SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Classic Fool ($84.80), a maiden with only two seconds and two thirds in 19 starts, stunned five rivals, including 1-2 favorite Cappuchino and Metatron, uncoupled stablemates both of whom had placed in graded stakes, to win the $60,600 Governor's Handicap at the California State Fair on Saturday.
Classic Fool, bred, owned and trained by Thomas Stewart, was fifth through the opening half mile of the 1 1/8-mile race, while saving ground. He began to cut into pacesetting Cappuchino's lead on the turn and heading into the stretch.