Callwood Dancer Heads Cardinal Handicap Field at Churchill Downs November 15
Three Chimneys LLC’s Callwood Dancer will carry high weight of 122 pounds and break from post position 5 under jockey Eurico Da Silva in the 36th running of the $100,000-added Cardinal Handicap (gr. III) at Churchill Downs Saturday, November 15.
Callwood Dancer will concede from 3 to 11 pounds to her rivals in the Cardinal Hardinal, which will be run at 1 1/8 miles over the Matt Winn Turf Course and go as the ninth race on Saturday’s 10-race card that has a first post time of 12:40 p.m. ET.
Trained by Roger Attfield, Callwood Dancer is scheduled to arrive at Churchill Downs, home of the Kentucky Derby, on Thursday from her home base at Woodbine in Toronto and then head to Florida for the winter with Attfield, who will be seeking his second Churchill Downs stakes victory. Attfield saddled Alydeed to win the 1992 Derby Trial.
Callwood Dancer enters the Cardinal Handicap off a second-place finish in the October 4 E.P. Taylor at Woodbine, which served as her Grade I debut. In that race she defeated Sealy Hill, who went on to run second in the Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic, and prior to that finished ahead of Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf winner Forever Together in the Canadian.
The starting second high weight will be Earle Mack’s Lady Digby, who will carry 119 pounds and be ridden by jockey Ramon Dominguez for trainer Graham Motion. Lady Digby will break from post position 8.
The Cardinal Handicap field, from the hedge out: Sousaphone (jockey Shaun Bridgmohan, 114 pounds), Meribel (Robby Albarado, 116), Long Approach (Julien Leparoux, 113), Queendom (Calvin Borel, 111), Callwood Dancer (Da Silva, 122), Ciao (Inez Karlsson, 116), Ballymore Lady (Jesus Castanon, 116), Lady Digby (Dominguez, 119), Kiss With a Twist (Miguel Mena, 115) and Indescribable (Kent Desormeaux, 116).
Horse racing news edited from www.churchilldowns.com.
Tags: Ballymore Lady, Callwood Dancer, Ciao, Indescribable, Kiss With a Twist, Lady Digby, Long Approach, Meribel, Queendom, Sousaphone
"Callwood Dancer Heads Cardinal Handicap Field at Churchill Downs November 15" was posted on 12 November 2008 10:29 PM under Horse Racing News, Horses, Race Tracks, Racing Picks & Betting Tips, Stakes Races
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