HORSE RACING : Bien Bien Gets 124, So Does Arcangues
Bien Bien and Arcangues, who will meet for the first time in the $500,000 Hollywood Turf Handicap on Monday, were each assigned 124 pounds for the 1 1/4-mile race.
Defending champion Bien Bien carried 122 against a suspect field and won the San Juan Capistrano Handicap on April 24 in his last start. Arcangues also carried 122 pounds while winning the John Henry Handicap on May 1 in his first start since winning the Breeders’ Cup Classic last Nov. 6.
“I think (Bien Bien) is one of the two most-accomplished turf horses in the world today,” said Arcangues’ trainer, Richard Mandella. “Arcangues might be there eventually, but right now I don’t know. He won only one Group 1 grass race in Europe, and Bien Bien has proven himself again and again.”
Only three others will probably run in the Grade I stake: Misil (119) and the Rodney Rash pair of Navarone (118) and Blues Traveller (114). Second to Arcangues in the John Henry, Misil worked five furlongs in 59 2/5 Wednesday, the best of 39 workouts at the distance.
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