Rail Trip out to defend Hollywood Gold Cup
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07/07/2010 -
Inglewood, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Rail Trip will take on six challengers on
Saturday in defense of his title in the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup at
Hollywood Park. The five-year-old gelding will carry highweight of 123 pounds
in the 1 1/4-mile race.
Owned by Jay Em Ess Stable, Rail Trip will be ridden by Rafael Bejarano for
the third straight start and the pair will break from post six. Jose Valdivia,
Jr. was aboard the gelding last year in winning the Gold Cup.
Rail Trip, trained by Ron Ellis, is coming off victories this year in the
Mervyn LeRoy Handicap and the Californian. No horse has swept those two races
and the Gold Cup since Eleven Stitches in 1981.
"The nice thing about him is that he's almost turned into a mile and a quarter
horse," noted Ellis. "He knows where the running starts and he's really strong
down the lane. This year he's bigger, stronger and heavier. He's matured a
lot. He's a real versatile horse and that's going to come in handy at some
point.
"When he won the Gold Cup, he was at the end of a lot of races. This year, by
purpose, we wanted to bring him in and point for the Breeders' Cup and have
him ready for the second half of the year."
Rail Trip is within a few dollars of becoming a millionaire. The five-year-old
has won eight of 11 career starts and earned $967,790.
A win on Saturday would make him just the third horse to claim the Gold Cup
more than once. He would join Native Diver (1965-67) and Lava Man (2005-07),
who each won the race three straight times.
Last year's runner-up, Tres Borrachos will try to get the best of Rail Trip
for the third straight race. The five-year-old gelding was fourth in the
Mervyn LeRoy and seventh in the Californian.
Trained by co-owner Beau Greely, Tres Borrachos will start from post six with
Victor Espinoza again in the saddle.
"He's got ability, he's been training well, there's nothing wrong with him and
he's got a good record at Hollywood Park," said Greely.
Winless since taking an allowance race at Hollywood in May of last year, the
gelding has banked $602,682 while winning three of 26 lifetime starts.
Here is the full field for the Gold Cup in post position order: Cigar Man, Joe
Talamo; Compari, Mike Smith; Awesome Gem, David Flores; Richard's Kid, Martin
Garcia; Tres Borrachos, Victor Espinoza; Rail Trip, Rafael Bejarano and
Tap It Light, Tyler Baze.
Post-time for the race is set for 7:35 p.m. (et).
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