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After a stretch duel with pacesetter Stolen Treasure, Last Call London got up late to win the $101,000 King Glorious Sunday at Los Alamitos.
Away since May 14 and in only his second career start, Terry Lovingier’s homebred Thirsty John proved too much for six fellow California-breds on Saturday at Santa Anita as he went to the front and took the $200,000 California Cup Derby by a half length under Juan Hernandez.
The first full weekend of live racing action in 2023 features a pair of Kentucky Derby prep races – the Jerome Stakes from Aqueduct on Saturday and the Sham Stakes from Santa Anita on Sunday.
A springboard to superstardom in 2014 for California Chrome, Saturday’s $200,000 California Cup Derby at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., may also have a star or two in the making as seven California-bred or sired sophomores go a mile and one sixteenth.
Heavily favored Giver Not a Taker rallied along the rail in the stretch to get up in the final strides and defeat 47-1 shot Crypto Ride by a head in the $101,500 King Glorious Stakes Sunday, the final day of the Winter meet at Los Alamitos.