Whatmakessammyrun will skip Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint

ARCADIA, Calif. – Whatmakessammyrun, winner of the Grade 2 Eddie D Stakes on the hillside turf course on Oct. 1 at Santa Anita, will skip the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint on Nov. 5 at Keeneland.

Trainer Mark Glatt said Sunday that Whatmakessammyrun will be pointed to the Grade 2 Joe Hernandez Stakes, a $250,000 race on the hillside turf course on Dec. 31 at Santa Anita.

“We’re not going to Kentucky,” Glatt said.

Glatt said there is a possibility that Whatmakessammyrun could start in the newly created $100,000 Stormy Liberal Stakes at five furlongs on turf Dec. 3 at Del Mar, although the distance is shorter than what he thinks is the best trip for the 4-year-old gelding.

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“I don’t think we want to wait for the Joe Hernandez,” Glatt said. “I want to keep him fresh, but not that fresh.”

Owned by Sterling Racing, Whatmakessammyrun has won 4 of 15 starts and earned $304,570. The $202,000 Eddie D Stakes was Whatmakessammyrun’s second stakes win in his debut on the hillside course. Whatmakessammyrun won the minor Desert Code Stakes for 3-year-olds at six furlongs on the flat portion of the turf course at Santa Anita in June 2021.

The Hernandez is the richest turf sprint of the Santa Anita winter-spring meeting, including races on the flat portion of the turf course and the hillside course.

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