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Golden Hour Double, Pick 4 To Resume With Friday’s Reopening Of Golden Gate Fields
With the resumption of live racing this Friday at Golden Gate Fields, Santa Anita Park has announced the return of a pair of popular low takeout wagers linking the two California tracks—the $1 Golden Hour Pick 4 and the $5 Golden Hour Double. The Pick 4 consists of the final two races at each track, while the Golden Hour Double is comprised of the last race at both properties. Each wager features a fan-friendly 15 percent takeout.
The Golden Hour Pick 4 will begin with Santa Anita's second to last race for Leg One, then shift to Golden Gate for Leg Two, back to Santa Anita for Leg Three and end each day at Golden Gate with Leg Four, which will be the last race on their program.
The Golden Hour Double will always begin with Santa Anita's last race and transition to Golden Gate for the second half of the wager.
For additional information, please visit santaanita.com.
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Malibu Winner Charlatan Likely To Skip Pegasus, Aim For Saudi Cup
Charlatan, who returned to the races after an absence of eight months with a dominating 4 ½-length victory in the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., on opening day Dec. 26, will likely make his next start in the world's richest race, the $20-million Saudi Cup at 1 1/8 miles in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 20, Bob Baffert said Sunday morning.
The winner receives $10 million.
Charlatan had his first workout Saturday since the Malibu, going four furlongs in 49.80.
The 4-year-old son of Speightstown was making his first start in the seven-furlong Malibu since crossing the wire on top in the first division of the G1 Arkansas Derby last May 2, only to later be disqualified on a medication violation that is under appeal.
The dazzling chestnut colt has reached the finish line ahead of his rivals by a combined margin of 26 1/2 lengths, an average of better than six lengths per race.
“That's the plan right now,” Baffert said of the Saudi Cup. “I've got another week to make up my mind, but he'd be coming back a little quick for the other race ($3-million Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park Jan. 23) off a long layoff, and he ran so hard (in the Malibu), I worry about that.
“The thing I like about the Saudi race is it's a one-turn mile-and-an-eighth and Charlatan is so fast. It's a challenge, but it's $20 million.
“That's a lot of money.”
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Fast Fashionably Set For Return In California Cup Sprint
Fashionably Fast, prepping for this Saturday's $150,000 Donald Valpredo California Cup Sprint at six furlongs at Santa Anita, worked four furlongs this morning in 48.40 under regular rider Tiago Pereira at the Arcadia, Calif., track.
“He went fine,” trainer Dean Pederson said. “Hopefully, we're where we need to be. I had him in 47 and three or four, something like that. Times are irrelevant. It's not like we're deciding to run in a maiden 50 or a maiden 20. It will be a competitive race. You just have to hope for the best.
“He had run hard and just needed a little breather,” Pederson added, explaining the gelding's absence of five months since last Aug. 1 when he finished sixth of eight behind victorious Collusion Illusion in the Grade I Bing Crosby at Del Mar. “I have an owner who's very cooperative.”
Actually, Fashionably Fast has three owners: breeder John Harris, Per Antonsen and John Nicoletti, for whom Pederson has trained the last 20 or so years.
A 6-year-old chestnut son of Lucky Pulpit, Fashionably Fast has a 7-4-2 record from 18 starts with earnings of $490,245.
“Like I say, the horse has run hard for us, he ran his eyeballs out against McKinzie (second in the Grade 2 Triple Bend last June 7 to the four-time Grade I winner that was recently retired to stud at Gainesway Farm near Lexington, Ky.).”
Prior to the Triple Bend, Fashionably Fast had reeled off six straight victories, four of them in California-bred stakes.
“The Bing Crosby didn't unfold the way we thought it would and he was a tired horse,” Pederson said. “At that point we decided to give him a few months breather.
“Things have gone well since he came back and if we get beat, we'll have to get outrun. He's had several breezes; he hasn't missed a work.
“One thing about this horse: he doesn't owe anybody a dime.”
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