Arromanches doesn't draw the crowds that flocked to see Cigar while he was in the midst of his lengthy win streak that ended at 16, a modern-day record. But those in attendance Wednesday at Aqueduct certainly will take notice of Arromanches, an 8-year-old who seeks his ninth consecutive win of the year.
Arromanches runs in the seventh race, a $50,000 claimer. The race is part of the pick six, which has a $36,045 carryover.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Last winter, with the specter of Point Given hanging over him, trainer David Hofmans was looking far and wide for Kentucky Derby prep races for Millennium Wind, who ended up going to Louisiana and Kentucky. This winter, Hofmans plans on staying put in California with *.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Jockey Alex Solis and trainer Bob Baffert won titles at the Hollywood Park autumn meeting, which ended on Monday. Both Solis and Baffert clinched titles over the weekend.
Through Sunday, Solis had 29 winners, six more than Kent Desormeaux. Laffit Pincay Jr., who won three riding titles in Southern California earlier this year, was third with 22 winners.
Pincay, 54, contended for the Hollywood Park title until last week when he was forced to miss three days after losing an appeal of a riding suspension for a disqualification at Del Mar in July.
JAMAICA, N.Y. - Jockey Richard Migliore, a longtime leading rider on the New York circuit, hired Drew Mollica as his agent, effective Jan. 1.
Migliore, who has been represented by Mike Sellito for the past 4 1/2 years, said one of the reasons behind the change came as a result of the time Sellito was spending at his Florida home.
Migliore spent the last three winters riding at Gulfstream Park, but decided to stay at Aqueduct this winter so he could be with his wife and four children.
MIAMI - Trainer Joe Orseno ran his first horse at the Tropical meet, Fire Red, on Monday, and while the Stronach Stable homebred beat only one opponent in the maiden special weight race for 2-year-old fillies, the performance is not indicative of what to expect from the Orseno barn this winter.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Ending an autumn of disappointment, Habibti scored an important win in the $358,000 * on Sunday at Hollywood Park, holding off a late rally from longtime leader You.
Ridden by Victor Espinoza for trainer Bob Baffert, Habibti ($6) finished 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.12, winning by a head. The Starlet was Habibti's second win in a Grade 1, but first around two turns. She won the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante over seven furlongs in August.
JAMAICA, N.Y. - Jockey Richard Migliore, a longtime leading rider on the New York circuit, hired Drew Mollica as his agent, effective Jan. 1.
Migliore, who has been represented by Mike Sellito for the past 4 1/2 years, said one of the reasons behind the change came as a result of the time Sellito was spending at his Florida home.
Migliore spent the last three winters riding at Gulfstream Park, but decided to stay at Aqueduct this winter so he could be with his wife and four children.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - The line of demarcation was drawn in Saturday's Grade 1, $456,750 *, as Siphonic romped to a victory that stamped him as the best 2002 Kentucky Derby prospect in the United States, and favored Officer struggled home third in a performance that took him out of the Derby picture.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. - After a season occasionally plagued by difficult luck, Starrer ended her 3-year-old campaign on Sunday with a hard-fought win in Saturday's $150,000 Bayakoa Handicap* (click here for chart) at Hollywood Park.
Scoring her second stakes win of the year, Starrer prevailed in a stretch-long duel against Queenie Belle. The Grade 2 Dahlia came six months after Starrer won the Grade 2 Princess Stakes over this same track.
