Sat, 09/21/2002 - 00:00

David Copperfield wins again

SAN MATEO, Calif. - David Copperfield, sidelined 14 months with an ankle injury, won the second straight start of his comeback in Saturday's $200,000 Bay Meadows Breeders' Cup Handicap.

David Copperfield ($7) defeated Ninebanks by a neck while running 1 1/8 miles on the Longden Turf Course in 1:48.95.

Prodigious sprinted to the early lead, and David Copperfield's jockey, Jason Lumpkins, was content to be second.

"I had no concern," Lumpkins said. "I knew he had speed. He tossed his head up on me at the start, but then he leveled off and rated nicely."

Sat, 09/21/2002 - 00:00

Jake runs down Glick to win Mile

FRANKLIN, Ky. - Jake the Flake wore down Glick in the final sixteenth of a mile to win the $200,000 Kentucky Cup Mile, the secondary feature of the Kentucky Cup grass series Saturday at Kentucky Downs.

Jake the Flake, a 6-year-old Gold Spring gelding, closed from last to win by three-quarters of a length. Pyrus, the early pacesetter in a field of eight, finished third, another 3 1/2 lengths back.

Sat, 09/21/2002 - 00:00

Rochester upsets Turf

FRANKLIN, Ky. - A seasoned older horse from the East Coast was supposed to win the $300,000 Kentucky Cup Turf on Saturday at Kentucky Downs. But instead of Cetewayo, the millionaire 8-year-old who was favored at 9-5 in a field of 11, it was the 6-year-old Rochester who came bounding home a 2 1/2-length winner for Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard.

Sat, 09/21/2002 - 00:00

Favored Docent by two in Classic

Docent completed a day dominated by favorites when he drew off in the stretch to score a two-length victory over Hay Getoutofmyway in Saturday's $200,000 Maryland Million Classic at Pimlico.

A 4-year-old colt trained by Tim Ritchey and ridden by Jeremy Rose, Docent ($5) has now won his last three starts on dirt, all in stakes. He covered 1 3/16 miles on a fast track in 1:56.85.

Sat, 09/21/2002 - 00:00

Bayou Jenny worth a look

As the only 2-year-old fillies in Monday's $55,000 Irish Sonnet Stakes at Delaware Park with more than a maiden victory to their credit, Linda D's Roomy and Lets Just Do It are the obvious favorites in the six-furlong sprint.

Fri, 09/20/2002 - 00:00

Could be $100k maiden win

POMONA, Calif. - Is there another Squirtle Squirt hidden somewhere in the Barretts Juvenile field? Or is the $100,000 stakes just an ordinary race with an extraordinary purse?

Five juvenile colts, four of them maidens, race 6 1/2 furlongs Sunday at Fairplex Park in the Barretts Juvenile, won by Squirtle Squirt in 2000 before he emerged the next season as the country's champion sprinter. It is reasonable to suggest the Barretts field this year is not as strong.

Fri, 09/20/2002 - 00:00

Come back, Chauffe Au Rouge

BOSSIER CITY, La. - Chauffe Au Rouge will try to make amends Sunday in the $100,000 Louisiana Downs Handicap after finishing fourth at 1-2 in his last start - but his task will not be easy.

Highweighted at 118 pounds for the 1 1/16-mile turf race, he spots his opponents from two to nine pounds each, including the three horses who finished in front of him last out in the $50,000 Barksdale Handicap: Rebridled, Big Hubie, and Big Numbers.

Fri, 09/20/2002 - 00:00

Chiselling tops deep Jamaica

ELMONT, N.Y. - An accomplished group of 3-year-old male turf horses meet in Sunday's $200,000 Jamaica Handicap at Belmont Park.

Nine entered the Grade 2 Jamaica, plus two main-track only runners, Dr. Rockett and Volkonsky. The strong field includes Chiselling and Jazz Beat, the winner and runner-up in the Grade 1 Secretariat. The 1 1/8-mile Jamaica also drew Devious Indian, a group winner in France; graded winner Miesque's Approval; and Ibn Al Haitham, who showed dramatic form reversal when recently switched to the grass.

Fri, 09/20/2002 - 00:00

Added Edge has three to beat

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Added Edge will try to extend his unbeaten streak to three races as the heavy favorite in Sunday's $133,250 Swynford Stakes at Woodbine.

Just three others were entered in the seven-furlong dash, which has surprisingly lost its graded status, even though each of the last four winners of the race were voted Canada's champion 2-year-old.

Added Edge came from just off the pace to capture one of the quickest maiden 2-year-old dashes of the meeting on Aug. 8, when he ran 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:17.60.

Fri, 09/20/2002 - 00:00

Next up: Pair of Marathons

EDMONTON, Alberta - Following the excitement of Saturday's Alberta Fall Classics program, which comprises stakes races for Alberta-breds in seven categories, the Thoroughbred season in this province will be set to wind down.

Sunday's nominal feature, the seventh race, brings together seven $15,000 claimers at a mile.