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Last week s grading period came and went without a Report Card on the winners of the Grade 2 Fountain of Youth Stakes from Gulfstream Park, the G3 Southwest Stakes from Oaklawn and the listed John Battaglia Memorial Stakes from Turfway Park. The author got a little behind on his homework.
We ll review those three races from Feb. 26-27 and three big 85 point Kentucky Derby preps that were run last Saturday: the G2 Gotham Stakes from Aqueduct, G2 Tampa Bay Derby from Tampa Bay Downs and G2 San Felipe Stakes from Santa Anita. The winners of those three races assured themselves a spot in the Kentucky Derby starting gate on May 1.
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Promising Baffert Trainee Life Is Good Headlines San Felipe Sponsored by: Life Is Good, by Into Mischief
A winner of a Grade 3 stakes on Jan. 2, Bob Baffert s lightly raced Life Is Good heads an outstanding field of seven sophomores going a mile and one sixteenth in Saturday s Grade 2, $300,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita.
A key prep for the Grade 1 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby on April 3, the San Felipe, which was won last year by Baffert s eventual Kentucky Derby and Breeders Cup Classic winner Authentic, will be contested for the 83rd time, with Baffert bidding to win it for a record eighth time on Saturday.
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Umberto Rispoli and Rock Your World win the Pasadena Stakes
He may be green as grass, but that s where his promising future lies. Rock Your World, who stretched out off an impressive debut, rallied powerfully late and left no doubt about who was best in Saturday s $100,000 Pasadena Stakes at Santa Anita, as he prevailed by a widening 2 ¼ lengths under Umberto Rispoli at the Arcadia, Calif., track. Trained by John Sadler, the 3-year-old colt by Candy Ride got a flat mile on turf in 1:34.39.
A joint second with favored Cathkin Peak, about 2 ½ lengths off pacesetter Commander Khai heading into the clubhouse turn, Rock Your World maintained his position up the backside and was one length off the lead three furlongs out with Cathkin Peak shuffled back a bit to his inside.