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Chelokee wins one for Michael Matz |
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Written by Gohorsepower.com
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Saturday, 03 March 2007 |
Chelokee, favored by Michael Matz since his debut last fall, won Saturday's 1 1/8 mile Allowance race for three-year-olds at Gulfstream Park. With Mark Guidry on board again, the colt rallied and split foes to take a 3/4 length victory.
Michael Matz, who trained last year's Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro, has three Triple Crown nominees for 2007: Chelokee, Crusader Rabbit, and Diamond Fever. Barbaro's three-year-old half-brother Man In Havana is unraced and working at Palm Meadows.
Chelokee is a son of sprint champion Cherokee Run, races for the Beechwood Partnership, and is owned by Centennial Farms (who own Corinthian and Reverberate). After his Maiden debut, he was five wide at the turn and finished second to Sam P. by 2 1/4 lengths in an Allowance at Churchill Downs on November 25th. Eddie Castro was on board that time.
Last time out, on February 11, Chelokee was third in a one-mile N1X, beaten by only a nose. The horse who nosed him out that time, Sightseeing, took the Show this time in third place. For You Reppo was second.
Chelokee paid $10.20 for every two dollars bet to win.
For more on Matz and his 2007 contenders, visit our horse racing forum.
The field:
Gulfstream Park - March 3rd, 2007 - Race 5
Estimated Local Post Time: 2:56 PM |
Race Type: Allowance
Breed: Thoroughbred
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
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Purse: $46,000
Distance:One And One Eighth Miles
Surface: Dirt |
| Post |
Horse
Jockey
Owner |
Age |
Sex |
Weight
Trainer
Breeder |
Odds |
| 1 |
| For You Reppo (KY) |
Kent J. Desormeaux
Trident Stable LLC |
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3 |
Colt |
122
Helen Pitts
Pegasus Stud LLC & Ledgelands LLC |
4/1 |
| 2 |
| Highest Degree (KY) |
Manoel R. Cruz
Lisa & Eliah Kahn |
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3 |
Colt |
118
Kenneth G. McPeek
Dolphus C. Morrison |
8/1 |
| 3 |
| Chelokee (KY) |
Mark Guidry
Centennial Farms |
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3 |
Colt |
118
Michael R. Matz
Gulf Coast Farms Bloodstock LP |
6/1 |
| 4 |
Crusader Rabbit (FL) |
Rene R. Douglas
George Krikorian |
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3 |
Colt |
120
Michael R. Matz
Harry Bono & Louise Bono |
12/1 |
| 5 |
| High Act (ON) |
Javier Castellano
Stronach Stables |
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3 |
Colt |
118
Brian A. Lynch
Adena Springs |
6/1 |
| 6 |
| Sacrifice Bunt (KY) |
Joe Bravo
Bruce Lunsford |
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3 |
Colt |
120
William I. Mott
W. Bruce Lunsford |
8/1 |
| 7 |
| Silver Express (KY) |
Cornelio H. Velasquez
Four Roses Thoroughbreds |
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3 |
Colt |
118
Nicholas P. Zito
Manganaro, LLC |
7/2 |
| 8 |
| Roman's Run (KY) |
Eddie Castro
Steve Poe, Bruce White, Dale Romans & Mike Ferro |
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3 |
Colt |
118
Dale L. Romans
WinStar Farm, LLC |
10/1 |
| 9 |
| Zoobstick (FL) |
Eduardo O. Nunez
Jerome G. Bozzo Trust |
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3 |
Gelding |
118
Jerry Bozzo
The Jerome G. Bozzo Trust |
20/1 |
| 10 |
| Sightseeing (KY) |
Edgar S. Prado
Phipps Stable |
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3 |
Colt |
118
Claude R. McGaughey III
Ogden Mills Phipps |
5/1 |
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