Sat, 10/06/2001 - 00:00

Bell's pair head no-standout Grey

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - Macho Uno prepped for his triumph in the 2000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile with an easy win over just three other 2-year-olds in the Grade 1 Grey BC Stakes at Woodbine.

With no high-profile shippers like Macho Uno entered in Monday's renewal of the 1 1/16-mile Grey, a full field of 14 was drawn for the race, which carries a record purse of $291,000.

Trainer David Bell, who is looking at the Grey as little more than a nonwinners-of-two allowance, is sending out the uncoupled duo of Changeintheweather and Adjalah.

Sat, 10/06/2001 - 00:00

Fired Velez eager to beat his former mount

MIAMI, Fla. - There are 400,000 reasons why jockey Roger Velez and his colleagues want to win Saturday's In Reality Stakes.

But besides the $400,000 purse, Velez has extra incentive to win the final leg of the open division of the Florida Stallion Series when he rides O'Rocky for trainer Eddie Plesa Jr. in the main event on the $1.5 million Festival of the Sun program.

Sat, 10/06/2001 - 00:00

Lizotte runners live in both Monday stakes

FORT ERIE, Ont. - Bernard Lizotte, a 61-year-old relative newcomer to the horse-training business, has a solid shot at winning both the Bridgeport Stakes and the Memorial Stakes on Monday at Fort Erie.

The two $50,000 1 1/16-mile races, one for males and one for females, are Fort Erie's last stakes races of the year.

Lizotte sold his 300-acre farm in Quebec three years ago, and became a licensed trainer last year.

Sat, 10/06/2001 - 00:00

Humble Clerk wins Arlington Matron

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Call him the Midwest's Bobby Frankel. While Frankel has reeled off Grade 1 wins from coast to coast this year, trainer Niall O'Callaghan, more quietly and on a smaller scale, has won a slew of graded stakes in the Midwest with horses like Guided Tour, Keats, Tijiyr, and Generous Rosi. Saturday, it was Humble Clerk, who won the Grade 3, $150,000 Arlington Matron by a length over Maltese Superb.

Sat, 10/06/2001 - 00:00

TV Sports Director highlights Calder stake

MIAMI - T V Sports Director bounced back from the worst performance of his career to register perhaps his best effort yet, rallying to a 1-length victory over Tour of the Cat in Saturday's $50,000 Needles Stakes at Calder.

T V Sports Director finished seventh, beaten nearly 32 lengths, in the Unbridled Stakes on Aug. 19 when he returned to the main track for the first time in nearly five months. After that, trainer Reed Combest discovered the 3-year-old colt had an illness that was affecting his cardiovascular and respiratory systems.

Sat, 10/06/2001 - 00:00

First-starter tops Canadian juveniles

ETOBICOKE, Ontario - First-time starter Atlantic Fury upset 3-5 favorite El Soprano in Saturday's $250,000 Cup and Saucer Stakes for Canadian-bred 2-year-olds at Woodbine.

Atlantic Fury, the lone filly in the six-horse field, set slow fractions over soft ground in the 1 1/16-mile turf event while being pressed by Classic Case. El Soprano trailed early, but moved into a stalking position along the rail on the turn.

Sat, 10/06/2001 - 00:00

Scoop romps in slop in Indy Oaks

ANDERSON, Ind. - Scoop found the sloppy going to her liking Friday night at Hoosier Park and won the $205,800 Indiana Breeders' Cup Oaks by a comfortable three lengths.

Ridden by Robby Albarado, Scoop ($11) angled inside pacesetting favorite Caressing going to the far turn and drew clear turning into the quarter-mile stretch of this seven-eighths of a mile oval. Albarado was in cruise control through the lane, drawing off under only mild urging through the final eighth of a mile.

Sat, 10/06/2001 - 00:00

Flows Like Wine helps Lundy bid adieu

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. - Flows Like Wine can give trainer Dick Lundy something like a going away present Monday at Arlington. A 3-year-old filly, she faces eight rivals in the Columbus Day feature, the $50,000-added Silver Maiden Stakes, as Lundy's days as an Arlington-based trainer drift to an end.

Sat, 10/06/2001 - 00:00

Hoovergetthekeys faces older rivals

Carl Odegaard's Hoovergetthekeys will face older rivals for the first time here Monday in a strong mile allowance test. The special Columbus Day card will start at 12:45 p.m. with Hoovergetthekeys in the the seventh on an eight-race program.

Hoovergetthekeys returned to form last out, in a 1 1/16-mile race on the turf Sept. 10. He rated off the early pace, then unleashed a strong stretch run to defeat Sea to See and Sir Alfred.

Earlier this year, Hoovergetthekeys was on the Triple Crown trail after scoring impressive victories in the Golden Gate Derby and the

Sat, 10/06/2001 - 00:00

El Cielo comes back a winner

ARCADIA, Calif. - El Cielo kept his backers in suspense before clinching his comeback victory in a $59,044 allowance race at Santa Anita on Friday.

Making his first start since February, a layoff caused by hind end problems, according to trainer Craig Dollase, El Cielo won his fourth consecutive appearance on Santa Anita's hillside turf course. The streak includes the 2000 Morvich Handicap, a Nov. 5 race on El Cielo's schedule.