ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Numerous Times, winner of the Grade 1 Atto Mile at last September and Canada's champion turf horse of 2001, is through for the season.
"He has a chip in his left front ankle," said Bob Harvey, a principal of The Committee Stable, which owns Numerous Times.
Numerous Times was to undergo surgery Wednesday and have three or four months off before returning to light training.
"He'll be fine," said Harvey, who expects Numerous Times to be back at the races next spring.
Talk about a no-lose situation.
Trainer Sanna Neilson was in an enviable position at the Eclipse Awards ceremony in Miami last February. She was the trainer of all three finalists - Lord Zada, Pompeyo, and Praise the Prince - for top steeplechase horse of 2001.
There weren't any anxious moments that night for Neilson, who said the ultimate winner, Pompeyo, was the most deserving horse. But it was an emotional time because Pompeyo, a multiple stakes winner, was euthanized a month before the Eclipse ceremony over complications from a leg injury.
SANTA ROSA, Calif. - Favored De Goddaughter ($4), a wire-to-wire winner in her previous start, sat behind Rosanda and Pheiffer early before taking command in the stretch to win the $43,140 Luther Burbank Handicap on Sunday at the Sonoma County Fair.
De Goddaughter won the 1 1/16-mile race for 3-year-old and up fillies and mares by one length over fast-closing Miss Terasita in 1:43.49.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Jerry Bailey celebrated Jerry Bailey Bobble Head Doll Day in grand fashion Sunday, guiding Dancethruthedawn to an authoritative 3 3-4-length victory in the $250,000, Grade 1 before an announced crowd of 50,441 at Saratoga.
Transcendental got up in the final jump to get second by a nose over Too Scarlet. Miss Linda, Forest Secrets, Atelier and With Ability completed the order of finish.
BOSSIER CITY, La. - Electrode remained perfect in three starts this year when he drove to a commanding 2.25-length win over stablemate Remember The Party in the $40,000 Airline Stakes at Louisiana Downs on Sunday.
It was another 2.25 lengths back in third to Walk In The Snow.
Electrode($12.80) broke sharp in the Airline, and pushed pacesetter Hail To Bag through an opening half-mile in 44.94 seconds. He took the lead past the quarter pole, and went on to cover the six furlongs for 3-year-olds in 1:10.59.
OCEANPORT, N.J. - Carlos Cruz swept all three turf races on the Sunday card, capped off by a wire-to-wire victory aboard Amber's Way in the $50,000 Klassy Briefcase Stakes for fillies and mares at five furlongs.
Amber's Way ($6.60), trained by John R.S. Fisher, broke sharply out of the gate and led the field through rapid fractions of 21.12 and 43.78, but was never seriously threatened down the stretch. Slewgenes closed from last to first to get up for second, one length behind the 4-year-old Amber's Way. Cloud City was a neck back in third.
ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Biddy's Lad sprung a 9-1 upset victory over Magic Jack in Sunday's $132,875 Bull Page Stakes, a six-furlong dash for Ontario-sired male 2-year-olds.
It was the first Woodbine stakes win for apprentice Chantal Sutherland, who had Biddy's Lad on a slim lead through quick fractions of :22.17 and :44.95. Magic Jack pressed Biddy's Lad along the rail, before the latter drew off in the final furlong to prevail by 2 1/4 lengths.
DEL MAR, Calif. - There is a pick six carryover of $211,777 for Sunday's pick six carryover at Del Mar.
Many tickets on Saturday's card failed to find the last two winners - Posada($43.20) and Never Out of Roses ($18.60).
Sunday's pick six covers the fourth through ninth races. Here are the changes as of scratch time for the pick six:
In the fourth races, the also-eligibles are scratched - Wild Rascal, Roman Empire, Fight for Freedom, and Mamone.
In the fifth race, the also-eligibles are scratched - Greenland and Natural Wonder.
DEL MAR, Calif. - Scoring her first stakes win in six months, Affluent held off a late rally from Golden Apples to win Saturday's $400,000 Ramona Handicap at Del Mar.
The Grade 1 Ramona was Affluent's first win since the Grade 2 El Encino Stakes at Santa Anita in January. She subsequently lost four major stakes to Azeri and Summer Colony, who are widely considered the nation's top older females.
Affluent won the fifth stakes of her career in the Ramona, improving her record to seven wins in 17 starts. She has earned $1,287,080 for owner Janis Whitham.