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Grade I Winner A. P. Adventure Retired

A. P. Adventure, a grade I winner for Robert and Beverly Lewis, has been retired from racing and is booked to Storm Cat.

 Sunday, March 20, 2005

Halfbridled Draws Inside Post in Santa Anita Oaks

Halfbridled, the undefeated champion 2-year-old of 2003 who has yet to start this year, will break from the rail in a much-anticipated matchup with undefeated A. P. Adventure in Saturday's $300,000 Santa Anita Oaks (gr. I).

 Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Halfbridled Initial Favorite in Second Oaks Future Wager

Halfbridled, who topped the first Kentucky Oaks Future Wager Pool as the 7-2 bettors' choice when it closed on Feb. 15, is the morning line favorite for Pool 2, which opens Thursday.

 Tuesday, March 09, 2004

Champion Halfbridled Leads Kentucky Oaks Nominations

Two-year-old champion filly Halfbridled and undefeated A. P. Adventure are among 145 3-year-old fillies nominated to the Kentucky Oaks (gr. I).

 Friday, February 27, 2004

Halfbridled Works Seven Furlongs in 1:24 4/5 for Santa Anita Oaks

Wertheimer Farm's Halfbridled, last year's champion 2-year-old filly, worked seven furlongs in 1:24 4/5 at Santa Anita Thursday in preparation for her 3-year-old debut in the $300,000 Santa Anita Oaks (gr. I) March 13.

 Thursday, February 19, 2004

Halfbridled Tops Pool 1 of Ky. Oaks Wager

Wertheimer Farm's Halfbridled, the unbeaten champion 2-year-old filly of 2003, is the favorite in the initial pool of Churchill Downs' 2004 Kentucky Oaks Future Wager, closing as the 7-2 choice when four days of wagering concluded Sunday.

 Sunday, February 15, 2004

A. P. Adventure Gets Acid Test in Las Virgenes

The promising A. P. Adventure headlines an outstanding field of nine 3-year-old fillies in Sunday's $250,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita Park.

 Friday, February 13, 2004

Big Early Wager Drops Odds on Derby Field Entry

A $30,000 wager on the mutuel field – all 3-year-olds other than the 23 assigned to the pool – by an unidentified patron enlivened the early minutes of the first of four days of betting in Pool 1 of Churchill Downs' 2004 Kentucky Derby Future Wager.

 Thursday, February 12, 2004

Whoopi Cat Ready to Pounce in Las Virgenes

Patrick Biancone expects major improvement from Whoopi Cat in Sunday's $250,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (gr. I) for 3-year-old fillies at one mile, and not just because Halfbridled is passing the race.

 Wednesday, February 11, 2004

Pleasantly Perfect, Others Breeze at Santa Anita

Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) winner Pleasantly Perfect worked five furlongs in 1:01 at Santa Anita Tuesday morning with regular rider Alex Solis in the saddle. Annother notable name on Santa Anita's worktab Tuesday was Palos Verdes Handicap (gr. II) hero Bluesthestandard, who fired a bullet three furlongs in :35 1/5.

 Tuesday, February 10, 2004

Halfbridled On Course for Las Virgenes

Undefeated Eclipse Award champion Halfbridled is on course to make her 3-year-old debut in next Sunday's $250,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (gr. I) for 3-year-old fillies at one mile.

 Sunday, February 08, 2004

Ten Most Wanted Won't Make Strub Stakes

Travers Stakes (gr. I) winner Ten Most Wanted will not make his 4-year-old debut in the Feb. 7 Strub Stakes (gr. II) as originally expected, trainer Wally Dollase confirmed Friday.

 Friday, January 16, 2004

Halfbridled Records Breeze at Santa Anita

Undefeated Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies champion Halfbridled breezed six furlongs in 1:17 1/5 on Santa Anita's fast main track Thursday morning in preparation for her 3-year-old debut in the $250,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (gr. I) at one mile on Feb. 15.

 Thursday, January 08, 2004

A. P. Adventure Kicks Away in Santa Ysabel

Robert and Beverly Lewis' A. P. Adventure, in her second career start, made the $106,800 Santa Ysabel Stakes (gr. III) her own adventure before rallying to win the 1 1/16-mile test for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita Sunday.

 Sunday, January 04, 2004