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Article: Perfect Drift 4-5 favorite in Hawthorne Gold Cup.(Sports)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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Byline: Special to the Daily Herald
Perfect Drift, the 2003 Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap champion, will attempt to defend his title in Saturday's $750,000 fall classic at Hawthorne Race Course.
The 68th running of the Gold Cup will have a field of seven runners for the 1 1/4-mile race on the main track.
The richest dirt race in Illinois has proven to be a good prep event for the Breeders' Cup. Several Gold Cup winners, including Black Tie Affair, Buck's Boy and Awesome Again, have won Breeders' Cup races.
Perfect Drift is listed as the 4-5 morning-line favorite. Although winless in six starts this season, Perfect Drift ran second in ...