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Hall of Fame Trainer Elliott Burch Dies

Hall of Fame Trainer Elliott Burch Dies

Elliott Burch, a third-generation Hall of Fame trainer, died Jan. 29 of pneumonia.

 Sunday, January 30, 2011
8-Year-Old Silver Tree Takes Fort Marcy

8-Year-Old Silver Tree Takes Fort Marcy

Peter Vegso's resilient 8-year-old homebred Silver Tree returned to the winner's circle for the first time since last August, stalking the pace and then pulling away in the stretch to win the $100,000 Fort Marcy Handicap (gr. IIIT) by 1 1/2 lengths April 27 on the Aqueduct turf.

 Sunday, April 27, 2008

Better Talk Now Sharp in Fort Marcy Return

Returning to action for the first time in 2005, Breeders' Cup Turf (gr. IT) hero Better Talk Now registered a confident win for jockey Ramon Dominguez by a neck over Remind in the $107,400 Fort Marcy Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the Aqueduct turf Saturday.

 Saturday, April 23, 2005

Saint Verre Makes Most of Sloppy Fort Marcy

Hall of Fame trainer Allen Jerkens has always downplayed his reputation as "The Giant Killer." But he did it again in Saturday's Fort Marcy Handicap at Aqueduct, saddling 6-1 shot Saint Verre for victory on a sloppy track.

 Saturday, April 26, 2003

Rain Clouds Fort Marcy Picture

Saturday's $100,000 Fort Marcy Handicap (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/16 mile at Aqueduct is supposed to be the first stakes race run on grass in New York this year. With forecasts calling for more than an inch of rain from Friday night into Saturday, horses entered for the main track only may be in luck.

 Thursday, April 24, 2003

Sharp Performance Holds Down the Fort

Sharp Performance will make his belated debut as a four-year-old in Saturday's Fort Marcy (gr. III) at a mile-and-a-sixteenth on the turf.

 Thursday, April 25, 2002

Mott's Hot Day Continues at Aqueduct

Shortly after Bill Mott trainees Iftiraas and Dream Supreme won their respective stakes races Saturday at Churchill Downs, another of his charges led at every call to win the $112,900 Fort Marcy Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Aqueduct. Under Richard Migliore, Strategic Mission completed the 1 1/16 miles in 1:41.62 on a firm turf course.

 Saturday, May 05, 2001