Precious Kitten Wins 2007 Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park

2008 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park

The 2008 Breeders' Cup, thoroughbred racing's most prestigious event, consisting of 14 Breeders' Cup races and $25.5 million in purses, will be held on October 24-25, at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.

But before that, Belmont Stakes winner Da'Tara is going to race in the Travers Stakes at Saratoga Race Course while Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Big Brown will be racing in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth Park.

Posted on Sunday, November 25th, 2007

Precious Kitten trained by Bobby Frankel took a commanding 1 1/4 length lead to win the $500,000 Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park on Sunday, November 25th.

This is the fourth consecutive win in the Matriarch Stakes and a record eighth triumph in the past 11 years for trainer Bobby Frankel. He trains the 4-year-old filly Precious Kitten for owners and breeders Sarah and Kenneth Ramsey.

Ridden by Rafael Bejarano in the race for fillies and mares 3-year-old and up, Precious Kitten covered the mile in 1:33.63 and paid $7.60, $3.20 and $2.40. Precious Kitten improved her career mark to 7-8-1 in 19 starts with earnings of $1,419,688.

Coming in a second place finish, Wait a While, who was scratched out of the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf by trainer Todd Pletcher due to the poor turf conditions, returned $2.80 and $2.10 in her first start since running third in Belmont Park’s Flower Bowl Invitational on September 29th.

The French filly, Lady of Venice, finished third and paid $2.80 to show. Following her are: Live Life, Dance Away Capote and Naissance Royale.

In the 8th race at Hollywood Park, Daytona, with jockey Mike Smith aboard, won the Hollywood Derby. He covered 1 1/4 miles on turf in 1:59.75 and paid $13.20, $7.40 and $5.40. Medici Code came in second and returned $11.40 and $7. Bold Hawk finished third and paid $4 to show.

Share with other horse racing fans:

"Precious Kitten Wins 2007 Matriarch Stakes at Hollywood Park" was posted on Sunday, November 25th, 2007 at 7:40 pm and is filed under Hollywood Park, Horse Racing Industry, Horses, Jockeys, Owners & Breeders, Stakes Races, Trainers, 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.