Foundation Class to be Honored
Saturday in New Lone Star Park Hall of Fame (April
20, 2007) - In conjunction with a yearlong celebration of its
10th anniversary of live horse racing, Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie
will salute and recognize a foundation class of 14 inductees into
the new Lone Star Park Hall of Fame on Saturday.
The Lone Star Park Hall of Fame inductees are horses Anet, Kool
Kue Baby and Mocha Express; jockey Ronald Ardoin; trainers Steve
Asmussen, Jack Brooks and Bob Baffert; owner Tom Durant; dignitaries
the Trammell Crow Family, Grand Prairie Mayor Charles England, Corey
S. Johnsen, Jim & Marilyn Helzer and Robert L. Kaminski; and
horseplayer J.S. "Ponti" Campagna.
A pre-race ceremony to unveil each honoree's name with permanent
enshrinement in the Lone Star Park Saddling Paddock will take place
at 12:55 p.m. CT. Track announcer John Lies will emcee the brief
ceremony (complete with a balloon release), with Lone Star Park
President and General Manager Drew Shubeck also scheduled to speak.
Between races throughout Saturday's 11-race program, each inductee
will be saluted. Also, all customers with a paid general admission
will receive a free commemorative Lone Star Park Hall of Fame t-shirt
while supplies last.
Grandstand gates open at 11:30 a.m. Saturday and the first live
race is 1:35 p.m. CT. Between live races, Petty Theft - a Tom Petty
tribute band led by veteran sports talk show host Mike Rhyner of
"Sportsradio 1310 The Ticket" - will perform in the Courtyard
of Champions from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. Also, Lone Star Park will host
its first Fish Fry in the Courtyard, featuring fried catfish, fries
and coleslaw for $6.
Annie Savoy Meets Sweet Idea Again in Saturday's JEH Stallion
Stakes
Three-time stakes winner Annie Savoy heads a field of six Texas-bred
fillies and mares for Saturday's $50,000 JEH Stallion Station Stakes
- the feature race on Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie's inaugural
Hall of Fame Day.
Owned and bred by Hal Browning of Dallas, Annie Savoy rallied up
the inside rail to win last month's $45,000 Mission Stakes at Sam
Houston by one length over Olmosta, whom she'll meet again Saturday.
The victory made the 4-year-old daughter of Langfuhr a stakes winner
at age 2, 3 and 4 for trainer Kari Craddock. Overall, it was Annie
Savoy's fifth win in 13 starts and brought her earnings to $130,880.
Annie Savoy, the 8-5 morning line favorite, will break from post
No. 2 under leading rider Ramsey Zimmerman.
The 6 ½-furlong sprint also attracted Barnett Stables' Sweet
Idea, who twice lost by a head in Lone Star Park stakes last summer.
Sweet Idea, the 2-1 second choice with Cliff Berry in the irons,
will attempt to rebound from a fourth place finish in the Mission
as the even-money favorite. The Bret Calhoun trainee vied for the
early lead in the seven-furlong race then was taken off the pace.
In upper stretch, the 4-year-old filly was bumped by a rival and
came up empty while beaten by 2 ¼ lengths.
The complete field from the rail out (with jockeys and morning
line odds): Best Expectations (Don Simington, 12-1); Annie Savoy
(Zimmerman, 8-5); Sweet Idea (Cliff Berry, 2-1); Savione (Iram Diego,
15-1); Olmosta (Richard Eramia, 4-1); and Lucky El Nina (Glen Murphy,
5-1).
The JEH Stallion Station Stakes will be run as Race 10 at approximately
5:47 p.m. CT. Throughout the 11-race program, the foundation class
of 14 for the new Lone Star Park Hall of Fame will be saluted between
races. A pre-race ceremony to unveil each honoree's name with permanent
enshrinement in the Lone Star Park Saddling Paddock will take place
at 12:55 p.m.
Free Lone Star Park Hall of Fame T-Shirts on Saturday
Lone Star Park customers will receive a free commemorative Lone
Star Park Hall of Fame T-Shirt on Saturday with a paid general admission
while supplies last. The white t-shirt sports a patch of the Lone
Star Park Hall of Fame logo on the front and the names of the 14
inductees on the back. Grandstand gates open at 11:30 a.m. and the
first of 11 live races is 1:35 p.m.
The t-shirt giveaway is the first of a record number of premium
item giveaways in conjunction with Lone Star Park's 10th anniversary
year. Other freebies this season include a Lone Star Derby glassware
set (Saturday, May 12), Lone Star Million folding quad lawn chair
(Monday, May, 28), 10th Anniversary 12-pack cooler (Saturday, June
16), Stars of Texas tumbler (Saturday, July 7) and 10th Anniversary
sports bag (Saturday, July 28).
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