How the Pacific Classic is shaping up.....

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Buffymommy

No one knows when the last two derby winners faced each other? Just wondering. Good trivia question.

I really can't think of one after Alysheba and Ferdinand in '87. But certainly it has not been that long!! Did Unbridled and Strike the Gold maybe tangle in the fall of '91? So few of them race past their 3yo year that I suppose it is possible that that it hasn't happened since the '87 classic. Which is certainly a shame....look at what a great race that was!!

[Buffymommy]

Originally Posted by miraja2

I really can't think of one after Alysheba and Ferdinand in '87. But certainly it has not been that long!! Did Unbridled and Strike the Gold maybe tangle in the fall of '91? So few of them race past their 3yo year that I suppose it is possible that that it hasn't happened since the '87 classic. Which is certainly a shame....look at what a great race that was!!

Wasn't that an awesome race? I can't believe that it has been that long! One day maybe, but like you said most aren't racing after their 3 yr old year.

[Damascus '67]

Originally Posted by miraja2

I really can't think of one after Alysheba and Ferdinand in '87. But certainly it has not been that long!! Did Unbridled and Strike the Gold maybe tangle in the fall of '91? So few of them race past their 3yo year that I suppose it is possible that that it hasn't happened since the '87 classic. Which is certainly a shame....look at what a great race that was!!

Don't believe Unbridled and Strike the Gold faced each other.

I think the only reason they may have even been THINKING about bringing Funny Cide over is the tempature difference. The Spa has been BOILING lately. And we all know how well he runs in the heat....

[my miss storm cat]

On DRF today.....


Del Mar
Surf Cat, Lucky J. H. out till winter

By STEVE ANDERSEN
DEL MAR, Calif. - Surf Cat, the winner of three stakes earlier this year and one of the nation's leading older horses, will not start until the winter meeting at Santa Anita because of a recurring foot injury, trainer Bruce Headley said.
Surf Cat has not started since winning the Grade 2 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap on May 13, his third stakes win of the year. Headley said that Surf Cat emerged from that race with a bruised foot. Surf Cat later resumed training, but was turned out when the injury resurfaced.

Owned by Marsha Naify and Headley's wife, Aase, Surf Cat was not sent to Del Mar this summer, and is based at Headley's home, near Santa Anita.

"I'll leave him there until I feel like he's ready," Headley said.

Surf Cat, 4, has won seven of 11 starts and $562,420. Earlier this year, Surf Cat won the Potrero Grande and San Carlos handicaps for sprinters at Santa Anita. He missed the three-race Strub series at Santa Anita after severely grabbing a quarter last fall.

Lucky J. H. also sidelined

Lucky J. H., another promising older horse, is also out until Santa Anita, according to trainer Carla Gaines.

Lucky J. H. who won the Grade 3 Ack Ack Handicap at 7 1/2 furlongs on June 10, has been turned out at owner John Harris's farm since mid-July, and will be there for four months, Gaines said. Lucky J. H., 5, did not have any significant injuries, she said.

"There were not clinical signs [of injury], but it took him awhile to warm up," she said.

Gaines said in July that Lucky J. H. was battling a foot problem that kept him out of the San Diego Handicap on July 22. Lucky J. H. has won five of 11 starts and $330,435.

[GPK]

Thank you love, for posting this.

[my miss storm cat]

Originally Posted by GPK

Thank you love, for posting this.

Of course! Gotta keep an eye on our horse.

Feel better, good boy.

(That applies to both of you).

[my miss storm cat]

Update from DM barn notes.....

Stable Notes By Gene Williams Monday, August 7, 2006

GOOD REWARD, SUPER FROLIC WORK; GIACOMO WORK DELAYED

Two prospects for Del Mar’s Grade I, $1-million Pacific Classic, Good Reward and Super Frolic, posted workouts at Saratoga Race Course and Del Mar, respectively, this morning as they moved toward the big race. But the most anticipated work – that by 2005 Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo – was postponed until Tuesday. The big gray colt, owned by Jerry and Ann Moss and trained by John Shirreffs, will work 7 furlongs Tuesday, the same distance for which he was scheduled today.

Working just after 9 a.m., Super Frolic was clocked for 5 furlongs in 1:00.80 and galloped out 6 furlongs in 1:14.60 with exercise rider Jesse Marquez in the saddle. It was the second Del Mar work for the 6-year-old son of Pine Bluff since finishing third to Lava Man and Ace Blue in the Hollywood Gold Cup, beaten just three-quarters of a length for the big prize. Trainer Vladimir Cerin said of the work, “He worked quite well and galloped out strong. I’m very happy with it.” Cerin said Super Frolic would have one more work – next weekend -- before heading into the race. The big chestnut, owned by Ro Parra’s Millennium Farms, finished fifth to Borrego in last year’s Pacific Classic. In his earlier workout at the seashore, Super Frolic went a half-mile in 49.60 on July 22.

At Saratoga, Good Reward moved forward with a 5-furlong move in 1:00.98 over the Oklahoma Training Track. Assistant trainer Buzz Tenney said the work satisfied trainer Claude R. McGaughey III, who was present at the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame inductions. Good Reward, who will be ridden by three-time Pacific Classic=winning jockey Garrett Gomez, is scheduled to work once more before heading west late next week, McGaughey said earlier.

Also scheduled to work on Tuesday at Del Mar is Greg Norman’s Papi Chullo. The 4-year-old gray colt is expected to work one mile under exercise rider Angel Rangel.

[Gander]

I hope Lava Mans wins the Pacific Classic and Bernardini gets beat in the Travers.

Then this HOY thing wont be a debate!