Big Drama, Santos highlight Calder's Hall of Fame
Apr 11, 2013 22:29:05 GMT -5
Post by Jon on Apr 11, 2013 22:29:05 GMT -5
I liked Santos. Good for him. I'm guessing HRTV will show the ceremony Sat.
Big Drama, Santos highlight Calder's Hall of Fame class
Eclipse Award-winning sprinter and three-time Florida Stallion Stakes winner Big Drama, south Florida riding veteran and second all-time Calder leading rider Eduardo Nunez, and top-five all-time local trainer Dan Hurtak are among the nine new members to the Calder Hall of Fame that will be honored in the Calder winner's circle following the 4TH, 5TH, 6TH and 7TH races on Saturday.
Joining Big Drama in the horse category of the Calder Hall of Fame is the millionaire turf warrior Soldier's Dancer, a Calder turf stakes winner at the ages of two, three, four and five, along with the brilliant but fleeting filly Three Ring, a two-time Florida Stallion Stakes heroine who won the Acorn Stakes as a three-year-old and was the third-place finisher in the 1998 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Jose Santos, who began his U.S. riding career at Calder in 1984 and currently ranks third in all-time stakes wins at the Tropical Meet, will join longtime local rider Nunez as part of the class of 2013 jockey inductees; while Kathleen O'Connell, the only female trainer to win a training title at Calder, will become the first female conditioner inducted to the Calder Hall of Fame when joining Hurtak, a five-time leading local trainer, in enshrinement.
Prominent owners and breeders at Calder for many years, Bernard and Bea Oxenberg, best known for the successful exploits of their two-time Carl Rose Classic and Spend a Buck Handicap-winning homebred Best of the Rest, received the most votes in Hall of Fame balloting and will be welcomed to the Hall of Fame alongside Fred and Jane Brei's Jacks or Better Farm Inc., who in tandem with trainer Stanley Gold dominated the Florida Stallion Stakes from 2010-2012, winning 11 of the 18 events during that span, including series sweeps by Awesome Feather, Jackson Bend and Fort Loudon.
Winner's circle presentations to honor the Calder Hall of Fame class of 2013 will begin with the owners following the 4TH, with trainers, jockeys and horses to be recognized after the 5TH, 6TH and 7TH.
Big Drama, Santos highlight Calder's Hall of Fame class
Eclipse Award-winning sprinter and three-time Florida Stallion Stakes winner Big Drama, south Florida riding veteran and second all-time Calder leading rider Eduardo Nunez, and top-five all-time local trainer Dan Hurtak are among the nine new members to the Calder Hall of Fame that will be honored in the Calder winner's circle following the 4TH, 5TH, 6TH and 7TH races on Saturday.
Joining Big Drama in the horse category of the Calder Hall of Fame is the millionaire turf warrior Soldier's Dancer, a Calder turf stakes winner at the ages of two, three, four and five, along with the brilliant but fleeting filly Three Ring, a two-time Florida Stallion Stakes heroine who won the Acorn Stakes as a three-year-old and was the third-place finisher in the 1998 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.
Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Jose Santos, who began his U.S. riding career at Calder in 1984 and currently ranks third in all-time stakes wins at the Tropical Meet, will join longtime local rider Nunez as part of the class of 2013 jockey inductees; while Kathleen O'Connell, the only female trainer to win a training title at Calder, will become the first female conditioner inducted to the Calder Hall of Fame when joining Hurtak, a five-time leading local trainer, in enshrinement.
Prominent owners and breeders at Calder for many years, Bernard and Bea Oxenberg, best known for the successful exploits of their two-time Carl Rose Classic and Spend a Buck Handicap-winning homebred Best of the Rest, received the most votes in Hall of Fame balloting and will be welcomed to the Hall of Fame alongside Fred and Jane Brei's Jacks or Better Farm Inc., who in tandem with trainer Stanley Gold dominated the Florida Stallion Stakes from 2010-2012, winning 11 of the 18 events during that span, including series sweeps by Awesome Feather, Jackson Bend and Fort Loudon.
Winner's circle presentations to honor the Calder Hall of Fame class of 2013 will begin with the owners following the 4TH, with trainers, jockeys and horses to be recognized after the 5TH, 6TH and 7TH.