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Gran Estreno wires Washington Park

By Marcus Hersh
Daily Racing Form

Saturday, September 5, 2009

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. -- In the same way you know Calvin Borel is coming up the fence if he can, you just know that jockey E.T. Baird is going to the lead if at all reasonable. Yet Baird still put them all to sleep Saturday at Arlington Park, guiding Gran Estreno to a front-running victory in the Grade 3, $200,000 Washington Park Handicap. Gran Estreno was the last to load in the Washington Park, and a split second after the back door closed behind him the gates opened for the start of the ra ...

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