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SANDY RIDES AGAIN!

Last Sunday, champion jockey SANDY HAWLEY worked his first horse since he rode in his last race 10 years ago (photo above of Sandy's last mount, Terremoto, from www.booktelevision.com) when he guided Sam-Son Farms' CATCH THE LUCK to a 5 furlong move in 1:00 flat.
Sandy is getting ready for his LIVING LEGENDS ride in a 6 furlong, California-bred dash on Saturday at Santa Anita pitting the Hall of Famer against some of the other retired, world class jocks.
BILL TALLON of the DAILY RACING FORM reports that Sandy also worked EMMA AIN'T BLUFFIN' for trainer Steve Owens yesterday as that gal prepares for this weekend's MAPLE LEAF STAKES.

Others taking part include Chris McCarron, Pat Day, Julie Krone, Jerry Bailey, Jacinto Vasquez, Angel Cordero Jr. and Gary Stevens.
From the Mississauga News..

"There's already been a fair amount of trash-talking," joked Hawley, 59, who won more than 6,000 races and earned nearly $78 million in winnings over his career. He was the leading jockey at Woodbine from 1969-78 and 1988-90.
It's been a decade since Hawley mounted a horse with serious intent and he admits it may be tough.
"We'll see if it's like riding a bicycle," said Hawley, who is just two pounds over his long-time riding weight. "It's going to be a test of the cardiovascular system and the legs."
The former two-time Lou Marsh winner as Canada's top athlete, Hawley won an earlier battle with skin cancer that interrupted his career in the late 1980s.
He won four Queen's Plate races at Woodbine and was Canadian Racing's Man of the year in 1988 when he came home Canada after a decade of racing in California.
Hawley is now a public relations ambassador for the Woodbine Entertainment Group.



WOODBINE SCOREBOARD
TRAINERS

Mark Casse hold steady with the most wins over a surging Sid.

Casse is involved in the Breeders' Cup along with Reade Baker and perhaps the Sovereign Award will come to down those two, Sid and Roger Attfield..depending on what happens in California.


Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings

Mark E. Casse 369 53 54 57 $4,236,043
Sid C. Attard 240 44 34 37 $2,545,175
Roger L. Attfield 193 37 25 27 $3,672,947
Scott H. Fairlie 180 36 32 21 $1,461,251
Reade Baker 242 35 31 32 $2,034,654
Steven M. Asmussen 203 34 26 25 $2,001,115
Michael J. Doyle 230 26 20 25 $1,265,382
Terry Jordan 68 26 14 6 $996,433
Nicholas Gonzalez 155 25 23 26 $1,942,498
Audre Cappuccitti 191 25 13 21 $778,035
Brian A. Lynch 86 25 13 11 $1,917,086
Daniel J. Vella 168 24 26 20 $1,399,997


JOCKEYS


Jimmy Mac is still on control and perhaps on his way to his first top jockey Sovereign Award. Leading stakes riders are Jono Jones and Eurico Rosa Da Silva.


Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings

James McAleney 620 125 93 88 $6,965,749
Patrick Husbands 564 106 87 85 $6,478,421
Chantal Sutherland 584 89 69 83 $4,919,518
Emile Ramsammy 651 85 83 86 $4,310,565
Emma-Jayne Wilson 688 82 84 114 $4,964,799
Eurico Rosa Da Silva 588 75 77 68 $4,751,220
Tyler Pizarro 518 70 73 56 $3,344,507
Jono C. Jones 458 65 49 52 $4,674,036
Justin Stein 468 45 66 48 $2,318,117
David Clark 404 44 45 47 $2,892,947
Robert C. Landry 320 40 42 50 $2,752,136


SUGAR BAY LEADS HORSES WITH 6 WINS..

She's a Sovereign Award finalist for sure and has a chance to win it if GINGER BREW does not race again this year.

Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings

Sugar Bay 9 6 1 0 $561,660
Baywoods 7 5 1 1 $101,849
Sand Cove 9 5 1 0 $353,205
Drunken Love 8 4 2 1 $207,805
Cusoon (GB) 10 4 2 1 $58,018
Daring Attraction 6 4 2 0 $138,560
Legal Move 7 4 1 1 $323,809
Igottogojoe 9 4 1 1 $77,739
Not Bourbon 5 4 1 0 $885,000
Lucas Street 7 4 1 0 $214,340
Dozen Dancer 6 4 1 0 $159,500
Hydethetreasure 11 4 0 3 $77,829
Emma Ain't Bluffin 5 4 0 1 $136,330
Mine That Bird 5 4 0 0 $324,240
Cawaja Beach 4 4 0 0 $276,000
Fatal Bullet 4 4 0 0 $198,360
Gaja 8 4 0 0 $49,480


FORT ERIE TRAINERS


Name Starts 1st 2nd 3rd Earnings

Michael Newell 207 31 24 22 $290,628
Nicholas Gonzalez 128 27 30 17 $353,009
Lyle Morden 81 27 13 11 $215,335
John Simms 106 23 21 19 $231,638
Donald C. MacRae 74 19 16 9 $188,303
Ashlee Brnjas 49 16 7 6 $119,036
Robert J.W. Johnston 106 15 17 10 $171,738
Michaela Neubauer 70 15 5 9 $144,013


FORT ERIE JOCKEYS

Chad Beckon 442 76 92 68 $965,418
Rui M. Pimentel 359 72 60 47 $731,812
David Garcia 297 62 49 33 $614,268
Cory Clark 342 50 50 49 $595,583
Christopher Griffith 287 46 35 43 $514,406
Melanie Pinto 279 40 27 36 $411,073
Edward Robinson 355 31 40 37 $388,371
Daniel J. David 135 28 15 24 $287,731
Dale Hemsley 261 25 32 35 $311,977
Eldridge K. Lindsay 278 24 28 36 $330,877




CARRIGNAN makes case for Sovereign

One of the country's top apprentice riders, KRISTA CARIGNAN is in Ontario to ride this fall and yesterday the jockey won a race at Fort Erie and is edging ever closer to Melanie Pinto for races won in 2008.
The curent leader, however is Janine Stianson, who incidentally had 3 whip infractions in western Canada this year.


CLASSY 'N SMART STAKES TONIGHT

Th12 th running of the race named for Dance Smartly's mum is on tonight at Woodbine. The race is for older fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles.
The photo at right is EXECUTIVE FLIGHT (by Bold Executive) who was 2nd in the race last year and can win it tonight for Bill Sorokolit Jr.
(www.horse-races.net photo)



FROM DRF.COM STATISTICS

LEADING ONTARIO SIRES BY PROGENY EARNINGS

RANK NAME (BORN, SIRE, FARM) 2009 STUD FEE RNRS WNRS SW SWINS CHIEF EARNER, EARNINGS 2008 EARNINGS TOP RUNNER-BEYER AVG. BEYER

1 Bold Executive (1984, Bold Ruckus) Gardiner Farms, Ltd. NA 128 59 5 8 Sand Cove-$333,031 $3,674,295 Legal Move-99 50

2 Trajectory (1997, Gone West) Gardiner Farms, Ltd NA 83 44 6 8 Dancer's Bajan-$202,396 $2,420,566 Dancer's Bajan-101 48

3 One Way Love (1995, Regal Classic) T.c. Westmeath Stud Farm NA 69 32 1 1 Dancing Doris-$131,874 $1,338,664 You Will Love Me-84 42

4 Tejano Run (1992, Tejano) Ascot Stud NA 68 37 2 2 Million Dollar Run-$124,596 $1,331,856 Million Dollar Run-96 49

5 Crown Attorney (1993, Silver Deputy) Debany Farm NA 24 10 1 2 Rahy's Attorney-$783,488 $1,290,041 Rahy's Attorney-107 51

6 Not Impossible (IRE) (1997, Sadler's Wells) Anson Stud Farm NA 19 9 2 5 Not Bourbon-$874,501 $1,284,985 Society's Chairman-100 43

7 Tethra (1992, Cure the Blues) Colebrook Farms Stallion Station NA 75 37 1 1 Nicki Knew-$271,433 $1,265,638 Rattlesnake Point-85 46

8 Bold n' Flashy (1989, Bold Ruckus) Park Stud NA 77 32 0 0 Bold Nurse-$84,687 $1,218,221 Ocean Grand-92 43

9 Perigee Moon (1998, Hennessy) Park Stud NA 63 30 0 0 Lea's Moon-$102,871 $1,104,569 Swinton-88 42

10 Whiskey Wisdom (1993, Wild Again) Windfields Farm, Ltd NA 60 22 0 0 Drunken Love-$204,279 $1,057,936 Drunken Love-97 47

