Hernandez's First Grade I Win Comes in Whitney
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LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER | KENTUCKY.COM SPORTS SUNDAY SUNDAY, AUGUST 5, 2012 C5 Kentuckians in the majors HORSE RACING BATTERS Player (Ky. connection), team AB R H HR RBI Avg. Hernandez’s first Grade I A.J. Ellis (Paul Dunbar), Dodgers 272 30 77 10 32 .283 Corey Hart (Greenwood), Brewers 397 62 107 20 54 .270 Austin Kearns (Lafayette), Marlins 102 15 24 4 13 .235 win comes in Whitney Jason Kipnis (UK), Indians 399 56 107 11 56 .268 Ben Revere (Lexington Catholic), Twins 295 38 94 0 21 .319 Mark Reynolds (Pikeville native), Orioles 266 35 55 8 32 .207 JOCKEY GUIDES Dan Uggla (Louisville native), Braves 357 61 75 12 52 .210 FORT LARNED TO UPSET PITCHERS DAVID KOHL | ASSOCIATED PRESS Herald-Leader Wire Services Pirates Manager Clint Hurdle Player (Ky. connection), team IP H BB SO W-L ERA SARATOGA SPRINGS, objected to an early warning Joe Blanton (Franklin-Simpson, UK), Dodgers 1331⁄3 141 18 115 8-9 4.59 N.Y. — In the 149-year history 2 of Saratoga Race Course, few by plate umpire Brian Aaron Cook (Fort Campbell native), Red Sox 44 ⁄3 50 4 4 2-5 5.24 1 have enjoyed their first visit Gorman and got ejected. Tyler Clippard (Lexington native), Nationals 49 ⁄3 28 22 61 2-3 2.92 more than Brian Hernandez Jr. Steve Delabar (Central Hardin), Blue Jays 382⁄3 24 12 48 2-1 3.96 The 26-year-old jockey earned Scott Downs (PRP, UK), Angels 35 31 12 24 1-1 2.57 REDS 5, his first Grade I victory Satur- PIRATES 4 Mike Fiers (Cumberlands), Brewers 72 62 16 73 5-4 1.88 day in the $750,000 Whitney Christian Friedrich (EKU), Rockies 842⁄3 102 30 74 5-8 6.17 Handicap, one of America’s Nate Jones (Pendleton Co., NKU), White Sox 431⁄3 42 21 43 4-0 3.32 most prestigious races. Rolen Shawn Kelley (Ballard), Mariners 292⁄3 32 8 32 2-2 3.64 Hernandez stalked a strong Jon Rauch (Oldham Co., Morehead St.), Mets 391⁄3 32 8 25 3-7 3.43 pace in third while three-wide 1 B.J. Rosenberg (Meade Co., U of L), Phillies 4 ⁄3 3 5 6 0-1 12.46 before letting loose Fort Larned ADAM COGLIANESE | ASSOCIATED PRESS triples as 2 Robbie Ross (Lexington Christian), Rangers 52 ⁄3 40 15 35 6-0 1.71 at the top of the stretch, and Fort Larned, right, with Brian Hernandez aboard, won the Jonny Venters (Pikeville native), Braves 361⁄3 44 19 49 3-3 3.96 they led by 4 lengths at the Whitney Invitational at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday. Reds keep eighth pole. Hernandez began Reds’ statistics to celebrate prematurely pass- 108 Beyer speed figures.” nian trophy for the race that’s ing the sixteenth pole, but he The 4-year-old Fort Larned been run since 1926. rollin’ BATTERS was never in any danger. Ron paid $16.40, $7 and $4.30. “I never thought I’d ever get Player Avg. AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB E the Greek, the 5-2 favorite, Fort Larned is 3-for-3 with another chance,” Toscano said. Paul .389 18 2 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 lost his chance after enter- Hernandez, who shipped in “It’s really a dream come true CINCINNATI HAS Votto .342 298 52 102 36 0 14 49 66 65 5 5 ing the stretch wide, and he from Ellis Park. He rides the winning this race. I had a lot WON 15 OF LAST 16 Phillips .296 372 59 110 19 1 13 62 20 43 8 2 settled for second, 1¼ lengths Kentucky circuit most of the of time to get this horse ready. Hanigan .276 217 18 60 11 0 2 13 26 28 0 3 behind. Flat Out was third and year and spends winters at the Everything just kind of worked. Associated Press Fair Grounds in New Orleans. It’s kind of like winning an Os- Heisey .275 251 29 69 13 4 4 21 12 58 4 3 Hymn Book fourth. car or pitching a perfect game. Frazier .272 250 31 68 16 5 13 40 21 67 1 4 “We had a perfect trip,” CINCINNATI — Scott Hernandez said. “Coming to Market Share It’s