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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 racing's 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 Kentucky Derby in 1961, was obtained for tip money, a $700 investment, $400 of it a stud fee to a nondes...

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 Friday's $75,000 Baffle Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.  Trained by Phil D'Amato and ridden by Flavien Prat, Earls Rock rallied from off the pace to cover 6 ½ furlongs on turf in 1:16.15. Br...

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’s because his first-crop sire, Protonico, wasn’t very commercial. The four-time graded stakes ...

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. "He's a very game horse," said Cedillo. "At the quarter pole, I didn't know, but he looked around and when he saw those horses, he kept goin...

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 Saturday's 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 Cedillo, Medina Spirit got 1 1/16 miles in 1:46.26 over a Santa Anita main track listed as “good” ...