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5.15.2007 - Finger Lakes Weekly Update

For Immediate Release – May 15, 2007

Contact: David Mattice

585-924-3232

 

A look back and ahead…

Golden Scholar sizzled six furlongs in a time of 1:10.61 to take Sunday’s fifth race by seven and one-half lengths. The 3-year-old colt won for the second consecutive time at Finger Lakes for trainer David Geist. Jockey Paul Nicol Jr. was along for the ride aboard the Virgina-bred who disposed of a softer field in similar fashion on April 24 at a shorter distance.

La Bamba ran erratically but distanced herself from her rivals to win Sunday’s eighth race by a large margin. The Scott Lake-trainee drifted wide on the final turn but jockey Paul Nicol, Jr. was able to direct her to the wire first to take the Mother’s Day Purse by eight and one-quarter lengths.

Longshot of the Week: Zabaglione made his first career start a winning one on Friday for trainer Dorothy Gentner. The 18-1 outsider rallied past odds-on-favorite Cartersville in the stretch to score the seventh race victory by two and one-quarter lengths under jockey Gabriel Suarez.

 

News and Notes

Jockey/Trainer News: John Davila, Jr. won the last three races on Tuesday to inch closer to leading jockey John Grabowski. Davila is currently six victories behind Grabowski who leads all Finger Lakes riders with 24 wins on the season.

Jockey Multiple Wins: Friday, 5/11: Suarez (2)…Saturday, 5 /12: Grabowski (3)…Messina (2)…Sunday, 5/13: Flores (3)…M. Davila (2)…Nicol (2)…Tuesday, 5/15: J. Davila Jr. (3).

Trainer Multiple Wins: Friday, 5/11: None…Saturday, 5/12: M.A. Ferraro (2)…Sunday, 5/13: None…Tuesday, 5/15: Anderson (2)…Englehart (2).

 

Upcoming

Saturday, May 19 / Preakness Day: Beginning at 10 am, the first 2,500 guests (18 and over) who enter the facility will receive a free commemorative Preakness glass.