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The Golden Gate Fields Turf Stakes was an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually at Golden Gate Fields in Albany, California.The race was open to horses four-year-olds and up willing to race one and three-eighth miles on the turf and offered a purse of $250,000 at its last running.
At Golden Gate Fields – San Francisco Mile Stakes: 2023 Lammas : 7 Irving Orozco Manuel Badilla Ronald L. Charles & Samuel Gordon 1 mile 1:34.30 $177,700 III [8] 2023 Balnikhov : 5 Umberto Rispoli: Philip D'Amato Little Red Feather Racing, Madaket Stables & Old Bones Racing Stable 1 mile 1:36.21 $251,800 III [9] 2022 Evening Sun : 5 Brice Blanc
Golden Gate Fields made history in 2016 when it hired 29-year-old Angela Hermann as its track announcer, succeeding Michael Wrona. Hermann was the first full-time female race caller in the United States since Ann Elliott worked in the 1960s at Jefferson Downs near New Orleans.
Racecards are often given in newspapers. Also known as a race book ( form guide in Australia), which in this case is a small booklet issued for use at a race meeting. A typical racecard lists information not only about the horse's name, but also its age and the weight it has to carry in the race.
GG Jackson led the Grizzlies (27-55) with a career-high 44 points on 17-for-34 shooting. It was his fourth career game with at least 30 points and his first with more than 40. He added 12 rebounds ...
Ireland has a rich history of horse racing; point to pointing originated there, and even today, jump racing is more popular than racing on the flat. As a result, every year Irish horse racing fans travel in huge numbers to the highlight event of the National Hunt calendar, the Cheltenham Festival , and in recent years Irish owned or bred horses ...
The inaugural $7.5m Golden Eagle [2] was won by the Chris Waller trained Kolding underneath in-form hoop Glen Boss.. Kolding, a last-start winner of the Epsom Handicap, he was sent out as an equal second-favourite at $6 and he confirmed his status as an elite galloper with an authoritative win over a gallant Sunlight, with Mizzy narrowly holding on for third over Behemoth.
Towcester was popular among the racing fraternity, mostly because of the sharp bends in the course, and the final gallop to the finishing post was uphill, which tested the horses and results in some unexpected finishes. In 2004, the Easton Neston estate, including the race course, was put up for sale.