Portland Obaerver, February 13, 1986, Page 9
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SPORT TALK • SPORT TALK
Canadian takes over reins at Portland Meadows
B uford M ills , J r., a 20-year-old
reinsman with strong Exhibition Park
connections, is the new riding leader
at Portland Meadows fo llo w in g the
departure to Golden Gate o f fro n t
runner Jody Davidson.
M ills, who had a highly successful
season at the Vancouver, B.C ., track
last season, has booled home 38 w in
ners during the first 54 days o f the 99-
day PM meet. He is actually one be
hind D avidson's standings-topping
number o f 39, but the 22-year-old
Davidson is now toiling in San Fran
cisco where his younger brother,
Kevin, 17, is m aking a name as a
promising apprentice rider.
W ith any success this week, M ills
should pass the departed Davidson on
the standings, but young Buford faces
Good seats
still available
for Breakers
strong com petition fo r the top spot
from 22-year-old C a lifo rn ia n Brian
Long, w ho currently counts 32 w in
ners.
Long, who came to Portland after
winning meets in Regina and Marquis
Downs in Western Canada, has moved
steadily up the standings. Also on the
upward clim b are young riders Doug
Moore, 26 wins, and Frank Gonsalves,
25 wins.
The jockey colony suffered the loss
o f veteran Gary Haze, the 29-year-old
five-tim e rid in g cham pion o f Long-
acres. Baze suffered internal injuries
in a tw o-horse s p ill Feb. I and was
listed in satisfactory condition in Port
land's Emanuel Hospital, Wednesday.
Mike Baze. Gary’s 25-ycar-old b ro
ther, piloted Midnite Dawn to a photo
finish v ic to ry in Sunday's $7,500-
added Post Deb Handicap, earning
$5,520 fo r Richard E. Benschoter ol
Ridgefield, W A , owner o f the roan
Great American
Chicken. Feed!
A total o f 13,500 season tickets have
been sold for the upcoming Portland
Breaker football season, according to
Jack G alm iche, vice president and
marketing director for the USFL fran
chise. However, the team’ s early suc
cess with ticket sales seems to he work
ing against the club.
"There's a misconception that all o f
the good seals have been sold, that
there are no more covered seats le ft,”
said G alm iche. " A c tu a lly we have
nearly eight-thousand covered seats in
the north end o f the stadium. And in a
stadium the size o f Civic, there really
are no bad seats."
A rush on season tickets sales in
November and early December pushed
the Breakers' total to 10,000. The pub
licity which followed the early rush left
many fans thinking that all the good
tickets had been purchased.
“ We have some great scats for sale,
; probably as grxrd as any in the house
as far as I ’ m concerned,” said Head
Coach Dick C o u ry. " I personally
enjoy being up high at either end o f the
field — it offers a number o f advan
tages. A fan in the north end bleachers
gets to see the offensive linemen open
ing holes for runningbacks. the defen
sive backs m oving in to their cover
ages, and this kind o f thing."
APPROX. 5-P0UN0 Pkg.
Season tickets remain on sale at the
C ivic Stadium box o ffice and at the
Breaker front office. Call 246-1110 or
228-8735 for information.
Plump And Juicy,
A Family Favorite.
Celebrate
Presidents Day
at the track
Smaller Package, Lb. 49‘)
A pair ol $7,5OO-addcd handicaps
fo r three-year-olds and a h a lf-m ile
dash lor both quarter horses and thor
oughbreds w ill highlight the four-day
Presidents Holiday weekend at Port
land Meadows.
Following the Wednesday program,
Feb. 13, PM w ill stage four days o f
action: Friday, starting ai 7 p.m .; Sat
urday and Sunday, at 1:30 p in.; then
Monday, Feb. 18, with a special 2:30
p.m. post tunc.
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Racey Louise, beaten a nose in
the Post Deb, is also expected to enter,
along with Branford's Lass.
Quarter horses and Ihoroughbrct,
will clash for the first lime in several
years, come Monday, if the mixed race
goes Racing director Stan Blank said
and lour-furlong dash w ill be named
I he Destiny D ru m m e r, honoring
ihe lamed quarter horse which won the
celebrated match race w ith the thor-
brad. Flashway at P o rtla n d in Ihe
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Polynesian F .je r, winner o f three
stakes so lar this meet including the
$22,01)0Oregon Thoroughbred Futur
ity, looms as the heavy favorite in the
M i Hood Handicap, a mile test for
sophomore colts and geldings sched
uled Saturday. Lightning S pirit, w in
ner of the $7,5OO-added Doctor Spark
H andicap, is a like ly en try in what
could be a small Mt Hood field.
The M l. St Helens Handicap, lo r
three-year-old fillies, w ill be run Sun
day. also over a mile for $7,5OO-addcd.
The early favorite o f f her victo ry in
'he $7,5<X>-addcd Post Deb is Midnite
Dawn, w hich races fo r Richard E.
Benschoter of Ridgefield, Washington.
filly . M ike substituted fo r brother
Gary, who was named o rig in a lly on
Midnite Dawn.
P ortland Meadows patrons were
b u ild in g another Perfect 8 ja ckp o t
pool a fte r G ary F ry, 35, and Paul
Parise, 45. both o f Salem, Oregon,
collected $148,093, w ip in g out the
old one. It was the largest pari-mutuel
p a yo ff in Oregon racing history and
the Salemites won it on a combined
investment o f $48.
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