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Atop his game at age seven, trainer Phil D’Amato’s Count Again rates top billing in Saturday’s Frank E. Kilroe Mile

Phil D’Amato had a busy Sunday morning as he prepared several of his elite Thoroughbreds for their lucrative engagements in Santa Anita’s inaugural 1/ST Saturday  presentation of stakes races on March 5.D’Amato, one behind Bob Baffert for Santa Anita’s training lead, has Count Again ticketed for Saturday’s Grade 1 Frank E. Kilroe Mile on turf, in which he finished an onrushing third by a half-length last year despite a wide trip.

Colonel Liam, Domestic Spending Dead-Heat In A Turf Classic Thriller Sponsored by: Domestic Spending (outside) and Colonel Liam hit the wire together in the Turf Classic A pair of Grade 1-winning 4-year-olds – Colonel Liam from the barn of Todd Pletcher and the Chad Brown-trained Domestic Spending – hit the wire together in Saturdays Turf Classic Stakes at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., producing the first dead-heat in the 35-year history of the Grade 1 grass fixture run imme...

Sponsored by: Hit the Road and Florent Geroux come up the inside to win the Kilroe Mile In a thrilling head and head battle to the wire, trainer Dan Blackers Hit the Road prevailed by a neck over 5-2 favorite Smooth Like Strait, in Saturdays $400,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita, providing Blacker, 38, with his first Grade 1 triumph.  Ridden for the first time by eastern-based Florent Geroux, Hit the Road, 4-year-old colt by More Than Ready, out of the U S Ranger mare Highway ...

Sponsored by: Count Again sweeps to victory in the Seabiscuit Handicap under Juan Hernandez Phil DAmato has three horses nominated to next Saturdays Grade 2 San Marcos Stakes at a mile and a quarter on turf at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., and all are possible starters for the trainer who celebrates his 45th birthday March 11. The three are Acclimate, Count Again and Salvator Mundi. Although they gained a week due to rain, each would be coming back on a relatively short turnaround, ...

Miller Looking At Pegasus After Anothertwistafate Triumphs In San Gabriel Sponsored by: Anothertwistafate had blinkers added to his equipment before his winning effort in the San Gabriel under Joel Rosario Into the bridle and under restraint early, Anothertwistafate, in his second start for trainer Peter Miller, took command in mid-stretch en route to a 2 ¼-length score in Saturdays Grade 2, $200,000 San Gabriel Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.  Ridden by Joel Rosario, the ...

Las Vegas There is a term that I learned living in Australia that applies well in so many facets of life. It is the tall-poppy syndrome, based on a flower that outgrows others in a field. It must not be allowed to stand out, so it is cut down. It is like the show-biz saying that Hollywood eats its young. The behavioral condition known as schadenfreude. Or mom’s declaration that we can’t have anything nice in the house. Speaking of Life Is Good … Is he not the quintessence of the tall popp...

NAP Next Best Other Count the answer in San Gabriel The Philip D’Amato-trained Count Again looks likely to prove hard to beat in a competitive looking renewal of the Grade 2 San Gabriel Stakes over a mile and one eighth of the turf course at Santa Anita. The selection made his debut for his current stable when registering a three-quarters-of-a-length victory in the Grade 2 Seabiscuit Handicap over an extended mile on a firm turf track at Del Mar at the end of November. He had three of thes...

Count Again Will Try To Maintain Momentum In San Gabriel Sponsored by: Count Again sweeps to victory in the Seabiscuit Handicap under Juan Hernandez Canadian-bred Count Again, fresh off the biggest win of his career in what was his first start for Phil DAmato, will try to employ similar tactics under Juan Hernandez as he heads a field of seven older horses going a mile and one eighth on turf in Saturdays Grade 2, $200,000 San Gabriel Stakes at Santa Anita. A 6-year-old gelding by Awes...