Major League Lacrosse’s Denver expansion team, which begins play next summer, will name Brian Reese as general manager.
Reese played for the MLL’s Philadelphia Barrage this summer and has played the past three seasons for the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League. An unrestricted free agent hoping to re-sign with the Mammoth, Reese will play in one league and manage in the other.
Broncos owner Pat Bowlen owns the Denver MLL team, part of the Western Division with new teams in Los Angeles, Chicago and San Francisco. There are six returning teams on the East Coast, including the 2005 champion Baltimore Bayhawks, led by player-coach Gary Gait, who is also coach of the NLL’s Mammoth.
Ima Highway Star wins
Longshot Ima Highway Star overhauled favored Might Be Hooked in the stretch Sunday to post a 2 1/2-length victory in the 27th running of the $44,900 Gold Rush Futurity on the closing day of Arapahoe Park’s 37-day meet.
Ridden by Don Frazier before a crowd of 4,028, Ima Highway Star returned $31 to win in becoming the first New Mexico bred to win the top 2-year-old thoroughbred race in Colorado. Owned by Barry Hopkins, Ima Highway Star covered the 6 furlongs over a track labeled good in 1:10.83.
In the $128,835 Mile High Futurity for 2-year-old quarter horses, Jacky Martin guided Roskoze ($18.40) to a 1 1/2-length victory over favored Kick Em in the Buds. Roskoze covered the 400 yards in 20.088 seconds.
