Eda, the 19-10 favorite, is now a double graded stakes winner at Los Alamitos after holding off 19-1 shot Chismosa to win the Grade 2, $202,000 Great Lady M. on Tuesday's Independence Day program at the Cypress, Calif., track.
The narrow score came 19 months after a half-length victory in the Grade 1 Starlet during the 2021 Winter meet.
Owned by Baoma Corporation and trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, Eda, a 4-year-old daughter of Munnings, hasn't started often, but she has certainly made the most of her opportunities.
The Great Lady M. was her sixth win in a row and seventh in nine career starts and pushed her earnings to $592,600.
Positioned just outside 2-1 second choice Elm Drive for most of the journey, Eda, who is out of the Lemon Drop Kid mare Show Me, got the best of that rival deep in the stretch, then withstood the rally of Chismosa to prevail by a neck.
She completed 6 ½ furlongs in 1:15.06 and returned $5.80, $4.40 and $3. Chismosa, who has three wins and a second in four races around one turn, paid $13.80 and $7 while finishing a neck in front of Elm Drive. The show price on Elm Drive, who also finished third in the 2022 Great Lady M., was $2.80.
Jockey Juan Hernandez, who has won both of the stakes races offered through the first seven days of the Los Angeles County Fair meet – he took the Bertrando with Kings River Knight June 24 – is now 4-for-4 aboard Eda.
“She broke quick and I let her get comfortable,'' said Hernandez. “When she started to feel the pressure she knew it was time to go. When she saw (Chismosa) on the outside she didn't want to get passed.
“She was very game and showed a lot of heart.''
The latest Great Lady M. success was the fifth for Baffert since daytime Thoroughbred racing returned to Los Alamitos in 2014. His other wins were with Fantastic Style (2015), Marley's Freedom (2018-2019) and Gamine (2021).
“She's a fighter,'' said Baffert assistant Mike Marlow. “She showed that today, that's for sure.
“(Chismosa) made us work there at the finish. She's nice. She's good. That's six in a row. It's been over a period of time, but she's solid.
“I think she really likes what she's doing. She's matured and gotten a little stronger from last year.''
Jockey Edwin Maldonado tripled Monday, closing to within four wins of leader Martin Pedroza for most daytime thoroughbred victories at Los Alamitos.
Maldonado swept the early double with House of Magic in the first and Sunshine Journey in the second, then won the fifth aboard Mister Bold. He now has 123 local wins. Most of Pedroza's 127 victories came during the Orange County Fair meets between 1977-1991.
Ramon Vazquez, who led all three daytime meets last year, also had three wins Tuesday. He captured Races 6-8 with, respectively, Wegonahavagoodtime, Equipo A and My Destiny.
Heading into the final two days of the LACF season, Vazquez holds a 9-7 lead over Abel Cedillo in the jockey standings.
There's a three-way tie atop the trainer standings. Jesus Uranga, Peter Miller and Milton Pineda all have four victories.
Racing will resume Saturday at Los Alamitos. Post time is 1 p.m.
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Flavien Prat celebrated Independence Day by posting five wins from eight mounts on Tuesday's 10-race card at Belmont Park.
The 30-year-old native of Melun, Seine-et-Marne, France, said he was pleased to deliver victories for five separate trainers Tuesday as the final weekend at Belmont approaches before live racing moves upstate to Saratoga Race Course for the 40-day summer meet.
“I had good mounts today and thought I could have a good day,” Prat said. “It's great to have some confidence and some opportunities from trainers to ride good horses. It's great, going into Saratoga, to have some momentum.”
Prat kicked off the card with a stakes victory, taking the featured $125,000 Port Washington with Whatlovelookslike [No. 5, $6.10] for Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. Whatlovelookslike withstood the challenge of heavy favorite Runaway Rumour and the inside charge of Golden Rocket to win her stakes debut in the 1 1/16-mile inner turf test for older New York-bred fillies and mares.
Prat said he felt confident of a good effort from Whatlovelookslike.
“She had some good runs prior to that and I thought she was a filly that was improving race after race. Today was a bit of a step up and she reacted the right way,” Prat said.
He returned to the winner's circle in Race 4 with a prominent score aboard Frat Pack [No. 4, $4.30*] topping a Chad Brown-trained exacta over Magico in the 6 1/2-furlong maiden special weight for 3-year-olds and up.
Prat guided the Brendan Walsh-trained Heaven Street [No. 6, $8.90] to victory in Race 6, a seven-furlong Widener turf allowance optional-claimer for older horses; and returned three races later to guide the George Weaver-conditioned King Moonracer [No. 9, $19.80] to an upset score in a six-furlong Widener turf sprint for state-breds 3-years-old and up.
The four-time Breeders' Cup winning rider secured his fifth win in the Race 10 finale with a deep-stretch surge aboard Highland Grace [No. 5, $8.20], a promising American Pharoah bay trained by Barclay Tagg, to capture the 10-furlong inner turf test for fillies and mares.
“She really gave me a good run down the lane and she should have a bright future,” Prat said.
Live racing resumes Friday at Belmont Park with a 10-race card featuring the Grade 3, $250,000 Manila in Race 9. First post is 1:05 p.m. Eastern.
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Third Street (Yoshida {Jpn}), co-owned by Shawn Davis and Bill Carnes and trained by Davis, became the first winner for his freshman sire with a romping 7 1/4-length victory at Lone Star Park Tuesday night. The bay gelding, who was fifth over a sloppy track in his five-furlong debut June 8, was sent off at 6-1 while adding an extra half-furlong in this second outing. He went straight to the early lead and took the field through fractions of :22.22 and :45.87. He extended his advantage into the lane and sailed home an easy winner. Pure Malice (Palace Malice) was second.
Third Street was bred by Bryon Henderson, who purchased the gelding's dam, Abbey Street, with the winner in utero for $13,000 at the 2021 Keeneland January sale. The mare is a half-sister to Grade I winner Wicked Strong (Hard Spun).
Winner of the 2018 GI Woodward S., Yoshida stands at WinStar Farm for a fee of $10,000.
3rd-Lone Star, $33,000, Msw, 7-4, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 1:06.19, ft, 7 1/4 lengths.
THIRD STREET (g, 2, Yoshida {Jpn}–Abbey Street, by Street Boss) Click for the Equibase.com chart. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $20,601. O-Shawn Davis & Bill Carnes; B-Bryon Henderson (LA); T-Shawn H. Davis. *$3,000 RNA 2yo '23 TTAAPR
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