NY Horse Racing

FROM THE HORSES MOUTH

11.06.2007 - Finger Lakes Weekly Update

Contact: David Mattice

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A look back and ahead…

Brocco Valley shook loose on the front end under jockey Michael Davila to win the eighth race on Thursday, November 1 in a time of 1:42.00 for the one mile and seventy yard distance. The 5-year-old gelding, trained by Charlton Baker, defeated the optional claiming allowance field that included 2007 top Finger Lakes male horse nominees Tiger Speech and Mt. Majesty. He has won his last two starts by an average of nine lengths since rearing up at the start and finishing a distant fifth in the $50,000 Genesee Valley Breeders’ Handicap on September 15.

The Finger Lakes Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association’s Annual Awards Ceremony will take place on Saturday. Finger Lakes’ top horses will be honored for their accomplishments during the 2007 meet.

Longshot of the Week: Clyde Cranwell, a professor at Morrisville State College, notched his first training victory of the 2007 meet on Tuesday. Take the Gael, a 24-1 outsider, won in gate- to-wire fashion in the fifth race under jockey Rudy Ignacio. It was the first winners circle visit for Ignacio since guiding Dr. Silver Packet to victory on June 4.

News and Notes

Jockey News: Omar Camejo scored his first Finger Lakes stake win aboard Tin Cup Chalice on Saturday. It was the high point in the Finger Lakes career of Camejo who sustained a season ending injury on July 19, 2005.

Jockey Multiple Wins: Thursday, 11/1: J. Davila Jr. (2)…Osorio (2)…Friday, 11/2: J. Davila Jr. (3)… Saturday, 11/3: Camejo (2)…Rodriguez (2)…Monday, 11/5: Yang (2) …Tuesday, 11/6: Messina (2).

Trainer Multiple Wins: Thursday, 11/1: C. Englehart (2)…Friday, 11/2: C. Englehart (2)…Iorio (2)…Saturday, 11/3: Lecesse (2)…Pettine (2)…Monday, 11/5: None…Tuesday, 11/6: None.

Upcoming

Saturday, November 10 and Sunday, November 11 / Weekend Giveaways: The first 1,000 guests through the gaming floor entrance receive a long sleeved "Finger Lakes Fall Frenzy" T-shirt on Saturday. On Sunday, the first 1,000 customers through the gaming floor entrance receive a fall rain poncho. Patrons must be 18 to receive giveaway items. Gaming Doors open at 10 a.m.