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2008 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint

OAK TREE AT SANTA ANITA, Arcadia, CA

Purse: $1,000,000
Date: October 25, 2008
Class:
TV: ABC
Age: 3 year olds and up
Race: 2
Distance: 6 1/2 furlongs
Post Time: 1:50 ET

Payoffs
Race Detail
Order of Finish

Payoffs

	Horse	Jockey	Win	Place	Show
9	Desert Code	Richard Migliore	$75.00	$30.80	$21.00
8	Diabolical	Lanfranco Dettori		$7.60	$5.20
6	Storm Treasure	Shaun Bridgmohan			$9.20
		EXOTIC PAYOFFS:
		$2.00 Exacta (9-8)		$786.20
		$2.00 Trifecta (9-8-6)		$12,369.00
		$2.00 Superfecta (9-8-6-2)		$59,326.60

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1	Desert Code	Margin: ½	$645,300

Desert Code

Margin: ½

$645,300

2004, Chestnut Horse
E Dubai - Chatta Code, Lost Code

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Breeder:ClassicStar
Owner: Tarabilla Farms, Inc.
Trainer: David E. Hofmans
Jockey: Richard Migliore

Sire: E Dubai, Bay, 1998. Raced 3 years. 11 starts, 5 wins, $920,800. Lifetime: 172 yearlings sold, median $25,000.

Broodmare Sire: Lost Code, Dark Bay or Brown, 1984. In 2009: 1.46 AEI.

2	Diabolical	Margin: 1	$239,000

Diabolical

Margin: 1

$239,000

2003, Chestnut Horse
Artax - Bonnie Byerly, Dayjur

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Breeder:Longleaf Pine Farm
Owner: Godolphin Racing, LLC
Trainer: Saeed bin Suroor
Jockey: Lanfranco Dettori

Sire: Artax, Dark Bay or Brown, 1995. Raced 3 years. 25 starts, 7 wins, $1,685,840. Lifetime: 150 yearlings sold, median $20,000.

Broodmare Sire: Dayjur, Dark Bay or Brown, 1987.

3	Storm Treasure	Margin: ¾	$119,500

Storm Treasure

Margin: ¾

$119,500

2003, Chestnut Horse
Storm Boot - Boogie Beach Blues, Cure the Blues

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Breeder:Don M. Robinson
Owner: Mike McCarty
Trainer: Steven M. Asmussen
Jockey: Shaun Bridgmohan

Sire: Storm Boot, Chestnut, 1989. Raced 2 years. 14 starts, 4 wins, $70,510. Lifetime: 344 yearlings sold, median $22,000.

Broodmare Sire: Cure the Blues, Bay, 1978. In 2009: 1.96 AEI.

Time: 1:11.00 Track: FM

Others: Fleeting Spirit (IRE), $60,945; Heros Reward, $29,875; Salute the Count; True to Tradition; One Union; Get Funky; California Flag; Mr. Nightlinger; Rouse the Cat; Idiot Proof; Only Answer (GB).

Finish	Horse	Jockey	Trainer
1	Desert Code	Richard Migliore	David E. Hofmans
2	Diabolical	Lanfranco Dettori	Saeed bin Suroor
3	Storm Treasure	Shaun Bridgmohan	Steven M. Asmussen
4	Fleeting Spirit (IRE)	John Patrick Murtagh	Jeremy Noseda
5	Heros Reward	Javier Castellano	Dale Capuano
6	Salute the Count	Eibar Coa	Richard E. Dutrow, Jr.
7	True to Tradition	Kendrick Carmouche	Scott A. Lake
8	One Union	Victor Espinoza	Richard E. Mandella
9	Get Funky	Jose Valdivia, Jr.	John W. Sadler
10	California Flag	Joseph Talamo	Brian J. Koriner
11	Mr. Nightlinger	Jamie Theriot	W. Bret Calhoun
12	Rouse the Cat	Edgar S. Prado	Ollie L. Figgins, III
13	Idiot Proof	Garrett K. Gomez	Clifford W. Sise, Jr.
14	Only Answer (GB)	Olivier Peslier	Andre Fabre

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