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Breeding two horses that win graded stakes in less than a week is a notable success, made more notable by the fact that John Mayer’s Nursery Place is a relatively small operation. Nursery Place was the sole breeder of the 5-year-old Hopkins (by Quality Road), who won the Grade 3 Palos Verdes Stakes at Santa Anita on Feb. 5, and the farm is one of three partners that bred the 3-year-old Litigate (Blame), who won the G3 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay six days later.
Repole Stable's Chocolate Gelato overtook pacesetter You're My Girl entering the stretch and edged away to capture the $400,000 Frizette (G1) by one length Sunday at Aqueduct.
The featured event on the Tuesday (May 18) program at Running Aces was the $11,000 Open handicap pace, with Frewil Dakota Sven emerging victorious in 1:54.2. The public honed Numbered Account as the 2-5 wagering favourite, as the five-year-old Roddys Bags Again gelding was making his Running Aces debut with impressive lines from Dover Downs. The heavy choice got away from the gate last in the field of six, while Solongo went to the lead from post 4 before yielding the front to stablemate Frewil Dakota Sven near the :56.3 half mile. Once on the lead, the six-year-old son of Up Front Brad appea...
Share Ack Ack is too good in Americaâs richest race of 1971, the $175,000 Hollywood Gold Cup. Photo: Keeneland Library His name is all but forgotten, marginalized after half a century’s worth of racing lore. The most important people in his life are long dead. Painting him with the colors of the modern Thoroughbred palette is impossible. He was a freak, a dinosaur, the kind of creature that flew through children’s dreams, and for a glorious seven months of 1971, he was almost too good to be true. His name was Ack Ack. There have been 50 years of Eclipse Awards history since the repre...