Jamaludin wins Churchill Downs feature.
Jamaludin took the lead on the final turn and raced to a 5 1/2 -length win in the $44,620 allowance feature at Churchill Downs on Wednesday.

Ridden by Julien Leparoux, the 4-year-old son of Chester House covered the 1 1/8 miles on the turf in 1:51.72 and paid $6.80, $4.20 and $3.40. Dontwait Toolong returned $9.20 and $5.20, while My Happiness was three-quarters of a length back and paid $6.60.

The win was Jamaludins third in 11 career starts, earning $28,796 to increase his total to $103,755. He is owned by Ken and Sarah Ramsey.

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Dewey improves, likely for the Breeders Crown.

Deweycheatumnhowe continues to show improvement from a throat and mouth problem that threatened to knock him out of Saturdays Breeders Crown at the Meadowlands Racetrack.
Were going, driver and trainer Ray Schnittker said on Wednesday. I trained him today and he seemed good. I would say he was about 80 percent better than he was before, so thats a really good sign.

Dewey, a leading contender for Harness Horse of the Year honors, is the 6-5 favorite in the 3-year-old Colt Trot, one of eight Breeders Crowns worth a combined $4.9 million. The Hambletonian winner developed swelling in the mouth and throat last week, jeopardizing his status for the season-ending championships.

There is still a little swelling back under his tongue that is in the way of his airway, Schnittker said. He has stopped the drooling, which is a good thing. We dont know what will happen in the next day or two, but he is feeling good, so were going on.

Deweycheatumnhowe has post No. 8 for his last scheduled start before retirement to stud. He has won 22 of 24 starts in his career.

Posted on November 27th, 2008 by admin
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