Gun Runner settles in nicely at Santa Anita
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Gun Runner, expected to vie for favoritism with Arrogate in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 4, has settled in nicely at Santa Anita after arriving Monday night from the East Coast.
“He was out early this morning and I think he’ll go out about 6:45 every day,” said Scott Blasi, assistant to trainer Steve Asmussen. “He just had kind of an easy gallop today.
“He’ll have one work here, likely Monday, and probably one at Del Mar. We got in late Monday night and he walked yesterday.
“Today was his first day to the track. His energy level is good and he’s never seen a place he didn’t like.”
LOS ANGELES TIMES RACING NEWSLETTER AVAILABLE STARTING FRIDAY
Good news from the Los Angeles Times for racing fans: the publication is presenting its racing newsletter starting opening day Friday at Santa Anita that will provide previews of feature races at local tracks and a roundup of happenings around the country.
At the core of its coverage will be entries and results that will include full charts, which is an expansion of what is available in its print edition. It will arrive to inboxes five times a week, meaning race days and at the end of the race week, so charts will be included.
The newsletter, written by Times deputy sports editor John Cherwa, marks a quick, free and thorough way for horse devotees to start their day. And it all begins on Friday, opening day of Santa Anita’s 19-day Autumn Meet.
FINISH LINES: Looking fresh, fit and rarin’ to, 77-year-old Bill Spawr was back on the training beat at Santa Anita Wednesday morning after serving a 30-day suspension. “I used the time to take care of doctors’ appointments, do things around the house, attend a sale in Kentucky and visit with Amazombie (2011 Eclipse Award-winning male sprinter),” Spawr said. “It was all productive.” Spawr’s bargain claim Skye Diamonds worked three furlongs on the training track in 38 flat . . . It Tiz Well, who upset Abel Tasman in the Grade I Cotillion last Saturday, “Is doing very well (back at Santa Anita) and we’re trying to decide on her next race,” said Jerry Hollendorfer, who supervised a six furlong bullet drill Wednesday by Unique Bella in 1:11.60 . . . A star is born: Madison Stevens, eight-year-old daughter of Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, will appear, beginning a week from Sunday at 7:30 p.m., in episodes of ABC-TV’s “The Toy Box,” which is starting its second season this Sunday . . . Veteran warhorse Royal F J is scheduled to make his 101st career start in Friday’s third race, a six furlong sprint for $8,000 claimers. The 10-year-old gelded son of Royal Academy has nine wins, 18 seconds and 18 thirds, with earnings of $564,605. “We’ve had him since he was a yearling, except when he was claimed last October,” trainer Jack Carava said. “He was gone about six months but we got him back. He’s been in fairly good form and pulls his own weight. He’s a cool horse and we hope he runs well.”
Source: Santa Anita Park
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