Horse Racing News is the source of thoroughbred racing information with horse racing odds, betting tips, racing picks, race results, and handicapping. Latest news and articles on top horse racing contenders, jockeys, trainers, three-year-olds, race tracks, and major stakes races such as the Triple Crown races: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes as well as the Breeders' Cup horse races.Pamona Ball To Race In Hollywood Starlet at Hollywood Park December 13
Posted on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008
Darley Stable’s filly Pamona Ball will take a big step up in class as she aims for her third consecutive victory and her first graded stakes win in Saturday’s $429,500 Hollywood Starlet Stakes (G1) at Hollywood Park December 13.
All carrying 120 pounds, Hollywood Park’s 1 1/16-mile Hollywood Starlet field of fillies with jockeys in post position order:
- Toro Bonito under jockey David Flores
- Laragh under jockey Edgar Prado
- Alpha Kitten under jockey Mike Smith
- Wynning Ride under jockey Joseph Talamo
- Dave’s Revenge under jockey Kent Desormeaux
- Pamona Ball under jockey Rafael Bejarano
- Black Magic Mama under jockey Corey Nakatani
Trained by Eoin Harty, Pamona Ball followed up a maiden win in October by rallying to score a 1-length victory over Toro Bonito in the Sharp Cat Stakes at Hollywood Park in November. Both were run at the Hollywood Starlet distance of 1 1/16 miles.
The daughter of Pleasantly Perfect, Pamona Ball, who won 3 of 5 starts, faces her toughest task to date in the Grade I Hollywood Starlet.
“She didn’t have any trouble negotiating two turns in her last two starts,” race horse trainer Eoin Harty said. “It’s just a big jump up in quality. Either she’s good enough or she isn’t.”
Dave’s Revenge, owned by David Rippey, defeated Pamona Ball while making her career debut at Del Mar on August 31. In just her second start, the daughter of The Cliff’s Edge finished fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies behind Stardom Bound.
“She was beaten three lengths in the Breeders’ Cup and was an inch away from being Grade I stakes-placed,” race horse trainer Bob Hess Jr. said. “She ran a fantastic race. She’s a very good filly.”
Eastern shipper Laragh broke her maiden on Woodbine’s synthetic surface and won the Jessamine on turf at Keeneland in her fourth start. Laragh then finished third after setting the pace in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf at Santa Anita Park. Owned by IEAH Stables and partners and trained by John Terranova, Laragh leads the field with earnings of $246,345.
Toro Bonito, a homebred owned by Patti and Hal Earnhardt III, got away slowly in the Sharp Cat, but closed for second money. The Bob Baffert-trained filly will be joined by stablemate Wynning Ride. The latter, owned by Arnold Zetcher, broke her maiden while making her first start for Ron McAnally and was fourth in the seven-furlong Moccasin while making her second start under the care of Baffert.
Alpha Kitten, a homebred daughter of Tale of the Cat owned by Jerry and Ann Moss, has been impressive in her lone 2 starts. Alpha Kitten broke her maiden in August at Del Mar, and then finished second behind speedy Mi Chiamano Mimi in the six-furlong Anoakia Stakes at Santa Anita in mid-October.
Black Magic Mama has yet to break her maiden, but race horse trainer Doug O’Neill thought enough of the daughter of Black Mambo to enter her in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, where she finished eighth.
“She had a troubled trip in the Breeders’ Cup and finished second in a maiden race here after that,” Doug O’Neill said. “She came back quickly in that maiden race and we gave her a good freshening. She’ll be forgotten (in the wagering), but she’s doing well enough to belong in there.”
The Hollywood Starlet will run as the ninth horse race on Saturday’s ten-race program at Hollywood Park. Hollywood Starlet post time is 4:35 pm Pacific.
Horse racing news edited from www.hollywoodpark.com.
Tags: Alpha Kitten, Black Magic Mama, Dave's Revenge, Laragh, Pamona Ball, Toro Bonito, Wynning Ride
"Pamona Ball To Race In Hollywood Starlet at Hollywood Park December 13" was posted on Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 at 10:42 pm and is filed under Hollywood Park, Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Race Tracks News, Stakes Races, USA Horse Racing. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. Leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Previous Horse Racing News Entry:
Adena Springs Reduces 2009 Stallion Stud Fees
Next Horse Racing News Entry:
Santa Anita Park Schedule For 2008-09 Horse Racing Season