HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Saint Liam was not among the finalists for an Eclipse Award as champion older horse last year, yet it was he - not Roses in May, not Pleasantly Perfect, not even, in a figurative sense, Smarty Jones - who gave the Horse of the Year, Ghostzapper, the biggest run for his money.
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HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - One of the most intriguing and anticipated matchups of the Gulfstream Park meeting could be shaping up on Feb. 19 if Madcap Escapade and Society Selection continue on their present course toward the Grade 2 Shirley Jones Handicap.
Shortly after working Society Selection six furlongs in 1:15.80 at Gulfstream on Wednesday, trainer Allen Jerkens confirmed that she would in all likelihood launch her 2005 campaign in the seven-furlong Shirley Jones.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Minister Eric, the winner of the Grade 2 San Fernando Breeders' Cup Stakes last month, will not start in Saturday's Strub Stakes at Santa Anita after emerging from a workout on Monday with sore ankles, trainer Richard Mandella said.
Minister Eric worked three furlongs Monday at Santa Anita. The workout was supposed to be a half-mile, but was interrupted to avoid a fallen horse.
"The next day both ankles were a little jarred up," Mandella said. "We'll back off. We'll go easy for a couple of weeks and then start up again."
ARCADIA, Calif. - Coldntight has been a disappointment in his 11-race career.
"He's like a big firecracker that never went off," trainer Bob Baffert said.
There is still time to make an impression. Friday at Santa Anita, Coldntight starts from the outside post in a $52,000 allowance race over 1 1/8 miles that drew 11 entrants. A victory could give Coldntight, 4, a much needed boost of confidence.
Witt Ante has won some of the biggest stakes offered for Louisiana-breds in the last three months, and on Saturday night he can pick up his division's richest purse in the $200,000 Premier Night Championship at Delta Downs. Wednesday, Witte Ante drew post 2 in the 1 1/16-mile race, one gate inside of defending champ Spritely Walker.
SAN MATEO, Calif. - A competitive band of seven sprinters takes center stage in Friday night's feature at Bay Meadows, a six-furlong, $32,000 claiming race that figures to be tough from start to finish.
The likely favorite is , who has won eight of 19 career starts, including his past four. Early on, I Love Racing will probably be chasing Smoke Till Dawn, who is 13 for 36 in his career and 12-4-3-0 here. Then he will have to hold off the late charge of Look Quick, who just beat Smoke Till Dawn and is 11 for 42 in his career and 11-6-2-2 here.
NEW ORLEANS - Trainer Tom Amoss sent one of his barn's biggest stars, Tamweel, to Santa Anita for last Sunday's Grade 1 Santa Monica Stakes. A 5-year-old daughter of Gulch, Tamweel, who finished fourth in the 2004 Breeders' Cup Distaff, was making her first start in Amoss's care after being privately purchased for a reported $1 million by Tom Clark and Steve Davison of Rancho San Miguel, Calif. But when the gates opened, she didn't show her customary zeal for racing and finished a well-beaten sixth.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - There are a lot of good 3-year-olds based at Oaklawn Park this meet, but not all of them are colts. Runway Model, runner-up for 2-year-old champion filly of 2004, is calling Hot Springs home this winter as she prepares for her major spring goal, the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks.
OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Sometimes you have to take a step back to move forward. That's what the connections of Daddy Joe hope they accomplished by sending their highly regarded 3-year-old to Laurel Park last weekend.
After Daddy Joe won his maiden by 5 3/4 lengths in December, owner Ernie Paragallo had him entered in the Count Fleet Stakes here on Jan. 8. But that race was postponed a week due to poor track conditions. During that break, Daddy Joe sustained a bruised foot that forced him to miss the race when it was run on Jan. 15.