After a light week of stakes action at Santa Anita, things pick up considerably next week with four graded stakes on the docket, anchored by the $200,000 San Vicente (G2) for 3-year-olds going seven furlongs.
Among the 11 nominees for the San Vicente, eight are trained by Bob Baffert: Arabian Lion, Faustin, Fort Warren, Gilmore, Hard to Figure, Havnameltdown, Nullarbor, and Speed Boat Beach.
Speed Boat Beach, a multiple stakes winner on turf, was scratched from the Sham (G3) at one mile on Jan. 8 with the plan to wait for the San Vicente. It would be his first start on dirt since setting a Del Mar track record of 1:01.86 for 5 ½ furlongs when debuting in early September.
Havnameltdown won the Bob Hope (G3) at Del Mar on Nov. 20 in his most recent start, while Arabian Lion would look to make amends after running fifth as the odds-on favorite in the Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) on Dec. 17. Faustin, Fort Warren, Gilmore, and Nullarbor are all maiden winners.
Rounding out the nominations are Helladic and Man Child for trainer Ryan Hanson and Navy Man for trainer Michael McCarthy. Helladic has made all three previous starts on turf, while Man Child is exiting a second by a nose in the Lost in the Fog Juvenile on dirt at Turf Paradise on Dec. 21. Navy Man is still a maiden after three starts.
Entries for the San Vicente and the remainder of next Sunday's card will be taken on Thursday.
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