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Bernardini Filly Blossoms Around Two Turns at Santa Anita

2nd-Santa Anita, $59,780, Msw, 2-5, 3yo, f, 1m, 1:39.09, ft, 18 lengths.
LADY MYSTIFY (f, 3, Bernardini–J. Quirk, by Unbridled's Song) took to two turns to say the least Saturday in Arcadia. A close second at 15-1 going 5 1/2 furlongs at Los Alamitos Dec. 5, the bay was third over an additional sixteenth here Jan. 10. Backed at 3-2 getting more ground to work with, the bay beat her three foes to the lead and zipped along through splits of :22.85 and :46.43. She blew the race apart around the home bend, and found no competition from there as at least two of her rivals seemed to struggle with the distance. American Heights (American Pharoah) was best of the rest. The winner hails from the extended female family of Tiznow. She has a 2-year-old half-brother by Quality Road who was a $190,000 KEESEP yearling and her dam visited Gun Runner last season. Sales history: $120,000 Ylg '19 OBSOCT; $325,000 2yo '20 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 3-1-1-1, $52,320. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Exline-Border Racing LLC, SAF Racing & Richard Hausman; B-Scott & Evan Dilworth (KY); T-Peter Eurton.

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Sophomore Pair From Baffert’s Bench Top Seven-Furlong San Vicente

With varsity aces Life Is Good and Medina Spirit awaiting their next call to action, Bob Baffert goes to his expansive bench Saturday with Freedom Fighter and Concert Tour in Santa Anita's Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs.

It will be the first start in five months for Freedom Fighter, a son Violence, who led throughout his debut race at Del Mar last Aug. 1, winning the five-furlong dash by a head as the 1-2 favorite.

“Going seven eighths is a tough distance,” Baffert said, “but he's quick and he's had good works. He broke his maiden first out and then we had to back off him, but he's doing well.”

Freedom Fighter, who will be ridden by Drayden Van Dyke, has amply displayed his readiness with a series of recent breezes, including three bullet works, the most recent a five furlong move from the gate on Jan. 28 in 59.60, handily, the fastest of 70 drills at the distance.

Concert Tour was no secret as a debut winner going six furlongs on Jan. 15. The son of Street Sense owned and bred by Gary and Mary West was in hand late as the even-money favorite, scoring by 3 ½ lengths under Joel Rosario who is back aboard Saturday.

Baffert will be seeking to add to his record of 10 San Vicente victories, having captured his first in 1997 with eventual Kentucky Derby winner Silver Charm.

Subsequent triumphs were posted by Exploit (1999), Kafwain (2003), Fusaichi Rock Star (2005), Too Much Bling (2006), The Factor (2011), Drill (2012), Shakin It Up (2013), Lord Nelson (2015) and Nadal last year.

Meanwhile, individual Kentucky Derby Future Book favorite Life Is Good worked four furlongs Monday in 48.80, breezing.

“He looked really good and he's doing everything right,” said Baffert, who confirmed the Sham Stakes winner will make his next start in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes March 6, adding, “We've got a long way to go.”

The San Vicente, race seven of 10 with a 12 noon first post time: Freedom Fighter, Drayden Van Dyke, 5-2; The Chosen Vron, Mike Smith, 5-2; Uncle Boogie, Abel Cedillo, 12-1; Found My Ball, Mario Gutierrez, 3-1; and Concert Tour, Joel Rosario, 8-5.

The Chosen Vron blew out four furlongs Wednesday in 48.20 for trainer Eric Kruljac. Mr. Impossible was scratched.

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TVG Broadcasting Live From Tampa, Santa Anita This Weekend

TVG, America's horse racing network, will be live on-site at Tampa Bay Downs and Santa Anita. Graded stakes races from coast to coast, including prep races for the Kentucky Derby (G1) – the $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3) from Tampa Bay Downs and the $250,000 Withers Stakes (G3) from Aqueduct – will highlight the weekend coverage.

Todd Schrupp, Britney Eurton and Christina Blacker will be reporting live from Santa Anita with exclusive interviews and analysis of the ten-race card which features four graded stakes races – the $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (G3), the $200,000 San Marcos Stakes (G3), the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (G2) and the $100,000 Thunder Road Stakes (G3). The San Vicente Stakes, a seven-furlong contest for 3-year-olds, has drawn a field of six including Freedom Fighter, an impressive maiden winner for trainer Bob Baffert. The son of Violence has drawn the inside post under jockey Drayden Van Dyke.

