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LONG SHOT ACTING ZIPPY UPSETS FIELD FOR SURPRISE WIN IN THE GIII $197,000 JOHN B. CONNALLY BREEDERS’ CUP TURF STAKES AT SAM HOUSTON RACE PARK

The Park’s Most Prestigious Night of Thoroughbred Racing Featured National Competition, Surprise Wins and More on Saturday, January 30, 2010

    

HOUSTON (January 30, 2010)—The chilly weather seemed to encourage surprise efforts from some of the top racers throughout the night during Sam Houston Race Park’s (www.shrp.com) prestigious racing event, The John B. Connally Breeders’ Cup Turf Festival.  A crowd of 5,739 people came out to The Park to watch all the live racing action over the course of a solid 10-race card which featured two incredible stakes races, the Grade III $197,000 John B. Connally Turf Cup and the $50,000 Jersey Lilly Stakes. 

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