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Nancy Messineo, a California horse owner who died in June, has left the bulk of her estate to support horse charities that care for retired Thoroughbreds.
Sponsored by: Brandothebartender and jockey Umberto Rispoli win the California Dreamin' Stakes at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club. The hard-knocking veteran Brandothebartender set 'em up and knocked 'em down late Sunday in capturing the $152,000 California Dreamin' Stakes by a half-length at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif. The 8-year-old gelding by Tribal Rule made the 46th start of his career a winner and took down the top share of $85,500 from the purse for California-breds. He now has total winnings of $772,864 after six seasons at the racetrack and a performance record th...
Sponsored by: Galilean wins the Soi Phet Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course. Trainer John Sadler will send out defending champion Galilean in Sunday's featured $150,000 California Dreamin' Stakes and has a three-horse contingent in the $80,000 Daisycutter Handicap earlier in the program at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif. At the very least, Sadler's charges figure to factor strongly in both events as the 64-year-old Pasadena native seeks to add to his 78 Del Mar stakes victories, second on the track's all-time list behind Bob Baffert. Galilean, a 5-year-old son of Uncle ...
With Goat In Tow, North County Guy Ships To Santa Anita, Captures Unusual Heat Turf Classic Sponsored by: North County Guy scores a hard-fought neck victory over Heck Yeah under Mario Gutierrez Content to sit well off the early pace, North County Guy wheeled four-wide at the top of the stretch en route to a hard-earned neck victory in Saturday's $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Trained by Richard Baltas and ridden by Mario Gutierrez, North County Guy, a 6-year-old gelding by The Pamplemousse, got a mile and one eighth in 1:46.34 on firm turf. P...