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Prat and Rispoli are set to start riding in New York after the Santa Anita Derby. Both said they are leaving southern California for better top-level stakes opportunities.
In a thrilling stretch duel, C R K Stable’s Express Train prevailed by a head over midwestern shipper Warrant in Saturday’s 85th running of the Grade 1, $650,000 Santa Anita Handicap Presented by Yaamava’ Resort and Casino at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Once again a finalist for Racing’s Hall of Fame, trainer John Shirreffs notched his first-ever Big ’Cap victory while Victor Espinoza got his third win in North America’s longest continually run “hundred grander.”
Idle since romping to a 4 ¾ length tally in the G2 Chandelier Stakes on Oct. 1, Phil D’Amato’s Ain’t Easy returns in the Santa Ysabel.
“When you think of Santa Anita, the race that comes to mind is always the Santa Anita Handicap,” Shirreffs said.
Atop his game at age seven, trainer Phil D’Amato’s Count Again rates top billing in Saturday’s Frank E. Kilroe Mile