INGLEWOOD, Calif. - Came Home surpassed $1 million in earnings and won his fifth stakes of 2002 in Sunday's $500,000 , a performance that left new jockey Mike Smith wondering what the colt could have done if he had concentrated.
"He was looking around a lot more than I remember him doing," Smith said. Smith rode Came Home for the first time in the Grade 2 Swaps, replacing the retired Chris McCarron.
Sent off as the 1-2 favorite, Came Home led through fractions of 23.51 and 47.06 seconds and was never threatened, winning by 1 1-4 lengths over Like a Hero.