olga sprague: blogging in the bush: "Richfield Renegade" Upstate New York Thoroughbreds - Race Horses in the Bush Running with Cars: Part 1

Yes the son of Saratoga Belle- the great old dam who escaped her flats trainer Dennis Brida, from the Oklahoma training track,-ran down the New York State Northway Rte 87 exit 14 Saratoga, from Henning Road Extension past the Spenser-Trask Yaddo retreat, down through the firs, and onto the south-bound ramp. Belle ran on the pavement with race "tack still in tact", amidst tractor trailers and Toyotas, during a late 1970's Saratoga Race Meet. She did not get hurt and made big headlines that August!

Yes Saratoga Belle ran down, right beside my house as a child, on 27 Concord Drive without my knowing, until years later when Margaret "Peggy" Sprague- a great Millbrook Lady of Horses and the Hunt, my mother-in-law- told me once after she gained Saratoga Belle from the late great Millbrook lady of horses, Lisa Coleman "a horse did indeed run with the cars".

Belle's son Richfield Renegade is running without cars today at Finger Lakes race track in wine country, Western NY. I will not jinx him with a handicap prior to his race - for in an odd twist which can only occur amongst souls sharing common interests, this son of Belle, and Belle our now in the Sprague family again, and after nearly 23 years of horse and human history entwined, it would be much more fun to see, rather than predict what happens next.

Animal's and people's fates are sometimes suspectfully close.

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Richfield Renegade (# 7, 5/1) is entered at Finger Lakes on Monday, May 8th, 2006 in Race 3.

3rd Race - Finger Lakes - Monday, May 8th, 2006

CLAIMING. 1 Mile 70Y Dirt. Purse $8,200. FOR THREE YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD WHICH HAVE NEVER WON TWO RACES. Three Year Olds, 118 lbs.; Older, 124 lbs. Non-winners of a race since April 8 Allowed 2 lbs. A race since March 8 Allowed 4 lbs. Claiming Price $4,000. (02:04 PM) (9)

Wager Types: Exacta * Trifecta * Pick 3 (3-4-5)

Program Selections: 6,1a,3,7

#	Horse	Odds	Jockey	Wgt	A/S	M/E	Trainer
1	Hanley Road	7/2	Omar Camejo	120	4 G	L	L. Craig Cox
2	Code Man	6/1	Paul A. Nicol, Jr.	120	7 G	L	Charles R. Bell
3	Wadahyagot	5/1	Jose E. Bermudez	120	4 G	L	Sal Iorio, Jr.
1A	Peters Blue Way	7/2	John R. Davila, Jr.	116	3 G	L	L. Craig Cox
4	Visitors Welcome	20/1	Howard Wolliaston	120	5 G	L	Wayne E. Sparling
5	Papa's Nicholas	15/1	Elaine Castillo	120	4 G	L	Felix O. Monserrate
6	Haileys Hero	5/2	Parker R. Buckley	122	4 G	L	Teresa M. Genecco
7	Richfield Renegade	5/1	Michael A. Davila, Jr.	122	5 G	L	Beth Miller-Saul
8	My Man Mason	8/1	Jose Baez	113	5 G	L	Jared Schoeneman

Owners:

1 - Blue Sky Farm and Hanley, Albert V.; 2 - Charles R. Bell; 3 - Silver Star Stable; 1A - Kevmar Stable; 4 - Wayne E. Sparling; 5 - Julio Cesar Rosario; 6 - Barry Rude; 7 - Duane Sprague; 8 - Gavin Lankford and Murray Lankford

Breeders:

1 - Blue Sky Farm; 2 - Glenview Farm; 3 - Estrorace/Miss Carveate Partners LLC; 1A - Blue Sky Farm LLC & Kevin G. Langan; 4 - Bruno Schickedanz; 5 - Alfred R. Del Pozzo; 6 - Craig Beam; 7 - Margaret A. Sprague; 8 - Anne Haynes

A-coupled: Hanley Road and Peters Blue Way

-source Brisnet.com