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2012 El Camino Real Derby (G3)

Date/Track:
2/18/2012, Golden Gate Fields
Post Time:
4:45 PM PT
Distance:
1 1/8 m (Synthetic)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
1:50.46

What the Nation is saying about the 2012 El Camino Real Derby (G3)...

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  • Paladin · Don't forget about the dead heat in the Travers · 155 days ago ·
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  • jay s. · Bodemeister in the Arkansas Derby and Shackleford's Met Mile, Churchill Downs, and Clark. · 155 days ago ·
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As the second half of the stakes schedule kicks into gear this week, fans won’t have to wait to see some top notch names. Entries were drawn today for the Grade 3 $150,000 San Francisco Mile and the race is being headlined by multiple stakes winner Jeranimo from the Michael Pender barn. Hall of Fame...Read More
Lucky Chappy is on the move … again. A quick peek at the stickers on his suitcase already reveal stays in Ireland, Italy, France, Maryland, Kentucky, and Florida, but it looks like the fun has only just begun for the globetrotting son of High Chaparral. If all goes as planned, you can add the mileag...Read More
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  • cocoa2 · Where I come from they call that Bay Roan. · 464 days ago ·
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  • BrianZipse · The travels continue ... good luck to Lucky Chappy in the UAE Derby! · 424 days ago ·
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There was a buzz at Golden Gate Fields Saturday that I haven’t seen there in a long time. The little track by the bay was on center stage. Not only in the local media, but nation wide. The draw was the Grade 3 El Camino Real Derby. A $200,000 purse was on the line and it attracted stars, film crews ...Read More
  • AndyScoggin · There is nothing quite like the day of the big race. Thanks for the great account. · 460 days ago ·
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  • Randall D Farms · Wow, that was really some duel between Daddy Nose Best and Lucky Chappy! Looks like DNB won the race by one inch. Really nice for the track where I was raised to have two Kentucky Derby contenders face off to an incredible finish! Hopefully a truly great sport is on the rise again! · 456 days ago ·
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Daddy Nose Best, getting a great ground-saving trip from Julien Leparoux, won an all-out duel with Lucky Chappy to capture the $200,000 El Camino Real Derby (gr. III) by a nostril at Golden Gate Fields Feb. 18. The terrific finish to the 1 1/8-mile test for 3-year-olds gave trainer Steve Asmussen ba...Read More
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  • Floridaf · Daddy Nose Best as good as his name! · 460 days ago ·
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  • fbernardeschi · hullo! just one curiosity ! did you know that I am the Godmother of Lucky Chappy?? Yes I named him!!!! So proud of him! XXXX · 457 days ago ·
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HRN's Mike Shutty breaks down the past week's Kentucky Derby 2012 prep action and gives you the scoop on the Baffert sweep of Oaklawn's Southwest Stakes + MoreRead More
  • francis · I know someone who was @ Santa Anita Sunday. He said Creative Cause blew by Drill & the 2nd place finisher right after the wire, & Rosorio couldn't get him pulled up until the 1/2 mile pole. · 457 days ago ·
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The road to Kentucky Derby 2012 made a pit stop in Northern California on Feb 18 and Daddy Nose Best edged Lucky Chappy in a thrilling renewal of the Grade 3 El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields.Read More
Saturday’s El Camino Real Derby is the lone graded route in Northern California’s road to Kentucky Derby 2012 and Daddy Nose Best should offer a hint of value for Steve Asmussen.Read More
Russian Greek is the morning line choice, but nine others look to take home the Bay Area's most important Kentucky Derby prep...Read More
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  • spreadthegossip · Man O war is the best ever he is a super horse no horse matches him. no ruffian no secretariat. Ruffian is good but not superhorse caliber.secreatarite is good not as Good as MAN O' WAR MAN O' WAR WILL KILL HIM EASILY. · 462 days ago ·
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  • Mary Z. · Spreadthegossip, Are you saying you purchased that horse from Mr.Calabrese? The owner of Where's Sterling, the horse that should have won the Donn? · 462 days ago ·
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Julien Leparoux, a two-time champion jockey in the United States, and Alan Garcia, who won the 2008 Belmont Stakes (gr. I), will both be at Golden Gate Fields Feb. 18 to compete in the $200,000 El Camino Real Derby (gr. III). Read More
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  • TerryDickens · russian greek will not win bet the philly · 465 days ago ·
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  • AmbitiousD · @TerryDickens, Lady of Fifty does have a decent shot if she can set a moderate tempo. If the first 6 furlongs are covered in less than 1:11, she'll have to prove to be one tough filly to wire that field · 464 days ago ·
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Long time followers of Golden Gate Fields know the name Kjell Qvale. For 14 years, he owned majority interest in the track and also served as president of it, as well as the post of chairman of the California Jockey Club board. If you haven’t heard of him, maybe you’ve heard of a few of his best hor...Read More
  • BrianZipse · I hope I am still looking that good at 92! Looks like they might have to deal with a few tigers in Lucky Chappy and Russian Greek. · 470 days ago ·
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