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Fox Hill Farms Jolie Olimpica and jockey Mike Smith winning the Monrovia Stakes on Santa Anita s turf course
In what appears to be a completely wide-open affair at six furlongs on turf, classy Bob and Jackie looks to rate a big chance cutting back in distance for Richard Baltas as he faces sharp recent winner Gregorian Chant, defending champ Cistron and Brazilian-bred Jolie Olimpica, who will be facing males for the first time in North America in Saturday s Grade 3, $100,000 San Simeon Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.
Second, beaten 3 ¾ lengths as the 2-1 favorite by rising star Hit the Road (who took this past Saturday s Grade 1 Frank E. Kilroe Mile) in the G3 Thunder Road Stakes at one mile on turf Feb. 6, Bob and Jackie will be sprinting for the first time since his debut at age two on Oct. 20, 2018, when he was a close second going 6 ½ furlongs down Santa Anita s hillside turf course.
Sharp Maiden Winner Rock Your World Tests Stakes Company In Pasadena Sponsored by:
Rock Your World, shown winning a maiden race at Santa Anita
Fresh off a big first-out maiden score sprinting, John Sadler s Rock Your World stretches out and rates top billing among six sophomores going one mile on turf in Saturday s $100,000 Pasadena Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.
Proven at the distance, Phil D Amato s rapidly improving Irish-bred Cathkin Peak, a winner of the one mile turf Eddie Logan Stakes Dec. 27, and John Shirreffs Red Flag, a disappointing fourth in the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity Dec. 19, both rate huge chances and figure to be well backed in a short but very competitive field.
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Owner George Krikorian (left) and trainer Tim Yakteen are hoping Mucho Unusual can capture the G2 Buena Vista this Saturday
If Mucho Unusual were human, she d be considered an ideal employee. She s industrious, productive, honest and earns her keep.
Not much more one could ask for from an equine or a human.
A 5-year-old California-bred mare owned and bred by George Krikorian, Mucho Unusual lives up to her name as she has won sprinting on dirt and routing on grass, running her last 13 races in stakes competition, 12 in open company, including her most noteworthy triumph in the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive Stakes last September.
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Trainer Todd Pletcher sending Fighting Force to Sam Houston to contest the $200,000 Texas Turf Mile
Sam Houston Race Park will host its annual Houston Racing Festival on Sunday, January 31. A special post time of 1:45 pm (CT) has been set for the marquee day of the Houston, Texas, track s 2021 Thoroughbred meet with six featured stakes.
Two graded stakes will be contested, the Grade 3, $300,000 Houston Ladies Classic and the Grade 3, $200,000 John B. Connally Turf. Full and highly competitive fields have been drawn for the remaining four undercard stakes, with an encouraging weather forecast for the Sunday afternoon program.
Exceptional Group of 3-Year-Olds To Run in $200,000 Texas Turf Mile