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Saint Anddan Sires First Foal

The first foal by grade II winner Saint Anddan is a filly born Jan. 11 at Equitor Farm near Citra, Fla.

 Friday, January 16, 2009

Manny Aguilar Earns 1,000th North American Win

Jockey Manuel Aguilar celebrated his 1,000th North American career win July 27 when he guided B B's Concorde to a nose victory in the fourth race at Calder Race Course.

 Saturday, July 28, 2007

Little to Cry About for Tortora in Florida Million

Trainer Manny Tortora sent out the first two finishers of the $200,000 Carl Rose Classic, the last of eight stakes races on Saturday that make up The Florida Million at Calder Race Course. Whos Crying Now, closing with a rush, won by a head over his stablemate Supervisor.

 Saturday, November 12, 2005

Millionaire Supah Blitz Retired to Rising Hill in Florida

Millionaire Supah Blitz, who won the Lone Star Park Handicap (gr. III) in May in what turned out to be his final start, has been retired from racing and will enter stud at Jim and Sheila DiMare's Rising Hill Farm near Ocala, Fla.

 Thursday, August 25, 2005

Florida Owners James Lewis Jr. and Wife Alice Dead

James Lewis Jr., who raced grade I winner Mecke, died May 10 of heart and kidney failure, eight days after the death of his wife, Alice, because of kidney failure.

 Friday, May 13, 2005

Photo Gives Fappie's Notebook Deputy Minister Win

Fappie's Notebook rallied from far back to edge Twilight Road by a head in Sunday's $100,000 Deputy Minister Handicap (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park. On a drying out track labeled good, Irving and Marjorie Cowan's homebred completed the 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:16.19 under Jorge Chavez.

 Sunday, February 10, 2002

Fountain of Youth Still the Plan for Maybry's Boy

Trainer Shug McGaughey said Sunday that Maybry's Boy, a beaten favorite Hutcheson in Saturday's Hutcheson Stakes (gr. III), is still on track for the 1 1/16-mile Fountain of Youth Stakes (gr. I) despite his fourth-place finish in the seven-furlong sprint. Meanwhile, the Hutcheson one-two finishers are less likely to start in the Feb. 16 Fountain of Youth as their respective trainers don't particularly like the two-week spacing between races.

 Sunday, February 03, 2002

Gulfstream Park Race Report: Show Time

A determined Showmeitall narrowly held off Monthir to win Saturday's $150,000 Hutcheson Stakes (gr. II) in a head-bobbing finish at Gulfstream Park.

 Saturday, February 02, 2002

Groundhog's Day to be Next Start for Maybry's Boy and Werblin

Spectacular Bid Stakes (gr. III) winner Maybry's Boy will make his next start in the $150,000 Hutcheson Stakes (gr. II, Feb. 2), according to trainer Claude "Shug" McGaughey. Meanwhile on the West Coast, undefeated Werblin will also make his next start on Groundhog's Day, that coming in the San Vicente (gr. II).

 Saturday, January 05, 2002

Favored Fappie's Notebook Wins Seminole Handicap

Fappie's Notebook rallied to beat General Grant by half-length Sunday in the $75,000 Seminole Handicap at Hialeah Park. Ridden by Abdiel Toribio, Fappie's Notebook ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.66 on the fast track and paid $6, $4.80, and $3.60.

 Sunday, April 15, 2001