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Hip No.191, a daughter of Bolt d’Oro consigned by Niall Brennan Stables, Agent, was sold to Craig and Caroline Bentley for $290,000 to top the first session of the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2022 June Sale of 2-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age.
Hip No. 317, a daughter of OBS March Sale graduate Collected consigned by Coastal Equine LLC (Jesse Hoppel), Agent, breezed a quarter in :20 4/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the second session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2022 June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age.
Bella Vita Makes Short Work Of Cal-Bred Rivals In Spring Fever Sponsored by: Bella Vita dominated her California-bred rivals in the Spring Fever Stakes In a thoroughly dominant performance, Kaleem Shah's Bella Vita, idle since May 16, made short work of six rivals as she powered to a 4 ½-length win in Sunday's $100,000 Spring Fever Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Ridden by Flavien Prat, the California-bred filly by Shah's 2014 Breeders' Cup Classic winner Bayern got six furlongs in 1:10.33. Breaking alertly from her outside post position, Bella Vita looked to be in contr...
Sponsored by: Jockey Abel Cedillo A day after being unseated in a freak mishap, jockey Abel Cedillo won three times Friday at Los Alamitos in Cypress, Calif. Released from Long Beach Memorial Hospital late Thursday afternoon after an MRI and X-rays showed no injury after he was dumped when Governance, his third race mount, apparently jumped a shadow midway around the far turn in the one-mile contest, Cedillo moved into a tie for the top spot in the rider standings with his hat trick. The last of Cedillo's Friday wins – and his sixth through the first five days of the Los Angeles ...
Full fields have led to some large exotic payoffs through the first four days of the Los Angeles County Fair Winter meet at Los Alamitos. Buoyed by the influx of horses from Northern California due to the current stoppage of racing at Golden Gate Fields, the average field size for the first 34 races of the meet is nine starters per contest. Through Dec. 10, the average payoff for the Players’ Pick 5 – which has a 14% takeout rate and is a 50-cent minimum bet – is $15,120. The highest return came Thursday when it paid $54,431. The record Players’ Pick 5 payoff since daytime thoroughbre...