SANTA ANITA LEADERS
(Through Thursday)
Jockeys / Wins
Juan Hernandez / 40
Flavien Prat / 35
Antonio Fresu / 33
Frankie Dettori / 25
Umberto Rispoli / 19
Trainers / Wins
Mark Glatt / 21
Doug O’Neill / 21
Phil D’Amato / 18
Bob Baffert / 17
Steve Knapp / 16
WEEKEND STAKES AT SANTA ANITA
Saturday
• $300,000 Grade I Beholder Mile, fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, 1 mile
• $100,000 Grade III Santa Ysabel Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 1 1/16 miles
• $100,000 San Simeon Stakes, 4-year-olds and up, about 6 1/2 furlongs on turf
Sunday
• $100,000 China Doll Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 1 mile on turf
DOWN THE STRETCH
• Adare Manor, top older female in California in 2023, makes her 5-year-old debut in the Beholder Mile. The Bob Baffert-trained millionaire faces La Cañada winner Desert Dawn, rising Sweet Azteca, Todd Pletcher-trained shippers Green Up and Interstatedaydream. Also Saturday at Santa Anita, Baffert’s unbeaten 3-year-old filly Kinza heads the Santa Ysabel.
• The $400,000 Grade III Tampa Bay Derby field Saturday is led by Sam F. Davis Stakes winner No More Time (13th in Kentucky Derby qualifying points with 20) and Holy Bull Stakes runner-up Domestic Product (26th with 10).
• Top Derby hope in California? Las Vegas says it’s Phil D’Amato-trained Stronghold. He ranks 22nd in the odds: 45-1 at Caesars, 70-1 at Circa, according to Horse Racing Nation. Mc Vay and Scatify had a shot at Derby contention in the San Felipe on Sunday but ran behind Imagination and Wine Me Up, Baffert trainees ineligible for Churchill Downs races.
• Newgate’s win in the Santa Anita Handicap lifted the 4-year-old colt into the National Thoroughbred Racing Association top 10 at No. 6. Ahead of him are Señor Buscador, Saudi Crown, National Treasure, Idiomatic and White Abarrio.
• Baffert said after Newgate’s win that Santa Anita should consider scheduling the Big ‘Cap on Sundays in the future to avoid competition for attention from other stakes…
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