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C R K Stable's Exaulted earned an automatic berth in the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) later this year by winning the $500,000 Shoemaker Mile (G1), the first domestic 'Win And You're In' contest this year, by a half length Monday at Santa Anita.
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In a performance that validated the betting, trainer George Papaprodromou’s Spirit of Makena took charge turning for home and powered to an impressive 3¼-length win in Saturday’s $200,000 Triple Bend Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita—his second stakes win in a row and third overall dating back to a six-furlong allowance score here on Feb. 11.
Spirit of Makena, a head shy of being unbeaten in four starts, heads a field of seven going seven furlongs in Saturday’s Grade 2 Triple Bend
Vastly improved since switched to turf, the Pete Eurton-trained Exaulted sat close to the early pace, took charge turning for home, and kicked clear as much the best to take Sunday’s $100,000 American Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita.