Videos tagged with "stretch"

2001 Meadowlands Cup - Gander
Broken Vow finished a head in front of Include, the Buddy Delp-trained favorite. "Gander was as game as could be," Dominguez said. "He got to control the pace the whole way and that's what made the difference for him." Bailey and Velasquez said that Include might have put a head in front in the stretch, but if the horse did, it was only very briefly. "Usually when a horse like this gets the lead, he's going to win," Bailey said. "But not tonight." This was Delp's first attempt to win this ...
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1994 Arcadia Handicap - Megan's Interco
they battled through the stretch. Ridden by Corey Black, Megan's Interco has now won four of five on the turf and six of his last seven overall. He completed the mile in 1:33 4/5. Earl Of Barking, the 2-1 second choice, was fifth. "This is just one super racehorse," Black said. "I've told Jenine that if you take Lure out of it, I don't know if there's any horse who can beat this horse on grass at a mile." ... santa anita horse racing tinners way megans interco trevor denman corey black ...
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Affirmed & Alydar
Pimlico. He didn't disappoint as he got the lead by the 1/4 pole and stayed there the rest of the way, winning in 1:54 2/5. Alydar rallied from 6th but just couldn't get past the stubborn Affirmed. Only three rivals showed up to challenge the pair in the Belmont and the race basically turned into a match race with the pair running 1-2 almost the whole way. The final 7 furlongs of the race they went at it head to head. For a moment at the head of the stretch Alydar actually got his head in ...
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