MUSKEGON, Mich. - Jockey Joe Judice rode his 3,000th winner Tuesday evening when he booted home two winners at Great Lakes Downs. The 41-year-old veteran was joined by the jockey colony and well-wishers in the winner's circle following his handy win aboard Privateer in the seventh race. He also won the fifth race with Tate Express.
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NORTH RANDALL, Ohio - Trainer Jerry Sparks and owner-breeder Darrell Sapp went on a tear this weekend, winning five races. Madame Janette dropped in for a claiming price to take Thursday's 10th race. Only One King won the opener on Friday, a nonwinners-of-two allowance event. Sparks entry of 2-year-old maidens failed to win Saturday, but Sapp's yellow and white silks were soon prominent again, with a three-bagger on Sunday.
Three stakes, highlighted by the 31st running of the Pennsylvania Governor's Cup, will be offered during Penn National Race Course's biggest weekend of live racing.
The premier race is Saturday's $50,000 Governor's Cup, a five-furlong turf sprint that has attracted 33 nominees with earnings in excess of $8 million. In addition, a $5 betting voucher will be given with each paid admission to the track on Saturday.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - The reportedly minor injury that kept Ipi Tombe out of last Sunday's Grade 1 Diana Handicap at Saratoga now seems likely to send her to the sidelines for the rest of this season.
Reached Wednesday morning in Kentucky, trainer Elliott Walden put an end to the speculation about whether Ipi Tombe would run in the Arlington Million or the Beverly D. here at Arlington Park on Aug. 16. With Ipi Tombe's injured leg showing no sign of improvement this week, Walden said the decision was reached to put the filly away and point for a 2004 campaign.
AUBURN, Wash. - Three of the sharpest runners on the grounds will tangle in Thursday's top offering at Emerald Downs, a six-furlong sprint for older horses eligible to be claimed for $20,000 to $18,000.
Sidekick, Melcapwalker, and Persee Joe have been on a tear at this meeting - Sidekick winning four of five starts, Melcapwalker winning his last three, and Persee Joe winning his last two and being claimed out of both starts.
Beau's Town, who won the Grade 2, $200,000 Bing Crosby at Del Mar on Saturday, probably will not race again until the Breeders' Cup Sprint on Oct. 25, said his trainer, Cole Norman.
Beau's Town will spend the next three weeks "winding down" at a Southern California farm, Norman said, then will be flown back to his Louisiana Downs base to begin serious preparations for the Breeders' Cup.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Trainer Frank Alexander looked over the past performances for Thursday's $51,000 allowance feature at Saratoga to assess his chances with Dynamite Miss, and wrinkled his brow.
"You come up here thinking you've got a pretty good chance going into a three-other-than allowance race, and catch a field like this," Alexander lamented. "You've got Bobby Frankel coming off a layoff with a horse that was third in a Grade 3 race, Bill Mott with another filly who has been stakes placed in graded races a few times, and a couple of others who can run."
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Jumping from a first-level allowance race into a Grade 2 stakes like the Jim Dandy is an ambitious undertaking. But after watching Tafaseel work five furlongs in 59.20 seconds under regular rider Richard Migliore here Tuesday morning, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin said he is looking forward to the challenge.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Danthebluegrassman is breathing easier. After faltering badly in four straight races last year, he had surgery performed to treat a paralyzed flap. He was given more than seven months off, but since returning, he has finally started to run like the colt trainer Bob Baffert thought worthy of entering at the last minute in the 2002 Kentucky Derby.