It took owner Lou Cacchio 3 1/2 hours Thursday to drive from Bensalem,
Pa., to Aqueduct. Fighting Thanksgiving Day traffic proved well worth
the effort.
Cacchio arrived at Aqueduct with 14 minutes to post for the
Fall Highweight Handicap, got his dark blue and metallic gold silks to
jockey Jose Lezcano just in time, then settled back to watch his horse
Cherokee Country rally from well off the pace to win the Grade 3 Fall
Highweight by one-half length. Greenspring, making his stakes debut,
got up for second, 1 1/4 lengths ahead of pacesetting long shot
Hatfield.
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