Jungle Prince Schooling at Hollywood Park, 6/13/09.
Jungle Prince was on his toes this afternoon schooling for trainer Victor Garcia in the paddock at Hollywood Park during the afternoon races. He will be making his third start back from a 7-month layoff in tomorrow's 5th race at 6 furlongs on the turf. Agapito Delgadillo has the mount for owners Burk or Sciarra or Zamarripa, et al.
You can also see a recent video of Jungle Prince when he worked on 6/3/09 at Santa Anita with jockey Agapito Delgadillo up.
Jungle Prince looked great returning from his work this morning at Santa Anita with jockey Agapito Delgadillo. He was clocked in :59.60 for the 5-furlong work for trainer Victor Garcia. It was the third fastest of 25 works at the distance.
An 8-year-old stakes-winning gelding by Sir Cat, Jungle Prince ran 3rd to Street Boss and In Summation in the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Handicap at Del Mar last summer. In his most recent start -- the second back from a 7-month layoff -- he finished 6th in the El Segundo Stakes at Hollywood Park on May 21.
According to co-owner Joe Sciarra, who watched this morning's work at Santa Anita, Jungle Prince is "pointing for a turf race at Hollywood Park in the next couple of weeks."
Jungle Prince looked marvelous schooling in the Santa Anita paddock during the 3rd race on Friday for trainer Victor Garcia. Jungle Prince returns to the races in Saturday's Grade 3 San Simeon Handicap for 4-year-olds and up at about 6-1/2 furlongs on the downhill turf course. The 8-year-old Sir Cat gelding has been rested since Del Mar, where he finished 7th in the Pirate's Bounty Handicap and third in the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Handicap -- both at 6 furlongs on Polytrack. He faces a field of 9, including Desert Code and Euroglide, in the San Simeon.
Saturday marks the 42nd running of the San Simeon Handicap, named for San Simeon Rancho granted to Jose Ramon Estrada by the Mexican governor of California after the secularization of the California missions. The rancho was originally attached to the San Miguel Mission.
The present-day city of San Simeon is located on the California coast just north of San Luis Obispo and is home to the famous Hearst Castle.
Here's the field for Saturday's race:
San Simeon Handicap - Grade 3 Four Year Olds and Up - $100,000 About Six And One Half Furlongs, Downhill turf
PP Horse Jockey Age Sex Wt. Trainer 1 Euroglide Michael Baze 5 g 114 Peter Eurton 2 Prussian Rafael Bejarano 4 c 115 Mike Mitchell 3 Doppio Alex Solis 7 g 115 Carla Gaines 4 Tiz West Victor Espinoza 4 c 117 Richard Mandella 5 Jungle Prince Agapito Delgadillo 8 g 116 Victor Garcia 6 Headache Julien Couton 6 g 112 Leonard Powell 7 El Merito Corey Nakatani 5 g 115 Mike Puype 8 Mr Gruff Joel Rosario 5 g 113 Ron Ellis 9 Desert Code Aaron Gryder 5 h 122 David Hofmans
Jungle Prince Schooling at Hollywood Park, 6/13/09.
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