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Santa Anita Derby – 2012 – I’ll Have Another
Trainer Doug O’Neill and CashCall’s Paul Reddam won the 2012 Santa Anita Derby with lesser known jockey Mario Gutierrez, holding off favored Creative Cause to win the $750,000 purse. Reddam had shipped 6-bus loads of employees from the lending company he runs for an office track party. You can only imagine how rambunctious the winner’s circle was with all those people present!
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Rachel Alexandra, the 2009 Horse of the Year, gave birth Sunday in Kentucky to a 125-pound colt by Curlin, the 2007 and 2008 Horse of the Year, according to a press release. It was Rachel Alexandra’s first foal.
Rachel Alexandra - Curlin Colt
The bay colt was born at 2:40 p.m. at Stonestreet Farm, near Lexington. He took his first steps 1 1/2 hours later. Stonestreet farm manager Gary Megibben said both mare and foal were doing well and that “Rachel is a natural mother, and took to the colt immediately.”
The colt is emblazoned with a white star and is said to resemble his mother.
“I am thrilled with the good news of Rachel’s safe delivery and health of the handsome colt that resembles her,” owner Barbara Banke said in the release. “For me and my children, this colt represents Jess’ dream – to raise and race the best. Co-owner Hal McCormick and I look forward to watching him develop and are excited to see him carry the Stonestreet silks as his Mom and Dad did before him.”
Jess Jackson and McCormick purchased Rachel Alexandra from owner-breeder Dolphus Morrison after her 20 1/4-length romp in the 2009 Kentucky Oaks. Jackson died in April 2011.
Rachel Alexandra, by Medaglia d’Oro and out of Lotta Kim, won five Grade 1 stakes in 2009 – the Kentucky Oaks, Preakness, Mother Goose, Haskell, and Woodward – on her way to a Horse of the Year title. Curlin won the 2007 Breeders’ Cup Classic and 2008 Dubai World Cup.
Rachel Alexandra is scheduled to bred this year to Bernardini, who covered 2010 Horse of the Year Zenyatta last year. That foal is due some time in April.
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By David Grening at Daily Racing Form…
ELMONT, N.Y. – Mucho Macho Man, one of just three horses to have competed in all three Triple Crown races this year, is nearing a return to the races.
On Friday, Mucho Macho Man worked six furlongs in 1:11.40 over the Belmont Park training track. Working out of the starting gate, Mucho Macho Man was timed in fractions 22.87 seconds, 45.82, and 57.47 by New York Racing Association clockers. His work was timed from the 5 1/2-furlong pole to a half-furlong past the wire.
“He worked good, he looked great, he finished well,” trainer Kathy Ritvo said. “He hadn’t been to the gate for a long time, so we thought we’d bring him there.”
Mucho Macho Man finished third behind Animal Kingdom and Nehro in the Kentucky Derby. He then finished sixth in the Preakness and seventh in the Belmont Stakes. Mucho Macho Man was given time off and didn’t return to the work tab until mid-August. He worked four times from Aug. 12 through Sept. 2, but then got sick and Ritvo had to stop on him.
Friday’s move was Mucho Macho Man’s third breeze since Oct. 6. Though he is nominated to next Saturday’s Bold Ruler at Belmont Park, Ritvo said she would wait until Aqueduct to run the colt. There are several races in the first condition book for which Mucho Macho Man is eligible at Aqueduct, when that meet opens Nov. 4.
Last year, Mucho Macho Man finished second behind To Honor and Serve in both the Nashua and Remsen – both Grade 2 races at Aqueduct.
“We want to make sure he’s fit,” Ritvo said. “He’s been coming back from his breezes very, very well.”
Mucho Macho Man, Animal Kingdom, and Preakness winner Shackleford were the only horses to run in all three Triple Crown races.
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