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With jockey Elpidio Aguila settling his mount in third place, Lyonnais watched stablemate Ouzo battle Hazmoore in a neck-and-neck duel majority of the race then put on his vaunted finishing kick at the top of the stretch before galloping home to a five-length victory worth P400,000 for owner Joseph Dyhengco.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 197446 [Title] => Wind Blown dominates lean field [Summary] => Wind Blown scored an expected romp in the Senate Presidents Cup, dominating a lean field and literally running away with the top P600,000 purse in a fitting victory that highlighted the final day of racing at San Lazaro yesterday.
The long layoff, the heavy handicap weight, the punishing 2,000-meter distance and the pressure put up by Catwalk Pia in the early going proved no burden for the massive charger who simply galloped home to victory unopposed.
Wind Blown turned in a 2:09 clocking with fraction times of 25-25-26-25-27.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193964 [Title] => Free Wind rules Philracom Open [Summary] => Free Wind thwarted Hyperbids upset bid down the stretch to rule the Philracom Open Stakes Race and stretch his winning run to 12 at San Lazaro yesterday.
The four-year-old bay Free Wind took the best dished out by last years top multiple stakes winner Golden Ballet and proved hes better although he had to foil Hyperbids bid in the last 50 meters to keep his winning run at the hippodrome.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188819 [Title] => Wind Blown eyes third Gold Cup [Summary] => Can Wind Blown register his third straight Presidential Gold Cup?
The question will be answered today when the 30th edition of the most prestigious and richest race in the land is run today over 2,000 meters at San Lazaro.
But first one question must be answered: Can John Cordero, who rode Wind Blown in a prep race over 1,900 meters carrying 59 kilograms at San Lazaro two weeks ago, take his new-found gold mine another 100 meters carrying top weight of 62 kilograms against 11 other quality horses?
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
With jockey Elpidio Aguila settling his mount in third place, Lyonnais watched stablemate Ouzo battle Hazmoore in a neck-and-neck duel majority of the race then put on his vaunted finishing kick at the top of the stretch before galloping home to a five-length victory worth P400,000 for owner Joseph Dyhengco.
[DatePublished] => 2003-06-09 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 197446 [Title] => Wind Blown dominates lean field [Summary] => Wind Blown scored an expected romp in the Senate Presidents Cup, dominating a lean field and literally running away with the top P600,000 purse in a fitting victory that highlighted the final day of racing at San Lazaro yesterday.
The long layoff, the heavy handicap weight, the punishing 2,000-meter distance and the pressure put up by Catwalk Pia in the early going proved no burden for the massive charger who simply galloped home to victory unopposed.
Wind Blown turned in a 2:09 clocking with fraction times of 25-25-26-25-27.
[DatePublished] => 2003-03-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 193964 [Title] => Free Wind rules Philracom Open [Summary] => Free Wind thwarted Hyperbids upset bid down the stretch to rule the Philracom Open Stakes Race and stretch his winning run to 12 at San Lazaro yesterday.
The four-year-old bay Free Wind took the best dished out by last years top multiple stakes winner Golden Ballet and proved hes better although he had to foil Hyperbids bid in the last 50 meters to keep his winning run at the hippodrome.
[DatePublished] => 2003-02-03 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 188819 [Title] => Wind Blown eyes third Gold Cup [Summary] => Can Wind Blown register his third straight Presidential Gold Cup?
The question will be answered today when the 30th edition of the most prestigious and richest race in the land is run today over 2,000 meters at San Lazaro.
But first one question must be answered: Can John Cordero, who rode Wind Blown in a prep race over 1,900 meters carrying 59 kilograms at San Lazaro two weeks ago, take his new-found gold mine another 100 meters carrying top weight of 62 kilograms against 11 other quality horses?
[DatePublished] => 2002-12-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )
By Richard Mamuyac | October 9, 2010 - 12:00am