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Ninebanks Ekes Out Bay Meadows Turf Win

Peter Abruzzo's favored Ninebanks was all out to hold off a determined Surpise Halo by a neck in the $100,000 California Turf Championship Handicap at Bay Meadows Monday.

 Monday, September 01, 2003

Irish Warrior Nips Decarchy at Hollywood; Sky Jack Fades

Irish Warrior charged from seventh at the head of the stretch under jockey Alex Solis to beat favorite Decarchy by a nose in Friday night's $65,348 allowance feature at Hollywood Park.

 Saturday, June 14, 2003

Sky Jack Entered in Hollywood Turf Test Friday

Last year's Hollywood Gold Cup (gr. I) hero Sky Jack is set to make a return to racing in Friday's fifth race at Hollywood Park, a 1 1/16-mile allowance test on turf worth $62,000 for 4-year-olds and upward.

 Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Eight to Test Men's Exclusive in Underwood

Men's Exclusive, the 9-year-old gelding who won the last two runnings of Hollywood Park's $100,000 Vernon O. Underwood (gr. III), will seek an unprecedented third victory in Saturday's 22nd running of the six-furlong stakes event.

 Thursday, December 05, 2002

Men's Exclusive Shows Spirit in Underwood Drill

The venerable 9-year-old Men's Exclusive, attempting an unprecedented third straight victory in the Saturday's $100,000 Vernon O. Underwood Stakes (gr. III) at six furlongs, worked a bullet :47 at Hollywood Park Wednesday.

 Wednesday, December 04, 2002

Hollywood's Holiday Stakes Lure Bulky Fields

A competitive field has been entered for the $150,000 American Handicap, a grade II turf event July 4 at Hollywood Park. The holiday program includes the $100,000 Landaluce Stakes, a grade III event for 2-year-old fillies.

 Tuesday, July 02, 2002

Tiznow Repeats as California Champion

Tiznow, who was California's Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old male of 2000, was voted the top older male of 2001 by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association.

 Tuesday, February 05, 2002

Mile Winner Val Royal To Run In Citation Handicap

Val Royal, winner of the Breeders' Cup World Thoroughbred Championship Mile in his last start Oct. 27 at Belmont Park, will run in the $500,000 Citation Handicap at Hollywood Park Saturday, trainer Julio Canani confirmed.

 Thursday, November 22, 2001

Redattore Rallies to Win Eddie Read by Two Lengths

Redattore rallied from behind an oddly set pace to win the $400,000 Eddie Read Handicap (gr. IT) on Saturday at Del Mar.

 Saturday, July 28, 2001

Seven Turf Specialists Vie in Eddie Read

Seven hard-hitting turf horses, headed by millionaire Native Desert and millionaire-in-waiting Irish Prize and including a pair trained by Robert Frankel, are set to go in Saturday's 28th running of the grade I, $400,000 Eddie Read Handicap at 1 1/8 miles on Del Mar's Jimmy Durante Turf Course.

 Thursday, July 26, 2001

Charge d'Affaires Upsets Citation Field; Ladies Din Second Again

Under a patient ride by jockey Jose Santos, Charge d'Affaires split horses in the stretch and bested Ladies Din in a race to the wire to win the $500,000 Citation Handicap (gr. IIT) Saturday at Hollywood Park. Native Desert closed for third. Super Quercus was fourth, and Manndar fifth.

 Saturday, November 25, 2000