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Practical Move, Reincarnate Work for Yakteen

Practical Move (Practical Joke), coming off a win in the Mar. 4 GII San Felipe S., worked four furlongs in :47.60 (8/39), while stablemate Reincarnate (Good Magic), most recently third in the GII Rebel S., went six furlongs in company in 1:12.40 (3/4) at Santa Anita Saturday for trainer Tim Yakteen.

“He came out of the San Felipe in great shape and it's all systems go,” Yakteen said of Practical Move, who is expected to start next in the Apr. 8 GI Santa Anita Derby.

Reincarnate is likely heading back to Oaklawn Park to attempt to earn a trip to the GI Kentucky Derby in the Apr. 1 GI Arkansas Derby.

Yakteen's third Derby prospect, National Treasure (Quality Road), who was forced to skip the San Felipe because of a bruised hoof, is likely to work Sunday or Monday, according to the trainer.

“We're just playing the weather, but you'll see him on the tab in the next couple of days,” Yakteen said.

Another rainstorm is scheduled to hit Santa Anita early in the week.

Third in the Jan. 8 GIII Sham S. in his lone 3-year-old start to date, National Treasure returned to the work tab with a six-furlong work in 1:11.80 (1/4) Mar. 14 at Santa Anita.

He was second in last year's GI American Phaorah S. and third in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

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FTHA Board Election Results Announced

Incumbent Owner/Director Thomas Cannell and incumbent Trainer/Directors Patrick Biancone and David Fawkes have been re-elected to the board of the Florida Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, the organization announced Saturday. New to the group's board are Owner/Directors Gerardo Amado and Jeffrey Siskin.

The new board will take office effective Apr. 6, the date of the next board meeting. Officers will be named at the Apr. 6 meeting.

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American Pharoah’s Window Shopping Runs Away in Maiden Breaking Score

10th-Santa Anita, $68,000, Msw, 3-17, 3yo, f, 1m (off turf), 1:37.95, ft, 16 1/2 lengths.
WINDOW SHOPPING (f, 3, American Pharoah–Delightful Joy {GSW, $179,200}, by Tapit), last seen sandwiched at the start and bravely making up ground to take sixth in her Nov. 13 juvenile unveiling at Del Mar–a race yielding SW Broadway Girls (Army Mule), showed a new dimension here in this off-turf contest. Leaving the blocks at 3-5 and stalking from cover early in fourth, she moved up to press the leaders at the half-way point and dueled into the far bend as a 1:10.74 split popped up. Given her cue and taking over at the three-eighths pole, she left her rivals behind as her advantage widened to an eye-catching 16 1/2 lengths on the wire. Tea Tree Bay (GB) (Tasleet {GB}) bested the field for the minor awards. Out of GIII Monmouth Oaks victress Delightful Joy, Window Shopping commanded $700,000 at KEESEP from her connections via agent Steven Young. Her dam is herself a daughter of GISP & MGSW Graeme Six (Graeme Hall), making her a half-sister to SW Seymourdini (Bernardini). This is the female family of no less than eight other black-type earners. Sales history: $700,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $40,700. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.
O-Perry R. Bass II and Ramona S. Bass; B-International Equities Holding, Inc. (KY); T-Richard E. Mandella.

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Off The Turf No Problem For Alice Marble In Irish O’Brien

The picture of consistency, Alice Marble's only off-the-board finish in her career came on debut in Oct. 2020 when she found the synthetic at Golden Gate not to her liking. Never worse than third over both dirt and turf in California since, the 6-year-old has contested two straight stakes races at Santa Anita–finishing third to Big Summer (Mr. Big) in the Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint S. Jan. 7 and winning the Spring Fever S. On the dirt Feb. 19.

Happy whether this race stayed on the turf on not, the heavy 2-5 wagering choice was away in good order and checked in second of four at the first point of call. Paced up front by Feeling Grazeful (Grazen), the field remained tightly bunched up the backstretch through a half in :45.56. Up alongside the leader as Rose Maddox had the door slammed on her inside, Alice Marble took over between rivals past the quarter pole and was able to gain just a bit of separation. Rose Maddox made a gallant effort to re-rally down the outside but Alice Marble had the first jump and was home clear to top a Grazen-sired exacta.

“I was actually focused on 'Rose' and she had to take up pretty seriously, I think it spoke well for her,” said Nick Alexander, the owner and breeder of the top two finishers. “I think she (Rose Maddox) has a bright future. It is just a relief that we beat (Taming the Tigress), I didn't want to run three Grazens behind her (trainer Anthony Saavedra's Feeling Grazful included)…That worked out well.”

With a pair of stakes winners by the leading California sire already, Unsung Heroine has returned to Grazen in each of her last four seasons but has not produced a foal since 3-year-old filly Dusty Springfield. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

IRISH O'BRIEN S., $98,000, Santa Anita, 3-17, (S), 4yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f (off turf), 1:16.95, ft.
1–ALICE MARBLE, 124, m, 6, Grazen–Unsung Heroine,
by More Than Ready. O/B-Nick Alexander (CA); T-Philip
D'Amato; J-Flavien Prat. $60,000. Lifetime Record: GSP,
15-7-2-3, $470,880. *Full to Enola Gray, GSW & GISP,
$585,100.
2–Rose Maddox, 124, f, 4, Grazen–Heat the Rocks,
by Unusual Heat. O/B-Nick Alexander (CA); T-Steven Miyadi.
$20,000.
3–Taming the Tigress, 122, m, 5, Smiling
Tiger–Joeandbetty'sbaby, by Yes It's True. ($21,000 2yo '20
CTBAJA). O-Mia Familia Racing Stable and Moon S. Han;
B-Highlander Racing Stable, LLC (CA); T-Librado Barocio.
$12,000.
Margins: 1 1/4, 2 1/4, 5 1/4. Odds: 0.40, 4.80, 3.20.
Also Ran: Feeling Grazeful. Scratched: Big Summer, Shocking Grey.

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