Mucho Unusual Heads Megahertz Stakes bloodhorse.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloodhorse.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Mucho Unusual Faces Chilean Import Brooke In Megahertz Stakes Sponsored by:
Mucho Unusual and jockey Juan Hernandez winning the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive Stakes
Owner/breeder George Krikorian s California-bred Mucho Unusual, who has never been off the board in eight starts over the Santa Anita lawn, heads a field of six older fillies and mares in Monday s Grade 3, $100,000 Megahertz Stakes at one mile on turf.
Also figuring prominently in the Arcadia, Calif., track s Martin Luther King Jr. holiday feature race is highly regarded Chilean import Brooke, a 5-year-old mare idle since March 14, who will be making her U.S. debut for trainer Simon Callaghan.
Mucho Unusual Bounces Back in Robert J Frankel bloodhorse.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bloodhorse.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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John Velazquez rides Mucho Unusual to victory in the Robert J. Frankel Stakes at Santa Anita
Well beaten in the Grade 1 Breeders Cup Filly & Mare Turf on Nov. 7, George Krikorian s homebred Mucho Unusual seemed to relish a return home to Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., as she rallied under Eastern-based John Velazquez to take Sunday s Grade 3, $100,000 Robert J. Frankel Stakes by three-quarters of a length. Trained by Tim Yakteen, the California-bred daughter of Mucho Macho Man got a mile and one eighth on turf in 1:46.94.
Comfortably in-hand while second, about two lengths off of pacesetting She s Our Charm around the first turn, Mucho Unusual inched up outside a three-horse spread that included favored Miss Teheran and She s Our Charm heading to the three furlong pole and held sway late under a hand ride from Velazquez, who collected his third win on the day.