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Nine frisky sophomores will pull on their running shoes Friday at Del Mar for a one-mile spin around the Jimmy Durante Turf Course in the featured attraction

“I like the competition. I like to ride with those guys because you can learn a lot from them and it’s a good experience to ride with them

Last year’s Rodeo Drive winner Going to Vegas, was a troubled third in the G2 John C. Mabee Stakes Sept. 10 at Del Mar, has five wins and six seconds from 14 starts over the Santa Anita turf and she has two wins and as many seconds from four tries at the Rodeo Drive distance.

Easily the most impressive juvenile this past summer at Del Mar, Bob Baffert’s undefeated Cave Rock heads Saturday’s Grade 1, $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita as eight juvenile colts go a mile and one sixteenth.

Heavily favored Speed Boat Beach tried grass Sunday at Santa Anita and proved best, overcoming an awkward start to win by 1 ¼ lengths under Juan Hernandez.

2022 TVG Awesome Again Stakes Betting Odds and Contenders Preview:A $300,000 purse and an automatic bid to the Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) are up for grabs Saturday, October 2 at Santa Anita in the Awesome Again Stakes (G1).? Read it now on numberFire!

C R K Stable’s Beyond Brilliant, freshened since a disappointing effort on July 31, heads Saturday’s Grade 2, $200,000 City of Hope Mile, to be contested over the Santa Anita turf.

Country Grammer is the horse to beat as a field of eight 3-year-olds and up go a mile and one eighth in the Grade 1, $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita.

Jockey Ramon Vazquez won his second riding title in as many meets at Los Alamitos.

Jockey Ramon Vazquez won his second riding title in as many meets at Los Alamitos and the 38-year-old native of Puerto Rico did so with a flourish.