ARCADIA, Calif. - Tiz Flirtatious showed on Sunday that she is more than just an outstanding California-bred.
After winning three stakes for statebreds in the last 16 months, and finishing second or third in three graded stakes, Tiz Flirtatious won her first graded stakes in the $150,250 Santa Ana Stakes for fillies and mares on turf at Santa Anita.
“This was overdue,” trainer Marty Jones said.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. - Jan’s Perfect Star improved her career record to 2 for 2 on Sunday, when she cruised to a 3 3/4-length win over Bag the Storm in the $60,000 Arkansas Breeders’ at Oaklawn Park. It was another six lengths back in third to Indian Bluff.
Calidoscopio, the winner of the Breeders’ Cup Marathon here last November, finished fifth in Saturday’s Tokyo City Cup despite grabbing a quarter in training the previous day, trainer Mike Puype said.
Puype said Calidoscopio was evaluated and a decision made that he was capable of running.
“I thought we’d done enough” treatment, Puype said. “I would have scratched him if I didn’t think he was good.”
ARCADIA, Calif. - Hear the Ghost, the winner of the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on March 9, worked six furlongs in 1:13.60 at Betfair Hollywood Park on Sunday, continuing his preparation for the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby on April 6.
“It looks like we’re right on schedule,” trainer Jerry Hollendorfer said. “He galloped out strongly.”
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Juvenile champion Shanghai Bobby breezed five furlongs in 1:00.77 Sunday morning at Palm Meadows, his final work in preparation for Saturday’s $1 million Florida Derby.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. – Jockeys at Fonner Park voted not to continue Sunday’s card following two races, citing poor track conditions a day after a winter storm hit the region,.
Temperature at post time was 25 degrees with a strong north wind. The track, listed as good, was reported to have slick and frozen spots.
This was third cancelation of racing at Fonner Park this year due to weather or track conditions.
ARCADIA, Calif. – The 2011 champion sprinter Amazombie will make his first start of 2013 in the $125,000 Tiznow Stakes on April 27 at Betfair Hollywood Park, owner-trainer Bill Spawr said Sunday after the gelding worked five furlongs at Santa Anita.
Amazombie has not started since Nov. 3, when his frustrating 2012 campaign ended with an eighth-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita. Amazombie was 2 for 6 in 2012. During his championship campaign in 2011, he won 5 of 9, including the BC Sprint.
ARCADIA, Calif. – The 2013 campaign of top 3-year-old filly Executiveprivilege continues to be postponed, and Sunday morning trainer Bob Baffert ruled out the first major objective of spring.
“I don’t see her making the Kentucky Oaks,” Baffert said. “I’ve just been training her lightly, with her feet.”
FLORENCE, Ky. – Black Onyx, the 15-1 winner of the Grade 3, $550,000 Spiral Stakes on Saturday at Turfway Park, exited the race in fine shape and was scheduled to ship to Churchill Downs on Tuesday or Wednesday to settle in for his next start in the May 4 Kentucky Derby, trainer Kelly Breen said early Sunday.
