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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.
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Gregorian Chant dropped back from 1 1/2 miles to six furlongs to win the Clockers Corner Stakes for trainer Phil D Amato
Well beaten in a Grade 2 stakes going a mile and one half on turf Nov. 27, trainer Phil D Amato s English-bred Gregorian Chant shortened up in distance and rallied from last to first in Sunday s $70,000 Clockers Corner Stakes at Santa Anita, winning by 2 ¼ lengths. Ridden by the meet s leading rider Juan Hernandez, Gregorian Chant got six furlongs out of the Arcadia, Calif., track s turf chute in 1:08.42 over a course listed as firm.
Entered in his first sprint since breaking his maiden at first asking going seven furlongs on a synthetic surface in Ireland on December 7, 2018, Gregorian Chant was ridden confidently by Hernandez, despite the fact he was trying an entirely different game today.