Sun, 03/16/2003 - 00:00

Gold Mover takes Hurricane Bertie

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Gold Mover ($4.60) wins by 3 1-2 lengths in the in the Hurricane Bertie Handicap at Gulfstream Park on Sunday.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Gold Mover avenged an earlier loss at this meet to Harmony Lodge and defended her title in the Sunday with a convincing 3 1-2-length victory in the $100,000 ungraded race at Gulfstream Park.

Harmony Lodge, who defeated Gold Mover in the Shirley Jones Handicap and had also won the First Lady Handicap at this meet, settled for second, 4 1-2 lengths ahead of Belterra. Preferred Option and Silk Concorde completed the order of finish.

Gold Mover, under Edgar Prado, covered the 6 1-2 furlongs 1:15.83, just .83 seconds off the track record.

Sun, 03/16/2003 - 00:00

Big weekend for Migliore and Reynolds

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Alysweep ($21.00) wins by 4 1/4 lengths in the $200,000 Gotham at Aqueduct on Sunday.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - It was a weekend to remember at Aqueduct for trainer Pat Reynolds and jockey Richard Migliore.

As a team, Reynolds and Migliore won Saturday's Broadway Handicap with Shawklit Mint and did it again on Sunday with Alysweep, the 4 1/4-length winner of the $200,000 aboard Affirmed Success, who beat the Reynolds-trained Peeping Tom, the runner-up, by a length.

Sun, 03/16/2003 - 00:00

Ninebanks wins Golden Gate Breeders' Cup Handicap

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Ninebanks ($7.20) wins by a nose in the Golden Gate Breeders' Cup Handicap at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday.

ALBANY, Calif. - Ninebanks got a dream trip and edged pacesetting Surprise Halo by a nose to win the $136,250 Grade 3 at Golden Gate Fields on Sunday.

Ninebanks broke alertly, but jockey Ron Warren Jr. was content to led Surprise Halo take the lead in the 1 1/8-mile turf race. The two were well in front of favored Royal Gem and Capt. Fly Hook, and it was strictly a two-horse race the entire way.

Sun, 03/16/2003 - 00:00

Kwik Kash takes Azalea

Kwik Kash earned $30,000 in 58.85 seconds Saturday night when she won the $50,000 Azalea by a length at Delta Downs in Vinton, La.

Doc Knows Best was second in the five-furlong race for statebred fillies and mares, two and a half lengths clear of third-place finisher Mamaleen.

Fuse It, who would have gone favored, was scratched, and ran instead at Fair Grounds earlier in the day and finished third in the $100,000 Victoria Lass Handicap.

Sat, 03/15/2003 - 00:00

Santa Anita carryover reaches $128,402

ARCADIA, Calif. - A string of upsets on Saturday on a wet-fast track and a yielding turf course has led to a carryover of $128,402 for Sunday's nine-race program.

Sunday's program features the important $250,00 San Felipe Stakes, a prep for the Kentucky Derby. The San Felipe is part of the pick six, which includes the fourth through ninth races, all of which are run on the main track.

The course was listed as wet-fast late on Saturday program with further rain expected overnight.

Sat, 03/15/2003 - 00:00

Dancing Capote takes City of Las Cruces

Sunland Park, N. M. - On Valentine's Day of this year Dancing Capote was a non-descript five-year-old mare entered in a three-life allowance. After Saturday's $75,000-added City of Las Cruces Handicap, she is a stakes winner on a three race streak.

Sat, 03/15/2003 - 00:00

Amber Hills wins California Oaks

ALBANY, Calif. - Amber Hills ($24), who ran the opening half mile in 44.76 seconds, re-rallied after being passed in the lane and held off the closing charge of Mavoreen to win the $82,650 California Oaks at Golden Gate Fields on Saturday.

Running in blinkers for the first time, Amber Hills broke sharply and beat maiden Quero Quero to the first turn. She ran a 21.96 opening quarter as she led by a head. She increased the margin to 3 1/2 lengths after the opening half.

Sat, 03/15/2003 - 00:00

A runaway for Empire Maker

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Racing with blinkers for the first time, Empire Maker, with Jerry Bailey riding, is the dominating Florida Derby winner for trainer Bobby Frankel.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Empire Maker finally lived up to all the hype that began before he had even run his first race as a 2-year-old. Saturday, he drew off to a devastating 9 3/4-length victory over the even-money favorite, Trust N Luck, and five other overmatched rivals in the $1 million . The winning margin was easily the largest in the 52-year history of the Grade 1 event.

Sat, 03/15/2003 - 00:00

Affirmed Success again!

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Affirmed Success, under Richard Migliore, wins the Grade 3 Toboggan Saturday for a second straight year.

OZONE PARK, N.Y. - Affirmed Success, showing no signs of slowing down at age 9, won his second consecutive Toboggan Handicap on Saturday at Aqueduct.

Under Richard Migliore, Affirmed Success, the 8-5 favorite, caught the loose-on-the-lead Captain Red past the eighth pole for a length win over Peeping Tom, who closed for second after being in tight quarters in deep stretch. It was three-quarters of a length back to Captain Red in third in the $109,100 race.

Shaun Bridgmohan, Peeping Tom's rider, claimed foul against the winner, but the stewards took no action.

Sat, 03/15/2003 - 00:00

Bien Nicole wins Oaklawn BC

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Bien Nicole ($18) drives to a 1 1/4-length win over Red n'Gold in the $200,000 Oaklawn Breeders' Cup on Saturday.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Bien Nicole, a specialist on turf with four stakes wins on that surface last year, proved to be as effective back on dirt Saturday when she drove to a 1 1/4-length win over Red n'Gold in the Grade 3, $200,000 Oaklawn Breeders' Cup.

It was another three-quarters of a length back in third to 2-5 favorite Mandy's Gold.