Life Is Good breezes for San Felipe Stakes

ARCADIA, Calif. – Life Is Good, winner of the Grade 3 Sham Stakes on Jan. 2 at Santa Anita in his stakes debut and the most highly-regarded 3-year-old in Southern California, breezed five furlongs in 59.60 seconds on Sunday in preparation for the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes on March 6.

Trained by Bob Baffert, Life Is Good has been given a breezing designation in his last two workouts, including five furlongs in 1:00.80 on Feb. 15. California clockers use the breezing designation to indicate that a horse was working more easily than a horse that was rated as working handily.

Life Is Good is unbeaten in two starts, having won a maiden special weight race at 6 1/2 furlongs on Nov. 22 at Del Mar. Life Is Good won the one-mile Sham Stakes by three-quarters of a length over stablemate Medina Spirit.

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The $300,000 San Felipe Stakes at 1 1/16 miles is a key prep for the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby on April 3.

The Baffert-trained Freedom Fighter worked six furlongs in 1:13 on Sunday in advance of a scheduled start in the Grade 3 Gotham Stakes at a mile on March 6 at Aqueduct. Freedom Fighter was second in the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes at seven furlongs on Feb. 6 in his 3-year-old debut.

Saturday, Roman Centurian, second in the Grade 3 Robert Lewis Stakes on Jan. 30 for trainer Simon Callaghan, worked five furlongs in 1:00.40 for the San Felipe.

Doug O’Neill worked his two leading 3-year-old prospects in Hot Rod Charlie and The Great One on Saturday.

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Hot Rod Charlie, second in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile at Keeneland in November and third in the Lewis, worked five furlongs in 1:02 for the Grade 2 Louisiana Derby on March 20 at Fair Grounds. The Great One, second by a nose in the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity in December, breezed five furlongs in 1:01.20 for the San Felipe.