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11-18-2009, 11:07 AM
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Churchill 5th.. 12yo mare off 9 year layoff?
Anyone happen to notice 12 year old Grand Forks in the 5th at Churchill today? Last seen at Del Mar... in 2000. Owner-trainer Kathleen Costello (first career start as a trainer) with double bug Bishop (0 for 86) aboard. Three non-descript works displayed.
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11-18-2009, 11:10 AM
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This is what happens when states like Indiana, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia get slots.
I give it 5 years and Churchill will be forced to run arabian and mule races.
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11-18-2009, 11:42 AM
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Here are the details from TTimes...
Mare returns after nine-year layoff Wednesday at Churchill by Ed DeRosa Grand Forks, a 12-year-old stakes-winning Quiet American mare, will make her first start in more than nine years on Wednesday at Churchill Downs in a $5,000 claiming race. Kathleen Costello said she bought the mare privately from Rick Trontz of Hopewell Farm this spring after Grand Forks went five consecutive years without producing a foal. She delivered a Skip Away filly in 2004, but the foal died a month later. “[Hopewell] basically gave up on her because she couldn’t carry a foal to term,” Costello said. “They were looking to give her away this spring, and I got the bug to start riding again, so I bought her. “She loved to gallop and had so much spirit, so I decided to give her a shot and took her to the track.” Ian P. D. Jory claimed Grand Forks for Trontz for $32,000 on August 7, 2000, at Del Mar. Trontz retired her soon thereafter. She won three of 11 starts, including a pair of stakes races at Turf Paradise, and earned $80,900. Grand Forks’ start will not only be her first in more than nine years but also the first of Costello’s career. “I’m definitely hoping to have more horses, but I’m a little strapped for cash right now,” Costello said. “I intend to bet on her, and she’ll be a big price, so maybe I can grow my stable that way.” Costello named S. Justin Bishop to ride her mare. The ten-pound apprentice is winless in 86 starts this season, including ten at the current Churchill meeting. Grand Forks is listed as 50-to-1 on the morning line in the 6 1/2-furlong race that attracted a full field of 12 entrants. She had three published workouts at the Thoroughbred Center in Lexington, including a gate workout in :50 for four furlongs on November 7. A representative of the steward’s office said on Wednesday from Churchill that the mare is clear to run.
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11-18-2009, 12:13 PM
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11-19-2009, 11:57 AM
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11-19-2009, 01:50 PM
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the local characters are disapearing from the penn nationals and the charlestowns. for example yesterday at penn among the winning trainers were, anthony pecoraro, jaime ness, david geist, tim ritchey, larry rivelli. mostly guys who didnt even have horses at penn before for example. now that the purses are jacked at these tracks all the $ is being scooped up by "out of town" trainers and owners. so those local characters are probably telling themselves be careful what you wish for. because the purses are up but the $ is going elsewhere.
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