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December 2008 - Posts

• Gomez finishes season shy of Bailey's record
  Dec 31 2008, 11:52 AM

  Jockey Garrett Gomez won on three of his four mounts on Wednesday at Santa Anita Park but fell just shy of Jerry Bailey’s record for purse earnings in a season. Read More... Post Reactions

• Gomez $22,681 shy of record with one race to go
  Dec 31 2008, 10:53 AM

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• Lethal Heat seeks hot start to season in Monrovia
  Dec 31 2008, 10:26 AM

  Hollywood Oaks (G2) winner Lethal Heat will try to start her 2009 season similar to the way she began her ’08 campaign as she takes on 11 challengers in the $100,000 Monrovia Handicap (G3) on Saturday at Santa Anita Park. Read More... Post Reactions

• El Conejo kicks off ‘09 graded stakes schedule
  Dec 30 2008, 09:23 AM

  Grade 1-winning sprinters Black Seventeen and In Summation will attempt to rebound from disappointing efforts in the 2008 Sentient Flight Group Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) when they meet on Thursday in the $100,000 El Conejo Handicap (G3) at Santa Anita... Post Reactions

• Crispin hurt, horse euthanized at Portland Meadows
  Dec 30 2008, 06:16 AM

  Jockey Joe Crispin cracked his hip after being thrown from his mount, Dynamite Ollie, during the third race on Monday at Portland Meadows. Read More... Post Reactions

• Gomez returns in style on Monday
  Dec 29 2008, 11:45 AM

  Not even a frightening spill that knocked out several front teeth can slow down Eclipse Award-winning jockey Garrett Gomez, who continued his pursuit of Jerry Bailey’s single-season North American earnings record with two wins on Monday at Santa Anita... Post Reactions

• Proudinsky wins San Gabriel Handicap
  Dec 28 2008, 11:23 AM

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• Jockey Donnie Meche hurt at Fair Grounds
  Dec 28 2008, 09:56 AM

  Jockey Donnie Meche was taken to Tulane Medical Center in New Orleans after being thrown from his mount during the first race at Fair Grounds on Sunday. Read More... Post Reactions

• Indyanne ‘not out of woods’ day after breakdown
  Dec 28 2008, 08:23 AM

  Trainer Greg Gilchrist remains optimistic that multiple Grade 3 winner Indyanne could recover after suffering a fractured sesamoid in her left foreleg on Saturday in the La Brea Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park. Read More... Post Reactions

• Gomez could return to race riding on Monday
  Dec 28 2008, 08:03 AM

  Garrett Gomez could return to race riding on Monday following a frightening spill on Saturday at Santa Anita Park, his agent said on Sunday. Read More... Post Reactions

• Gilchrist optimistic<br>about Indyanne’s future
  Dec 27 2008, 02:20 PM

  Trainer Greg Gilchrist said Saturday night that he was optimistic multiple graded stakes winner Indyanne will recover after fracturing a sesamoid in her left foreleg in the La Brea Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park. Read More... Post Reactions

• La Brea marred by Indyanne breakdown
  Dec 27 2008, 12:57 PM

  Champion Indian Blessing scored her third Grade 1 win of the year and solidified her burgeoning resume for the Eclipse Awards as she captured the $250,000 La Brea Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Santa Anita Park. The race was marred by the breakdown of multiple... Post Reactions

• Flashmans Papers wins Eddie Logan, Gomez injured
  Dec 27 2008, 12:34 PM

  Flashmans Papers (GB) surged to the lead in early stretch, opened a clear advantage under Rafael Bejarano, and dug in gamely to turn back game runner-up Kelly Leak in the $78,070 Eddie Logan Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita Park. Read More... Post Reactions

• Indyanne fractures left front sesamoid in La Brea
  Dec 27 2008, 11:54 AM

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• Saucey Evening closes strongly to win at Santa Anita
  Dec 27 2008, 11:25 AM

  Saucey Evening completed a last-to-first rally to take the $125,000 California Breeders’ Champion Stakes for two-year-old fillies on Saturday at Santa Anita Park. Read More... Post Reactions