Wed, 01/16/2002 - 00:00

Mysterious Cat likely choice

ARCADIA, Calif. - A losing streak will end for someone in Friday's seventh race at Santa Anita.

One of the six older horses entered in a $50,000 allowance race for California-breds can end a losing streak that range in length from one race by Take It Outside to 18 by the overmatched Retsina Year.

The six-furlong allowance race is the feature on an eight-race program. The $75,000 Paseana Handicap for fillies and mares was scheduled for Friday, but was canceled when it failed to draw sufficient entries.

Wed, 01/16/2002 - 00:00

Rider shift may offset class drop

PORTLAND, Ore. - Tomtom Tommalice, who was upset as the heavy choice in the Oregon Sprint Championship on Dec. 15, will attempt to make amends when he returns to action against seven rivals in Friday's feature at Portland Meadows, a 5 1/2-furlong affair for $6,250 claimers.

Wed, 01/16/2002 - 00:00

Trujillo catches on quickly

ARCADIA, Calif. - In September 2000, apprentice jockey Elvis Trujillo graduated from the Laffit Pincay Jockey School in Panama. Today, he is riding alongside his idol, and occasionally beating him.

At the start of Wednesday's program, Trujillo was tied for eighth in the Santa Anita jockey standings. It is quite an accomplishment for a jockey who rode his first race in the United States last month at Hollywood Park.

Trujillo, 18, has accomplished a lot since he launched his career.

Wed, 01/16/2002 - 00:00

Two-turn stakes may be next for Chamrousse

NEW ORLEANS - Now that trainer Niall O'Callaghan is off the schneid at Fair Grounds he might really start rolling. O'Callaghan's first winner of this meet, the 3-year-old filly Chamrousse, took a first-level allowance race here Monday and might now be bound for stakes company.

Wed, 01/16/2002 - 00:00

Add $100,000 Madison to spring meet stakes

Keeneland Race Course released the stakes schedule for its 2002 spring meet, making only one addition to what always is a rich and important roster of races.

The $100,000 Madison Stakes, for older fillies and mares at seven furlongs, is new to the stakes schedule, which comprises 19 races worth a total of $3.65 million. The Madison will be run April 10.

Wed, 01/16/2002 - 00:00

Sunland

SUNLAND, N.M. - Norm Amundson, racing secretary at Sunland Park, reports that the average number of starters per race after 33 days of the current meet is 9.85. This comes even though Sunland is a mixed meeting, with Quarter Horse races on the straight limited to 10 starters and 870-yard races limited to eight.

This week Sunland expanded its schedule to 11 races per day to accommodate the large horse population gathered here.

Wed, 01/16/2002 - 00:00

Remington Park

Remington Park in Oklahoma City has scheduled 27 stakes worth more than $2.1 million for its 34-day Quarter Horse meet that runs from April 5 to June 8. The track also will hold trials for the Lazy E Futurity and Derby three weeks before the meet starts on March 16.

Including stakes, average daily purse distribution at the meet will be $110,000.

The Remington Park Quarter Horse Futurity on April 20 and the Heritage Place Futurity on June 1 top the calendar as the richest stakes offered. Each is worth an estimated $500,000.

Wed, 01/16/2002 - 00:00

Accounted For stays king of Mountaineer

Accounted For remains the sharpest horse on the grounds at Mountaineer Park after scoring his second straight impressive allowance victory in the winter meet's opening-night feature race last Saturday.

The 5-year-old Accounted For, ridden by Chad Murphy for trainer Mike Pappada, covered a mile in 1:38.47, an exceptional time on a muddy track that played slower than par. His effort was worth a career-best Beyer Speed Figure of 99.

Wed, 01/16/2002 - 00:00

Ward to Frankel: You'll be sorry

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - John Ward did a little politicking Wednesday morning while giving trainer Bobby Frankel food for thought regarding his plans to ship Lido Palace cross-country for next month's Grade 1 Donn Handicap.

Wed, 01/16/2002 - 00:00

Track fined $10,000 for filly's death

ALBANY, Calif. - Golden Gate Fields has been fined $10,000 by the California Horse Racing Board for a series of mishaps surrounding the fatal breakdown of Silicon Sally, a nicely bred 4-year-old maiden filly, on Jan. 11, 2000.

The fine was the maximum allowed by the board, according to Roy C. Wood Jr., the board's executive director.