Brocco

ARCADIA, Calif. -- The countdown to the Kentucky Derby took an unexpected twist yesterday, when Brocco ended up on the Vet's List for sore horses at Santa Anita Park.The action was taken by California state veterinarian William Bell, but quickly disregarded by the horse's jockey and trainer. Bell said the horse came back "slightly off" in his right foreleg after his victory on Saturday in the Santa Anita Derby.Bell said he noticed the apparent soreness when the horse was cooling out in the test barn.

ELMONT, N.Y. -- Trainer Randy Winick called it "kind of heartbreaking."But there was little else he could do yesterday but scratch Brocco from the Belmont Stakes.The horse was tender in his right front foot after he apparently bruised the base of the appendage on a stone coming back from a workout on Thursday.Brocco's scratch, the setting of three course records and a win by Maryland-based Punch Line in a $44,000 handicap dominated pre-Belmont Stakes news yesterday at Belmont Park.Brocco is "not lame.

ELMONT, N.Y. -- Trainer Randy Winick called it "kind of heartbreaking."But there was little else he could do yesterday but scratch Brocco from the Belmont Stakes.The horse was tender in his right front foot after he apparently bruised the base of the appendage on a stone coming back from a workout on Thursday.Brocco's scratch, the setting of three course records and a win by Maryland-based Punch Line in a $44,000 handicap dominated pre-Belmont Stakes news yesterday at Belmont Park.Brocco is "not lame.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Jimmy Croll leaned against a wall outside Barn 41 at Churchill Downs yesterday, recalling how trainer Morris Dixon had fed Polynesian nearly a dozen ears of field corn just a few hours before the horse won the 1945 Preakness Stakes.That might be considered sort of a heavy diet these days, especially when equine athletes feast on scientifically balanced rations and are drawn like greyhounds before a race.Croll was 24 at the time, galloping a couple of sets of horses for free for "Pop" Dixon in Kennett Square, Pa. He would finish at Dixon's farm and then head off to classes in veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, which he quit after a couple of years to pursue a career training thoroughbreds.

NEW YORK -- Santa Anita Derby winner Brocco made it through a five-furlong workout yesterday at Churchill Downs, clearing the way for him to start in the Kentucky Derby.Brocco was placed on the vet's list at Santa Anita following the Santa Anita Derby when a veterinarian representing the state racing commission detected some unsoundness in his right front leg. He became ineligible to race until completing a workout to the satisfaction of a state or track vet, which he did yesterday.

Brocco, a major Triple Crown contender whose physical soundness has been questioned by a veterinary official, is sure to attract a crowd when he returns to the track at Santa Anita Park today and begins training for the May 7 Kentucky Derby.William Bell, a veterinarian for the California Horse Racing Board,said the horse returned "slightly off" in his right foreleg after winning the Santa Anita Derby Saturday and placed him on the Vet's List.The horse's condition was disputed by his trainer, Randy Winick, and his jockey, Gary Stevens.

NEW YORK -- Santa Anita Derby winner Brocco made it through a five-furlong workout yesterday at Churchill Downs, clearing the way for him to start in the Kentucky Derby.Brocco was placed on the vet's list at Santa Anita following the Santa Anita Derby when a veterinarian representing the state racing commission detected some unsoundness in his right front leg. He became ineligible to race until completing a workout to the satisfaction of a state or track vet, which he did yesterday.The work was completed in 1:03 under exercise rider Alfredo Garcia.

ARCADIA, Calif. -- The man who produced the celluloid Agent 007 now may have developed the marquee name for this year's Kentucky Derby.Movie magnate Albert Broccoli, who bought the rights to the James Bond books and turned them into a string of box office hits, is headed with his own equine star and namesake, Brocco, to Louisville, Ky.The 3-year-old colt, appearing calm and running without a bandage, stamped himself as the "Best of the West" yesterday when...

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- On a day when one of his closest clients was being buried with his racing colors in Kansas, trainer Ron McAnally's emotions rose and fell all afternoon at Hollywood Park.For the family of Frank Whitham, killed in the crash of his private plane Wednesday, McAnally was at least happy that Ibero, one of Whitham's stakes winners, was able to win yesterday's seventh race. That emotion had not yet subsided a race later when McAnally saddled Valiant Nature for the biggest upset in the history of the Hollywood Futurity.

