Sprinting for the first time in her career, GINGHAM (f, 3, Quality Road–Chapel, by Pulpit) was the recipient of a supremely confident Mike Smith ride and jumped out of the ground at the eighth pole, rolling past her chief market rival Been Studying Her (Fast Anna) to register an impressive victory in Saturday’s Angels Flight S. at Santa Anita. Not surprisingly beaten for speed and last after breaking from gate one, the $420,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase rode the rails into the stretch while in hand. Been Studying Her struck to the lead approaching the furlong marker, but Smith cut the ribbons on Gingham and exploded through the final stages and was cozily taken in hand under the line. A May foal, Gingham is the 43rd stakes winner for her successful Lane’s End-based stallion. Lifetime Record: 9-3-4-0. O-Sarah Kelly & Jane Wiltz; B-Stone Farm (KY); T-Bob Baffert.
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