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With four horses entered, Monday’s Grade 1, $300,000 La Brea Stakes would appear to run through the Bob Baffert stable.
Prince Jericho will make the step up to stakes company for the first time off two straight impressive victories on Dec. 26 at Laurel
Graded stakes-winning sophomore filly Hot Peppers, who scratched from Saturday’s $120,000 Garland of Roses at Aqueduct Racetrack, will attempt to end her season on a high note when shipping to Santa Anita for the $300,000 La Brea (G1) on Dec. 26.
The improving filly, who boasts a record of 5-2-3-0 at Aqueduct, has breezed back twice, including a half-mile in 52.39 seconds Saturday
Soldier Rising has been something of a hard-luck horse since joining the barn of trainer Christophe Clement last summer.