really surreal.” Ludwick .260 269 32 70 18 1 19 56 25 66 0 1 Rolen tripled and scored the second turn, I had a lot of takes Hambletonian It was also the first Hamble- Bruce .249 365 58 91 26 1 21 66 46 91 7 4 the go-ahead run in the horse. Once we got past (Trick- EAST RUTHERFORD, tonian victory for driver Tim Cozart .247 405 56 100 22 3 11 23 24 82 3 10 eighth inning as the Cin- meister), he switched leads, N.J. — When Linda Toscano Tetrick, one of harness racing’s cinnati Reds won their fifth Valdez .240 100 10 24 3 0 0 10 5 19 2 1 and it was all him from there.” got involved in harness racing, most successful drivers. straight game, 5-4 over the Stubbs .235 324 59 76 12 1 13 35 32 98 23 3 Hernandez said he wasn’t she never dreamed she would “Sooner or later, I thought Pittsburgh Pirates on Satur- Rolen .230 187 16 43 9 1 5 25 20 42 1 7 nervous because trainer Ian get a chance to make history. I would get one,” said Tetrick, day night. Mesoraco .221 140 15 31 7 0 5 14 15 29 1 1 Wilkes told him how well Fort One year after her colt who has won more than 7,000 The Reds have won 15 of Cairo .151 93 6 14 4 1 0 8 2 13 1 3 Larned was training. “Ian called Chapter Seven ran fourth in races. “But when I was young- 16 and opened a 5½-game Team totals .254 3565 462 905 206 18 123 440 324 820 59 56 the other day,” Hernandez said, the $1.5 million Hambletonian, er and just a catch driver, I lead over Pittsburgh in the PITCHERS “and his assistant was bragging Toscano got her shot at re- would never dream I’d get a NL Central. on the horse all week.” demption — and Market Share chance to win this race.” It was 4-all when Rolen Pitcher W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER HR BB SO came through, holding off two Toscano said that she was 2 “I always thought he be- led off the eighth with a line Broxton 0-0 0.00 2 0 0 1 ⁄3 0 0 0 0 0 1 longed with these horses,” Wil- late closers and winning trot- holding her breath as she 2 drive off the right-center field Chapman 4-4 1.37 49 0 24 52 ⁄3 23 9 8 3 14 98 kes said. “But I doubted my- ting’s premier race at the New watched Market Share try to wall, beating the relay with a Marshall 4-3 2.41 48 0 9 41 42 11 11 3 8 48 self after the Stephen Foster, Meadowlands Racetrack. hold off Guccio and My MVP. 2 headfirst slide into third base. Simon 2-1 2.43 24 0 0 40 ⁄3 41 15 11 1 16 36 when he ran eighth (to Ron The win made the 57-year- “I kept saying, ‘Please, Todd Frazier hit a chopper Cueto 14-5 2.52 22 22 0 1462⁄3 142 45 41 7 35 115 the Greek) and really got his old Brooklyn-born Toscano wire, hurry up,’” Toscano that was fielded by pitcher Arredondo 4-2 2.68 46 0 1 432⁄3 32 17 13 5 26 48 head handed to him. But this the first female trainer to said. “I really can’t believe Jared Hughes (2-1) too late Ondrusek 3-2 2.90 47 0 2 401⁄3 33 14 13 3 22 26 horse keeps rattling off those walk off with the Hambleto- this happened.” to get Rolen at the plate. LeCure 3-2 3.26 30 0 0 382⁄3 34 14 14 3 19 38 Rolen earlier had a two- Bailey 9-6 3.85 21 21 0 131 137 65 56 18 37 97 Sunday’s Thoroughbred entries run single. Arroyo 7-6 3.87 21 21 0 1301⁄3 138 58 56 17 23 86 Jonathan Broxton (1- Latos 10-3 3.94 22 22 0 1342⁄3 122 63 59 20 43 122 ELLIS PARK 2 Go Daddy Girl C. Lanerie 120 9-2 4 Mr. Ely F. Arguello, Jr. 123 20-1 0), acquired on Tuesday Leake 4-7 4.44 20 20 0 1192⁄3 133 65 59 15 28 79 3 Doctor Vickie Lynn V. Lebron 120 6-1 5 B P Dance Master M. St. Julien 123 6-1 First post 1:50 p.m. 4 Madison Street I. Cruz 113 8-1 6 Park and Fly R. Vazquez 119 5-1 from Kansas City, pitched a Bray 0-0 5.19 14 0 0 82⁄3 6 5 5 2 14 7 (Horses listed in post position 5 I Think So R. Vazquez 120 7-2 7 Nickelwood M. Pedroza 119 4-1 scoreless eighth for the win. Team totals 65-41 3.34 106 106 36 9472⁄3 894 387 352 99 293 820 order with saddle-cloth number) 6 Rockport Honey J.