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DRF Past Performances
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Trainer Roger Attfield soon will be making his annual pilgrimage to Payson Park, where he will enjoy some Florida sunshine while training a string of 35 horses and sending out the odd starter at Gulfstream Park.
But in the meantime, the Attfield stable has some unfinished business locally, including a pair of entrants for Sunday's Bessarabian Stakes.
Sudsy Baby and Quelle Beaute, both 4-year-old Florida-breds, will represent Attfield in the $150,000 Bessarabian, a seven-furlong race for fillies and mares.
NEW ORLEANS - The fans managed to find their way in, gray skies cleared in mid-afternoon, and opening day of the 2007-08 Fair Grounds meet passed with flying colors.
This opener didn't buzz like last year, when New Orleans - a city rich in racing tradition - welcomed the track back after a year's absence. Following the destruction caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita, Fair Grounds was forced to move its meet two seasons ago to Louisiana Downs.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Cool Gator is coming off back-to-back second-place finishes in $250,000 races, having been beaten a head in the 1 1/16-mile Grey and 1 1/4 lengths in the 1o1/8-mile Coronation Futurity.
On Saturday, Cool Gator will be looking to close the deal in the $125,000 Display, a 1 1/16-mile race for 2-year-olds at Woodbine.
"Certainly it was an artificial pace last time, which hurt all the horses coming from behind," said Vella of the Coronation Futurity. "On top of that, I think he ran a little immature. He does have trouble with his attention."
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - It took a long time for trainer Jimmy Jerkens to get Grand Champion to the races, but the 4-year-old gelding has proven well worth the wait.
The ambitiously named Grand Champion once again showed grit by coming on again after being passed by Joey P. in midstretch to win Thursday's $109,200 Fall Highweight Handicap by a head before a sparse gathering of 3,247 on Thanksgiving Day at Aqueduct. Joey P., under Joe Bravo, finished second by a neck over City Attraction.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Vacare, the winner of the Grade 2 First Lady Stakes at Keeneland in October, was not entered for Sunday's $500,000 Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park after bleeding in a recent workout, trainer Christophe Clement said on Thursday.
Entries for the Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes for fillies and mares over a mile on turf were taken on Thursday. The race drew a field of six, led by Wait a While, the champion 3-year-old filly of 2006. The other entrants are Dance Away Capote, Lady of Venice, Life Life, Naissance Royale, and Precious Kitten.
The Grade 3, $1 million Delta Jackpot drew 19 horses when pre-entries for the 1 1/16-mile stakes for 2-year-olds were taken on Wednesday. The race will be limited to 10 starters because it is run over a six-furlong track. The Jackpot will be held Dec. 7.
Final entries for the race are Dec. 4.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The $500,000 Hollywood Derby at Hollywood Park on Sunday will test Worldly in several ways.
Is he back to the form that led to two graded stakes wins during the spring? Can he be as effective over 1 1/4 miles on turf as he was over shorter distances? Has he fully recovered from a throat ulcer diagnosed after a third-place finish in the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby on Sept. 2?