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Perfect Drift Highweight for Hawthorne Gold Cup

STICKNEY, IL -- Weights have been announced for the first Fall Harvest Festival of Racing, comprised of the Grade 2, $750,000 Hawthorne Gold Cup; the Grade 3 $150,000 Guaranteed Robert F. Carey Memorial Handicap; and the $150,000 added Indian Maid Breeders’ Cup Handicap.

Perfect Drift, the Hawthorne Gold Cup winner in 2003, and the runner up in last year’s edition, is the highweight with 122 pounds.

Following, in order of weight assigned will be:

Choctaw Nation, 118
Suave, 117
A Bit O’Gold, 116
Alumni Hall, 116
Congrats, 115
Lord Of The Game, 115
Tap Day, 115
Evening Attire, 114
Good Reward, 114
Purge, 114
Roman Ruler (3-yr-old), 114
Super Frolic, 114
Vangelis, 114
Desert Bloom, 113
Fantasticat, 113
Freefourinternet, 113
Habaneros, 113
Home of Stars, 113
Mambo Train, 113
Nkosi Reigns, 113
Shaniko, 113
Ice Wynnd fire, 112
Navesink River, 112
Iosilver, 111
Collateral Damage, 110
Magna Graduate (3 yr-old), 110
Ascertain (IRE), 108
Captain Corelli (3-yr-old), 108

Freefourinternet was the upset winner in the 2004 Hawthorne Gold Cup, beating Perfect Drift by just under two lengths and paying a whopping $56.00 for the victory.

In the Grade 3 Robert F Carey Memorial Handicap, 25 nominations were received. Last year’s winner, Scooter Roach wasn’t among them but second-place finisher Gin And Sin was.

In order of weights:

Fort Prado, 121
GP Fleet, 120
Remind, 118
Steel Light, 117
Major Rhythm, 116
Stage Call, 116
Cloudy’s Knight, 115
Gin And Sin, 115
Old Deuteronomy, 115
Spruce Run, 115
Willard Straight, 115
Bankruptcy Court, 114
Cottage (ARG), 114
Gondolieri (CHI), 114
Beau Classic, 113
Come On Jazz, 113
Lacer, 113
Lord Of The Game, 113
Nkosi Reigns, 112
Slew Slayer, 112
Wimplestiltskin, 112
No Tolerance, 111
Stormy Impact, 111
Ascertain, (IRE), 109
Just See James, 108

Beret, the heroine of the 2004 Indian Maid Breeders’ Cup, won’t be making a return trip but with 35 nominations, it should be a terrific race.

In order of weights:

Miss Terrible (ARG), 122
Sister Swank, 119
Noisette, 118
River Belle, 118
Spotlight, 118
Path Of Thunder, 116
Spring Season, 116
Anegada, 115
Bright Abundance, 115
Broad Hopes, 115
Chic Dancer, 115
Krasnaya, 115
Atlantic Frost, 114
Dynamic Cat, 114
Gamble To Victory, 114
Little Buttercup, 114
May Gator, 114
Relaxed, 114
Tamara, 114
Baxter Hall, 113
Beebe Lake, 113
Lost Bride, 113
Melody Maiden, 113
Samantha B, 113
Seeking The Heart, 113
Sunset Kisses, 113
Tisket A Tasket, 113
Arsen Annie, 112
Beautiful Bets, 112
For Gillian, 112
Get Set, 112
Journey Fever, 112
Teller Line, 112
Isla Cozzene, 110
Pleasant Mate, 106

For past performances on these horses, please see Hawthorne’s web site at www.hawthorneracecourse.com, click on Racing on the top menu, when that page loads, click on the Stakes Nominations link on the left of the page.