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ARCADIA, Calif. – In his first winter of riding in California full time, jockey Julien Leparoux has found the dream mount on top 3-year-old Flashback.
The winner of the Grade 2 Robert B. Lewis Stakes by 6 1/4 lengths in his stakes debut at Santa Anita on Feb. 2, the undefeated Flashback will start as a favorite in the $300,000 San Felipe Stakes over 1 1/16 miles March 9. The race is a prep for the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby on April 6.
“We got lucky to pick up the horse in my first winter,” Leparoux said at Santa Anita on Friday.
Owned by Gary and Mary West and trained by Bob Baffert, Flashback won his debut in a maiden race over seven furlongs at Betfair Hollywood Park on Dec. 8. Leparoux was aboard for that race and was impressed that the colt won even though the distance was not ideal.
“The first time, I thought he was the best, but the distance was too short,” Leparoux said. “In the two-turn race, you could take more time, and he finished up stronger.”
[ROAD TO THE KENTUCKY DERBY: Prep races, point standings, replays]
Flashback is part of a projected field of eight for the Grade 2 San Felipe. The race will include Goldencents, who won the Grade 3 Sham Stakes over a mile here Jan. 5. Last fall, Goldencents was second to 2012 champion 2-year-old Shanghai Bobby in the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Belmont Park in October and won the Grade 3 Delta Downs Jackpot Stakes in Louisiana in November.
Other probable starters are Hear the Ghost, Kochees, Omega Star, Salutos Amigos, Tiz a Minister and possibly Den’s Legacy. Tiz a Minister and Omega Star were first and second in the California Breeders’ Champion Stakes here Jan. 26. On Friday at Hollywood Park, Tiz a Minister worked six furlongs in 1:14.
Goldencents is a monster and will prove the dominance once again. Don't be fooled
by Flashback, he was all out in his last victory. Go watch the head on of the entire race.
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Nice colt for sure! I wouldn't be surprised if Baffert replaces Leparoux just to amuse himself though......he did it to Bejarano last year.
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This horse is impressive. Saw him in the paddock & he looked like a man among men.
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Flashback&Goldencents are tough but im waiting for Uncaptured!!
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Dah !Far Out Dude !........................................Ill take my chances with "all others "
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flashback will win the deby
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Is anyone going to sneak up and beat Bob or Todd in the Derby, If you think so, you should go to Washington state for some of that legal grass, cause we know you got to be smoking it.
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A super runner-up comeback by TRIBAL CHATTER stamps the maiden filly as the most probable winner on the card. Returning from a 10-month layoff, she finished nearly nine lengths clear of third in a highly rated maiden-40. Now meets an apparently modest cast of state-bred special-weights, and switches to turf. No problem. She was sired by all-surface stallion Tribal Rule; her dam produced California Cup Mile (turf) winner Swift Winds. Blinkers on, speed for a pressing trip, pick-six single first leg of the sequence.