11 Ascot Knight (1984, Danzig) Died 2008 53 23 0 0 Knight's Cause-$121,794 $1,006,895 Knightly Attire-86 47

12 Archers Bay (1995, Silver Deputy) Died 2002 29 15 2 5 Spaghetti Mouse-$218,594 $951,047 Bairds Village-98 57

13 Cat's At Home (1997, Tabasco Cat) Died 2007 63 31 0 0 Stray Cat Stride-$64,138 $841,358 Here to Please-83 43

14 Kinshasa (1998, Mr. Prospector) Longview Farms NA 38 18 0 0 Somarvelous-$135,424 $821,165 Kinshasa's Paradis-79 45

15 Compadre (1990, El Gran Senor) Colebrook Farms Stallion Station NA 51 15 0 0 Tree Rings-$96,906 $700,281 Cobotown Ron-91 43

16 Rock and Roll (1995, Cure the Blues) Serenity Farm NA 35 18 0 0 Shattered Illusion-$104,195 $628,072 True Rock N Roll-80 40

17 Paynes Bay (1998, Mr. Prospector) Norse Ridge Farm, Breeding Division NA 36 14 0 0 Grazettes Landing-$137,034 $595,788 Grazettes Landing-94 40

18 A Fleets Dancer (1995, Afleet) Anson Stud Farm NA 40 18 1 1 Dancingall Theway-$133,521 $524,721 Dancingall Theway-89 38

19 Foxtrail (1990, Heading Back Home) Colebrook Farms Stallion Station NA 49 19 0 0 Blind River Fox-$82,374 $509,914 Blind River Fox-94 41

20 Tomahawk (2000, Seattle Slew) Park Stud NA 23 7 1 1 Win and Reign-$119,727 $460,167 Hawkey Star-81


$367 winner at La. Downs

By MARY RAMPELLINI
DAILY RACING FORM

Cato paid $367.20 when he won his maiden Sunday in the first race at Louisiana Downs, setting what is believed to be a record win payoff for the Bossier City, La., track. He was sent to post at 182-1 in a $5,000 maiden claiming race, stalked the pace, and was up for a neck win under jockey Pedro Monterrey.


"To the best of our knowledge, this is an all-time record at Louisiana Downs," said Mark Midland, the track's vice president of racing operations since 2006.

Midland said the old record is believed to be a $249 payoff that B.J.'s Spruce returned on June 21, 1996. The last media guide tracking record win payoff information was 2003, and since then officials do not recall a larger payoff, Midland said.

Cato was one of four horses in the 12-horse field that went off at triple-digit odds. Kristens Rebel finished ninth at 125-1; Titan by Day was 11th at 156-1; and Mr. Bradley was 12th at 123-1.

David Wakeland trains Cato for his breeder, Alicia Kyzer. The horse came into Sunday's race off five consecutive double-digit defeats, with his Beyer Speed Figures ranging from 0 to 20.

Courtesy of Daily Racing Form


CURLIN CONFIRMED, WHEW!

Excerpt from Bill Dwyre's columm in the L.A. Times..


Comparing his star horse to athletes such as Magic Johnson and Lance Armstrong, Jess Jackson on Tuesday committed Curlin to run in the $5-million Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita a week from Saturday.

The majority owner of the biggest money-winning horse ever in North America said his decision to go after a second straight Classic title was simple, once he and trainer Steve Asmussen determined Santa Anita's synthetic race surface was safe and competitive.

"I owe it to the horse," Jackson said. "When a top athlete is ready, they want to compete."

The announcement, and the commitment to the $50,000 entry fee that was due at noon Tuesday, came a day after the much-anticipated showdown between Curlin and Big Brown fell apart.

Big Brown's connections said that their horse, star of this year's 3-year-old season with wins in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, suffered a gash on his right front foot during a workout Monday morning and would not be able to heal in time to take on Curlin.

Big Brown has a $50-million breeding syndication deal that is contractually scheduled to begin Dec. 31, so Big Brown was retired from racing as soon as the severity of his injury was determined.


http://www.latimes.com/sports/horseracing/la-sp-curlin15-2008oct15,0,6878019.column



AND IN THE SAME NEWSPAPER (that no longer runs entries etc.)
the editor thinks Curlin should stay out of Breeders' Cup

The comment section after this guy's editorial is funny..


http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2008/10/curlin-should-j.html



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