1994 Milady Handicap - Andestine - McCarron's 6000th Victory
right before the seventh race." McCarron, who won four races Saturday, isn't the youngest rider to reach 6000. Laffit Pincay, who is second on the all-time list behind Bill Shoemaker, was 38 when he did so in 1985. Shoemaker, like McCarron, was 39. "It means a great deal," McCarron said. "I'm very proud of the fact I'm now in a group with the likes of Laffit, Shoe and Pat Day. It's a great feeling. It's really hard to put into words." The beaten favorite in the Hawthorne, Andestine, who ...
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1994 San Juan Capistrano Handicap - Bien Bien
1935. The time for the distance of about 1 3/4 miles was 2:46 3/5, which was 1 3/5 seconds slower than Kotahsaan's track-record time a year ago. Grand Flotilla, who moved to the front in the run down the backside, finished two lengths ahead of Alex The Great. A $100000 yearling purchase, Bien Bien has won nine of 25 starts and earned $2.2 million. His grass record is eight victories in 17 starts, and Gonzalez said his next start is expected to be on May 30 in the $500000 Hollywood Turf ...
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1994 San Antonio Handicap - The Wicked North
horses on the grounds, going well over 1000 pounds, and he was even bigger, maybe 1300 pounds, when Bernstein was sprinting him. His last victory on dirt was in the six-furlong Bing Crosby Handicap at Del Mar 6 1/2 months ago. Desormeaux was aboard The Wicked North for the first time since he successfully rode the horse at the end of 1992. "I thought my chances were slim after my horse got so worked up before the race," Desormeaux said Sunday. "He was absolutely drenched (with sweat). But ...
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Easy Goer & Pat Day
races at 3 and in the Gotham narrowly missed breaking Dr. Fager's world record for the mile. Easy Goer's second season was marked by his rivalry with Sunday Silence who defeated him in the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness. Easy Goer then came back in the Belmont Stakes to defeat Sunday Silence by eight lengths in 2 minutes 26 seconds, a time second only to Secretariat's record of 2:24. Easy Goer's 3-year-old season also included victories in the Travers and in the Whitney, Woodward, and ...
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