Rombauer last to first in El Camino Real Derby Feb 14, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com
Sent off as the 6-5 favorite in Saturday’s $101,350 El Camino Real Derby,
Rombauer closed from last to deny the filly Javanica by a neck at Golden Gate Fields. John and Diane Fradkin’s homebred added 10 more points toward the Kentucky Derby (G1) and also booked himself a spot in the Preakness (G1).
Rombauer was scoring his first stakes win while underscoring his surface versatility. The Michael McCarthy trainee has won on turf, placed second in the American Pharoah (G1) in his dirt debut, and now expanded his portfolio to the all-weather. He’s following in the tradition of sire Twirling Candy, himself a winner on all three types of surfaces.
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Rombauer treks north for El Camino Real Derby Feb 11, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com Rombauer pictured training at Keeneland prior to the Breeders Cup Juvenile (Coady Photography)
Rerouted from the Jan. 30 Robert B. Lewis (G3) at Santa Anita to Saturday’s $100,000 El Camino Real Derby,
Rombauer is the one to beat in the 1 1/8-mile test at Golden Gate Fields.
The Michael McCarthy trainee figures to be effective on the Tapeta surface, considering his aptitude on both turf and dirt. A debut winner on the Del Mar turf last summer, Rombauer was a troubled sixth in the Del Mar Juvenile Turf before switching to the main track. The Twirling Candy colt made an eye-catching move for second in the Sept. 26 American Pharoah (G1), and followed up with a closing fifth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) in his latest venture.
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Play Chicken winning the King Glorious Stakes under Mario Gutierrez
Play Chicken, a 13-1 outsider, held off Moving Fast, another longshot at 16-1, to win the $100,000 King Glorious Stakes Sunday, the final day of the Los Angeles County Fair Winter meet at Los Alamitos in Cypress, Calif.
Under jockey Mario Gutierrez, the son of Square Eddie and the Distorted Humor mare Smoove was reserved just off the pace, gained the advantage with an eighth of a mile to run and held sway by a neck in the race for 2-year-olds bred or sired in California.
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Good With People after his victory in the Golden State Juvenile
A prompt favorite in the Golden State Juvenile Nov. 7 at Del Mar, Good With People will try two turns for the first time in the $100,000 King Glorious Sunday at Los Alamitos
Named in honor of the winner of the 1988 Hollywood Futurity and 1989 Haskell, the King Glorious is restricted to 2-year-olds bred or sired in California. The race at one mile is the feature attraction on the final day of the Los Angeles County Fair Winter Thoroughbred meet.
The King Glorious attracted a dozen entrants, but only 10 will be allowed to start.