Chatain Repeats Hal’s Hope Handicap Victory
Favorite Chatain, ridden by regular rider Cornelio Velasquez, outran Miner’s Lamp by 2 1/2 lengths in the $100,000 Hal’s Hope Handicap (gr. III) at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, January 6.
The lightly raced 5-year-old Forest Wildcat horse Chatain won for the sixth time in nine lifetime starts. The bay has a three-race winning streak that began in August and now boasts total earnings of $276,330.
Trained by Angel Penna for owner Lazy F Ranch, Chatain ran the mile in 1:36.39 and paid $4.80, $3.40 and $2.80. 62-1 Miner’s Lamp under jockey Junior Alvarado finished second and returned $39.40 and $18.80. Half a length behind, Actin Good with jockey Eibar Coa paid $7 to show.
Chatain won last year’s Hal’s Hope by a head over Sir Greeley in track record time, but that may not have been his best effort of 2007. He ran fourth in the Donn Handicap (gr. I) a month later, beaten just 2 1/2 lengths by 2006 Horse of the Year and Invasor.
Horses that also ran in the 2008 Hal’s Hope Handicap at Gulfstream Park are: Yes He’s the Man, Olympic, Dr Googles Boogles, Rexson’s Rose, A. J. Melini, Pop Goes the Tiger, Timber Reserve and Elite Squadron. Commentator and Notgonagetemtoday were scratched.
"Chatain Repeats Hal’s Hope Handicap Victory" was posted on 6 January 2008 10:45 PM under Horse Racing News, Horses, Stakes Races
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