Vacare Wins Dahlia Handicap at Hollywood Park December 21
Vacare held off Gotta Have Her and In My Glory to score a 1 length victory in the $150,000 Dahlia Handicap on the closing day at Hollywood Park on Sunday, December 21.
Ridden by jockey Jose Valdivia Jr., Vacare covered 1 1/16 miles on the turf in 1:43.13 and paid $3.60, $2.60 and $2.40 as the odds-on favorite. Gotta Have Her, under jockey Richard Migliore, returned $3.60 and $2.80. In My Glory with jockey Martin Garcia paid $5.40 to show.
With the Dahlia Handicap victory, Vacare banked $90,000 with the Dahlia Handicap win to boost her earnings to $1.2 million and race horse trainer Christophe Clement got his 1,000th win.
Connections of the 5-year-old mare Vacare said said she will be retired.
“She’s such a pleasure to ride. I’m going to miss her a lot, but at least she goes out a winner,” jockey Jose Valdivia, Jr. said.
Other horses that raced in Hollywood Park’s Dahlia Handicap in order of finish: I Can See, Lady Digby, Green Lyons, Belle Allure and Don’t Forget Faith. Place de L’Etoile, Sensational Love, Storybook and Valbenny were scratched.
Tags: Belle Allure, Don't Forget Faith, Gotta Have Her, Green Lyons, I Can See, In My Glory, Lady Digby, Place de L'Etoile, Sensational Love, Storybook, Vacare, Valbenny
"Vacare Wins Dahlia Handicap at Hollywood Park December 21" was posted on 21 December 2008 10:51 PM under Horse Racing News, Horse Racing Results & Payouts, Horses, Race Tracks, Stakes Races
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