HALLANDALE, Fla. -- This must be the season for delayed debuts on the road to the Kentucky Derby: first Dehere, the juvenile champion of last year, and now Brocco, the horse that outran him in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.Brocco was supposed to make his first start of 1994 in the San Rafael Stakes at Santa Anita on March 6. But his trainer, Randy Winick, reports that the colt's training has been delayed by rain and by some tightness. He still could make the San Rafael, but a more likely target now is the San Felipe Stakes two weeks later.

NEW YORK -- Santa Anita Derby winner Brocco made it through a five-furlong workout yesterday at Churchill Downs, clearing the way for him to start in the Kentucky Derby.Brocco was placed on the vet's list at Santa Anita following the Santa Anita Derby when a veterinarian representing the state racing commission detected some unsoundness in his right front leg. He became ineligible to race until completing a workout to the satisfaction of a state or track vet, which he did yesterday.

NEW YORK -- Santa Anita Derby winner Brocco made it through a five-furlong workout yesterday at Churchill Downs, clearing the way for him to start in the Kentucky Derby.Brocco was placed on the vet's list at Santa Anita following the Santa Anita Derby when a veterinarian representing the state racing commission detected some unsoundness in his right front leg. He became ineligible to race until completing a workout to the satisfaction of a state or track vet, which he did yesterday.The work was completed in 1:03 under exercise rider Alfredo Garcia.

Brocco, a major Triple Crown contender whose physical soundness has been questioned by a veterinary official, is sure to attract a crowd when he returns to the track at Santa Anita Park today and begins training for the May 7 Kentucky Derby.William Bell, a veterinarian for the California Horse Racing Board, said the horse returned "slightly off" in his right foreleg after winning the Santa Anita Derby Saturday and placed him on the Vet's List.The horse's condition was disputed by his trainer, Randy Winick, and his jockey, Gary Stevens.

ARCADIA, Calif. -- The countdown to the Kentucky Derby took an unexpected twist yesterday, when Brocco ended up on the Vet's List for sore horses at Santa Anita Park.The action was taken by California state veterinarian William Bell, but quickly disregarded by the horse's jockey and trainer. Bell said the horse came back "slightly off" in his right foreleg after his victory on Saturday in the Santa Anita Derby.Bell said he noticed the apparent soreness when the horse was cooling out in the test barn.

ARCADIA, Calif. -- The man who produced the celluloid Agent 007 now may have developed the marquee name for this year's Kentucky Derby.Movie magnate Albert Broccoli, who bought the rights to the James Bond books and turned them into a string of box office hits, is headed with his own equine star and namesake, Brocco, to Louisville, Ky.The 3-year-old colt, appearing calm and running without a bandage, stamped himself as the "Best of the West" yesterday when...

HALLANDALE, Fla. -- This must be the season for delayed debuts on the road to the Kentucky Derby: first Dehere, the juvenile champion of last year, and now Brocco, the horse that outran him in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.Brocco was supposed to make his first start of 1994 in the San Rafael Stakes at Santa Anita on March 6. But his trainer, Randy Winick, reports that the colt's training has been delayed by rain and by some tightness. He still could make the San Rafael, but a more likely target now is the San Felipe Stakes two weeks later.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Jimmy Croll leaned against a wall outside Barn 41 at Churchill Downs yesterday, recalling how trainer Morris Dixon had fed Polynesian nearly a dozen ears of field corn just a few hours before the horse won the 1945 Preakness Stakes.That might be considered sort of a heavy diet these days, especially when equine athletes feast on scientifically balanced rations and are drawn like greyhounds before a race.Croll was 24 at the time, galloping a couple of sets of horses for free for "Pop" Dixon in Kennett Square, Pa. He would finish at Dixon's farm and then head off to classes in veterinary medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, which he quit after a couple of years to pursue a career training thoroughbreds.

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- On a day when one of his closest clients was being buried with his racing colors in Kansas, trainer Ron McAnally's emotions rose and fell all afternoon at Hollywood Park.For the family of Frank Whitham, killed in the crash of his private plane Wednesday, McAnally was at least happy that Ibero, one of Whitham's stakes winners, was able to win yesterday's seventh race. That emotion had not yet subsided a race later when McAnally saddled Valiant Nature for the biggest upset in the history of the Hollywood Futurity.