Tapizar, one of the top 3-year-olds in California this year, has been diagnosed with a bone chip in a knee and is off the Kentucky Derby trail, trainer Steve Asmussen said on Tuesday.
Saturday’s runners in the Grade 3 El Camino Real Derby exited the race in good order. Silver Medallion, the winner, vanned back to his Santa Anita barn Sunday.
Joe Petalino has learned two things about J P’s Gusto since the 3-year-old arrived at his Oaklawn Park barn from Southern California last week. The first is that the horse is very territorial.
The Factor will be ridden by jockey Martin Garcia when the speedy colt makes his 3-year-old debut in Sunday’s $150,000 San Vicente Stakes, trainer Bob Baffert said late Monday.
In 2011, trainer Neil Howard has been hitting on all cylinders, especially with his 3-year-old colts. Wilkinson, the curious enigma of the Howard 3-year-old set, is this week’s Under the Radar runner.
A year ago about this time, trainer Chad Brown was thinking Florida Derby and even Kentucky Derby with a promising 3-year-old named Tiz the One. A son of Tiznow, Tiz the One opened his career here with two impressive victories, the second a one-mile entry level allowance win for which he earned a 101 Beyer Speed Figure. Unfortunately, a series of injuries has kept Tiz the One sidelined ever since.
Trainer Todd Pletcher reported that Brethren came out of his easy victory in Saturday’s Grade 3 Sam F. Davis Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in good order, but remained noncommittal regarding when or where Brethren, younger brother of Super Saver, might start next.
The Factor, the track-record holder for six furlongs at Santa Anita, is tentatively scheduled to start in Sunday’s Grade 2, $150,000 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita after working seven furlongs at Hollywood Park on Monday.
J P’s Gusto geared up for a start in the Grade 3, $250,000 Southwest at Oaklawn Park on Feb. 21, when he breezed six furlongs in hand in 1:15.60 on Monday morning.
The $150,000 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita next Sunday could produce a few starters for the $250,000 San Felipe Stakes on March 12.