The Road to the Kentucky Derby will run through Tampa Bay Downs on Saturday and TVG's Gabby Gaudet will be trackside with expanded coverage of the twelve-race

Festival Preview Day card. The featured race is the $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes (G3), a stepping stone to the $400,000 Tampa Bay Derby (G2) on March 6. The Sam F. Davis Stakes will offer offers 10-4-2-1 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top four finishers and has drawn an overflow field of thirteen contenders including two for trainer Todd Pletcher. Pletcher will send out Known Agenda, third in the Remsen Stakes (G3) with John Velazquez aboard and Milean, a recent maiden winner with Robby Alvarado, Jr. in the irons.

TVG will also be broadcasting another prep race on the road to the Kentucky Derby – the $250,000 Withers Stakes (G3) from Aqueduct which will also offer 10-4-2-1 Kentucky Derby qualifying points to the top four finishers. The Withers Stakes has drawn a contentious field of nine including California-bred Capo Kane, winner of the Jerome Stakes on New Year's Day. Trained by Harold Wyner, the son of Street Sense will be ridden by Dylan Davis.

In addition to racing from Tampa Bay Downs and Santa Anita, TVG will be featuring racing from Oaklawn Park, Gulfstream, Aqueduct and more. Fans can tune in on TVG, TVG2 and the Watch TVG app which is available on Amazon Fire, Roku and connected Apple TV devices.

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Veteran Hembree The Morning-Line Choice In Saturday’s Thunder Road

Fresh off a Grade 2 win sprinting and in the money in 26 out of 40 lifetime starts, Tom Kagele's 7-year-old Hembree heads a field of eight older horses going one mile on turf in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Thunder Road Stakes at Santa Anita.

Claimed for $62,500 out of a one turn mile win two starts back on Nov. 19 at Churchill Downs, Hembree rallied for an authoritative three quarter length score going 6 ½ furlongs on turf in the Grade 2 Joe Hernandez Stakes here on Jan. 1. Trained by Peter Miller, Hembree, a two-time graded winner, is a full horse by Proud Citizen, out of the Langfuhr mare Knockatrina.

With lifetime earnings of $927,371, Hembree, who will be ridden back by Joel Rosario, is 40-8-10-8 overall, dating back to his first-out maiden win at Saratoga at age two in August of 2016.

Miller's “Avis Choice” is Sombeyay, who comes off a front-running 1 ¼ lengths allowance win on Jan. 15 as the 4-5 favorite under Flavien Prat, who appears to have opted for Border Town. Originally trained by Todd Pletcher, Sombeyay will be making his third start for Miller as he seeks his third graded stakes win. Owned by Swifty Farms, Inc., Sombeyay, a 5-year-old horse by Into Mischief, is 15-4-5-0 overall and will be ridden for the first time by Juan Hernandez.

Trained by Richard Mandella, Border Town comes off what appeared to be his best career race on Jan. 8, as he rallied from off the pace to take a one mile allowance by half a length under regular rider Prat. Owned by Ramona Bass and Perry Bass III, Border Town, a 5-year-old gelding by War Front, seeks his first graded stakes win in what will be his 12th start.

Trainer Dan Blacker's comebacking Hit the Road, who seeks his third consecutive win, lends further depth to the Thunder Road party. Idle since taking the restricted Oceanside Stakes at one mile on turf July 10 at Del Mar, Hit the Road was also a minor stakes winner going a mile on grass at Santa Anita in his third career start on Oct. 6, 2019. Owned by D K Racing, LLC and Radley Equine, Inc., Hit the Road, a 4-year-old colt by More Than Ready, would relish a fast pace to run at with regular rider Umberto Rispoli up.

THE GRADE 3 THUNDER ROAD, WITH JOCKEYS & WEIGHTS IN POST POSITION ORDER

Race 8 of 10 Approximate post time 3:30 p.m. PT

  1. Sombeyay—Juan Hernandez—122
  2. Hit the Road—Umberto Rispoli—122
  3. Restrainedvengence—Ruben Fuentes—122
  4. Border Town—Flavien Prat—124
  5. Campaign—Tyler Baze—122
  6. Award Winner—Abel Cedillo—120
  7. Bob and Jackie—Heriberto Figueroa—122
  8. Hembree—Joel Rosario—120

Early first post time for a 10-race card on Saturday is at 12 noon. For additional information, please visit santaanita.com.

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