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Bargain Buy Medina Spirit More Than Paying His Way Thus Far Sponsored by: Medina Spirit and jockey Abel Cedillo (right) hold off Roman Centurian (left), and Hot Rod Charlie to win the Robert B. Lewis Stakes Medina Spirit could become one of racings all-time bargains. Whether he will someday rank with the likes of Carry Back and Seattle Slew in that category, only time will tell, but at this early point, he is moving in the right direction. For the record, Carry Back, who won the Kentu...

Earls Rock Shortens Up, Wins Baffle Stakes At Santa Anita Sponsored by: Irish-bred Earls Rock and Flavien Prat (right) defeat Beer Can Man in the Baffle Stakes A lights-out maiden winner going a flat mile on turf in his U.S. debut Jan. 9, Irish-bred Earls Rock cut back in distance and further enhanced his status as an up-and-coming star with an impressive three-quarter length tally in Fridays $75,000 Baffle Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.  Trained by Phil DAmato and ridden b...

Pedigree fun facts: Medina Spirit Feb 6, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com When Medina Spirit dug in gamely to withstand all comers in the Jan. 30 Robert B. Lewis (G3), he was expressing tenacity reminiscent of grandsire Giant’s Causeway – and a more distant ancestor, Wild Again. Medina Spirit’s pedigree isn’t fashionable up front, as implied by the bidding in both of his sales appearances. Sold for a paltry $1,000 as a yearling, he brought $35,000 as a two-year-old in training. That...

Kentucky Derby Horse Profile: Medina Spirit Jan 31, 2021 John Mucciolo/TwinSpires.com Zedan Racing Stables’ Medina Spirit earned 10 points on the 2021 Road to the Kentucky Derby challenge series after winning the $100,500 Robert B. Lewis S. (G3) at Santa Anita on Jan. 30. The talented sophomore, who came out on top by a hard-fought neck, clocked 1 1/16 miles on the good dirt surface in 1:46.26 with an impressed Abel Cedillo in the stirrups. "Hes a very game horse," said Cedillo. "A...

Medina Spirit Emerges With Narrow Victory In Robert B. Lewis Stakes Sponsored by: Medina Spirit and jockey Abel Cedillo (right) hold off Roman Centurian (left), and Hot Rod Charlie to win the Robert B. Lewis Stakes In a gutty gate to wire performance, Medina Spirit fought off all challengers to take Saturdays Grade 3, $100,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes by a neck and thus stamped himself a top tier Derby hopeful for Bob Baffert.  Owned by Zedan Racing Stables, Inc. and ridden by Abel Ced...

Medina Spirit all heart in Robert B. Lewis Jan 31, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com After expending energy to set a strong pace on a deep, demanding track at Santa Anita, Medina Spirit had a right to succumb in Saturday’s $100,500 Robert B. Lewis S. (G3). Instead, the Bob Baffert trainee was lion-hearted as he fended off challenges from Roman Centurian and Hot Rod Charlie in a three-way thriller.  Medina Spirit was coming off a second in the Sham (G3) to stablemate Life Is Good, the early...

Medina Spirit led all the way and fought off two challengers late to win the $100,000 Robert Lewis Stakes by a neck Saturday at Santa Anita and give trainer Bob Baffert a Kentucky Derby hopeful. Ridden by Abel Cedillo, Medina Spirit ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:46.26 on a dirt track listed as good after 2.4 inches of rain fell through Friday. Medina Spirit paid $4, $2.80 and $2.20 as the even-money favorite in a field of six.

Sponsored by: Spielberg Everyone came to play. In arguably one of the most competitive fields in its 83 editions, dating back to 1935 when it was presented as the Santa Catalina Handicap, Saturdays Grade 3 test for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles looms a major steppingstone to the Grade 1 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby on April 3 and awards 10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the winner, four to the runner-up, two to the third horse and one point to the fourth. Drawing an inside post with...

With the long-range goal being his third Kentucky Derby victory, trainer Doug O’Neill sends two of his contenders into the Robert B. Lewis Stakes, a Derby points prep Saturday at Santa Anita.

Sponsored by: King Guillermo breezing at Churchill Downs under Miguel Mena on Aug. 15, 2020 The Richard Baltas-trained Idol, Richard Mandellas Tizamagician and Florida invader King Guillermo head a compact field of five older horses going a mile and one eighth in Saturdays Grade 2, $200,000 San Pasqual Stakes at Santa Anita. To be run for the 83rd time, the San Pasqual is an iconic prep to the G1 Santa Anita Handicap on March 6. Lightly raced Idol, who is owned by Calvin Nguyen, was a...