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"Tres
Borrachos upsets G2 Swaps at
Hollywood"
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- The respect
issue has been solved for Tres
Borrachos.
After going off at long odds
in two important stakes in the
spring, Tres Borrachos pulled
an upset in Saturday's $355,495
Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park,
rallying on the rail in the
final furlong to beat three
rivals. Two Step Salsa, the
winner of two Grade 3 stakes
earlier at this meeting, finished
second, a head in front of Colonel
John, the 4-5 favorite who was
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his first start since
finishing sixth in the Kentucky
Derby on May 3.
Madeo finished fourth in a field
that lost Nownownow and Trevor's Clever
to scratches earlier in the day.
Trainer Eoin Harty said that Colonel
John tired in the final furlong.
Tres Borrachos ($24) was the longest
shot in the field. Ridden by Tyler
Baze, Tres Borrachos raced on the
rail throughout, and won by 1 1/4
lengths, finishing 1 1/8 miles in
1:49.29.
Owned by a partnership and trained
by Beau Greely, Tres Borrachos won
his first stakes in the Grade 2 Swaps.
Earlier this year, he was third in
the Arkansas Derby at 37-1 and ninth
in the Preakness Stakes at 43-1 after
a bad start. In his most recent start
prior to the Swaps, Tres Borrachos
was second to Two Step Salsa in the
Grade 3 Affirmed Handicap in June.
"He never gets any respect,"
Greely said. "He a horse that
clearly has more heart than anything."
By Ecton Park, Tres Borrachos has
won 2 of 10 starts and $398,270.
Hollywood Park, 8th Race - July 12,
2008
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