SAN MATEO, Calif. - Taraval ($10.80) blew past 2-to-5 favorite Banshee King in the stretch to win the $69,575 Malcolm Anderson Stakes at Bay Meadows on Sunday.
Banshee King had broken his maiden at the five-furlong distance of the stakes race only two ticks off the track record, but the 2-year-old flattened out badly even though he was in control and not pressed early.
"I was scared of (Banshee King)," winning rider Chad Schvaneveldt said. "He exploded when I went to the whip in the stretch, and I knew I had him in midstretch."