Obviously, Om top City of Hope Mile
ARCADIA, Calif. – The multiple graded stakes winners Obviously and Om will dominate the betting in Saturday’s $200,000 City of Hope Mile on turf at Santa Anita.
Obviously won the Grade 3 Poker Stakes at Belmont Park on June 18 in his latest start. Om, a three-time stakes winner in 2015, returned from a six-month layoff to finish second in the Grade 2 Del Mar Mile on turf Aug. 21.
They are part of a field that is expected to include Ed Johnson, Frank Conversation, Patriots Rule, Perfectly Majestic, and Vyjack.
Saturday’s richest race is the $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship at six furlongs, which is expected to have a small field. Lord Nelson, the winner of the Grade 1 Triple Bend Stakes here in June and the Grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar in July, will be a heavy favorite.