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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.
Ridden for the first time by Hector Berrios, Fast Buck broke like a shot and was never headed in taking Saturday’s $100,000 Daytona Stakes (G3) by a neck at Santa Anita.
Trainer Phil D’Amato is the dominant force in California turf racing and as such, he will have multiple live shots in Monday’s two Grade 1 grass races.
Gold Phoenix heads an outstanding field of 11 three-year-olds and up in the Grade 1, $500,000 Shoemaker Mile
Queen Goddess will take aim at a second Grade 1 win for trainer Michael McCarthy when she takes on six rivals