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Greenwood Lake
The Remsen
Grade II
November 27, 1999
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Posted by: Administrator ::: on Monday, October 15, 2007 - 12:00 AM ::: 535 Reads
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE SPORTS SECTION 3 SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2007
By Neil Milbert
Tribune staff reporter
A late-blooming 3-year-old won the Chicago circuit’s last major race of the year Saturday on the grass at Hawthorne Race Course when Bold Hawk had a fine stretch run for a photo-finish victory in the Grade III $250,000 Hawthorne Derby.
Ridden by Jean-Luc Samyn, who is regarded as one of America’s best turf jockeys, Bold Hawk stayed on the rail until he hit the stretch. Then Samyn took the gelding to the outside and charged between horses to catch 9-5 favorite Twilight Meteor and win by a head.
“I walked the course this morning, and the outside was extremely chopped up,” Samyn said. “It looked like the best place was on the rail.”
Sent off as the 4-1 third betting choice, Bold Hawk recorded the third triumph of a five-race career that began June24 when he was an unimpressive seventh. Making his stakes racing debut, he ran the 1 1/8 miles in 1 minute 47 4/5 seconds.
“It took him a while to get things figured out,” said Dana Antonczak, the assistant to Jim Toner, Bold Hawk’s New York trainer. “Each race he has improved dramatically. Jimmy felt it was time for him to step up.”
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