, a slow pace and a strong finish into a one and three-quarter length victory over Diplomatic Jet today in the $500000 Caesars International Handicap at Atlantic City Race Course. Corey Nakatani kept the 7-year-old Brazilian-bred tucked along the hedge throughout the one-and-three-sixteenths-mile turf race. Sandpit outran the competition to win in a very slow 1:553/5 . Sandpit, the 6-5 co-favorite with Northern Star, returned $4.40 for $2 to win. Diplomatic Jet was second and Northern Star third.
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 ...
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