Santa Anita: Sensational Star next for Lakerville

Lakerville gave trainer Barry Abrams his first stakes win since March 2012 in Sunday’s $92,200 Clocker’s Corner Stakes on the hillside turf course. He may have a short wait for another.

Lakerville is likely to make his next start in the $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes for California-breds over about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course Feb. 22. Over the same course Sunday, Lakerville closed from fifth in a field of nine to win by 1 1/4 lengths in his first start since August 2012.

“He had a lot of little things that kept him off,” Abrams said of the layoff. “He’s got a lot of class. Wait until he’s goes a mile.”

Lakerville is a full brother to Gervinho, winner of the Grade 2 Sir Beaufort Stakes at Santa Anita in December. By Unusual Heat, Lakerville has won 5 of 7 starts and earned $272,660.

Abrams, 59, bred Lakerville with Team Green and co-owns the horse with Madeline Auerbach. In the future, Abrams said he would like to do less training. In recent years, Abrams has undergone treatment for throat cancer. Over the weekend, he said his health was “good.”

“I’m paring down,” he said. “I want to get it down to eight or 10 horses.”