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                    [Title] => Cover Girl tops Lakambini race
                    [Summary] => Cover Girl added the Lakambini Stakes crown to her growing list of victories as the Triple Crown leg winner dominated the event yesterday in a record-equalling run at the Santa Ana Park.


With ace jockey Jonathan Hernandez aboard, Cover Girl stalked the quick-stepping Moab in the early going then swept past the fast-fading leader with hardly a whip before galloping home to a three-length victory.

The outstanding favorite clocked 1:53 over the 1,800-meter voyage, matching Material Maker’s effort in the Mitra Cup. She had fraction times of 13’-23-25’-24-28. [DatePublished] => 2004-08-23 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250302 [Title] => Neat Laurel registers clear win in PSA Cup [Summary] => Neat Laurel and Louie Balboa gave a talented bunch of local horses and ace riders a neat track lesson as the lone imported horse and apprentice jockey in the fold ran away with laurels by ruling the PSA (Philippine Sportswriters Association) Cup in a wire-to-wire fashion at the Sta. Ana Park yesterday.

Sent only as the third favorite in the seven-horse field, Neat Laurel stormed upfront early despite coming from the outermost rail then engaged noted speedster Free Wind for a brief moment before surging ahead for good en route to a two-length victory over Free Wind.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-17 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 250196 [Title] => Seven tough horses compete in PSA Cup today [Summary] => Seven battle-tested horses make up the cast in today’s third PSA (Philippine Sportswriters Association) Cup, a one-mile event honoring a man known for his deep passion for horse racing.

At around 5 this afternoon, Free Wind, Material Maker, Success Story, San Diego Force, Speed Machine, Mica’s Magic and imported horse Neat Laurel will dispute prizes totaling P500,000 in the 1600-meter event hosted by the Philippine Racing Club Incorporated (PRCI), sponsored by the Philippine Racing Commission headed by Jimmy Dilag and organized by the PSA.
[DatePublished] => 2004-05-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 238061 [Title] => Imports top bets at Sta. Ana [Summary] => In the absence of a serious contender from the local ranks, Aussie-bred imports are expected to dominate today’s running of the P500,000 Philracom "Open" Stakes Race, the first major racing event of the year slated at the Santa Ana Park.

Bannered by stakes-performed imports Ouzo, Time Gentleman and Buena Sera, the 1,800-meter race launches the Philippine Racing Commission’s yearlong stakes calendar.
[DatePublished] => 2004-02-08 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 231708 [Title] => Red Star also rises to claim racing’s richest purse [Summary] => Red Star Rising rose above a star-studded field that included the best gallopers in the land today as he snatched the richest purse ever staked in the local racing by ruling the Presidential Gold Cup before a stunned Sunday crowd at the San Lazaro Leisure Park in Carmona, Cavite.

Under the reins of jockey Manolito Daquis, the three-year-old colt by Khozaam out of Ito’s Choice outduelled fancied West Bound in the last 150 meters to pull off a thrilling half-length victory over the top favorite and pocket the top P2 million prize for owner Michael Trillana.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-15 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 230687 [Title] => Wind Blown racefest unwraps at Santa Ana [Summary] => The biggest honor to be bestowed upon any local racehorse unfolds today when the "Wind Blown Racing Festival" gets going before another expected mammoth crowd at the Santa Ana Park

At the center of today’s festivities is Wind Blown, Hermie Esguerra’s champion galloper who will be making his farewell gallop as he winds up an illustrious career unprecedented in local racing history.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-07 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 229916 [Title] => JRA, PSA Cups go to longshots [Summary] => Material Maker pulled off a virtual miracle win in the Japan Racing Association Cup yesterday, beating a highly-fancied field that included veteran stakes race campaigners Free Wind and Golden Ballet before a stunned Sunday crowd at the San Lazaro Leisure Park in Carmona, Cavite.
[DatePublished] => 2003-12-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 226526 [Title] => Golden Ballet humbles old tormentor [Summary] => Golden Ballet settled an old score with rival Material Maker when she topped yesterday’s P1-million Sampaguita stakes race at the San Lazaro Park in Carmona, Cavite.

Golden Ballet, owned by businessman Jun Almeda, lost by a length to Material Maker in the Klub Don Juan de Manila Golden Girls race also in San Lazaro last month.

Yesterday, however, was an entirely different story.
[DatePublished] => 2003-11-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 161371 [Title] => Unbreakable opens bid in Triple Crown [Summary] => Unbreakable, aiming to become only the ninth Triple Crown champion in the history of local horseracing, puts his unblemished track record on the line today when the first leg of this year’s Triple Crown, also known as the Cojuangco Cup, is held at the Santa Ana Park.

The winner of the 1,600-m race gets a whopping P1 million and a shot at the coveted Triple Crown. The second leg, known as the JV Ongpin Cup, is set next month to be followed by the last leg, the Horseman’s Cup, in July.
[DatePublished] => 2002-05-19 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
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