Thursday, March 13, 2014

SANTA ANITA
Thursday, March 13, 2014

Great news! The remains of and monument to Native Diver, the most popular horse to ever run in  Southern California, will be relocated from the now defunct Hollywood Park to Del Mar.  Richard Shapiro, a USC alum and grandson of the horse’s owners Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Shapiro, enlisted the services of the archaeology department at USC to do the exhumation and relocation. The big black gelding ran eighty-one times and won thirty-seven races in the 1960‘s. He won thirty-four stakes races, more than any other horse in history, including the Hollywood Gold Cup three times in a row and the Del Mar Handicap at age eight on Labor Day in 1967. Good luck today!

Race 1 
#3 - ATTA BOY PETE - Drops in class, shows early speed and good works, Jerry Hollendorfer trains.

Race 2
#4 - CHERUBIM - Finished 2nd in a G2 in his last start, shows good works, Smith/Callaghan are the connections.

Race 3
#8 - METAXA - Finished 2nd in her last start, multiple winner at Santa Anita and the distance.

Race 4
#4 - BIORHYTHM - Finished 3rd in her last start, shows good works, Tom Proctor trains.

Race 5
#6 - MOSCATO GIRL - Finished 3rd in her last start, drops in class and shows super works.

Race 6
#6 - EARTHFLIGHT - Stakes try in her North American debut in her last start, should like the longer distance on the grass.

Race 7
#8 - IN DAD’S HONOR - Finished 2nd in her last start, sent out by high quality trainer Ron Ellis.

Race 8
#8 - TRIBAL CHATTER - Shows good works, seems to like the hillside.


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