Off and racing at Santa Anita (Benoit Photo)
Notable 2-Year-Olds: Beholder Baby, Full To Brickyard Ride Work
Santa Anita Stable Notes By Victor Ryan
ARCADIA, Calif.—The Santa Anita Hollywood Meet comes to an end next Sunday, but not before four more stakes are run, including the first 2-year-old stakes of the year.
Next Saturday, Santa Anita will host the Fasig-Tipton Futurity and Fasig-Tipton Debutante, both contested at five furlongs on the main track. Among the notable nominees for the Futurity are debut winner Refocus for trainer Doug O’Neill and Going Mobile for trainer Steve Knapp.
Notable nominees for the Debutante include Becky’s Dream, who earned an 80 Beyer Speed Figure in a debut win for trainer Hector Palma May 27; Crazy Hot, a 10-length debut winner for trainer Jeff Bonde who is also nominated to the Futurity; and debut graduate Recalcitrant for O’Neill.
On Sunday, Santa Anita will host the 84th running of the GIII San Juan Capistrano at about 1 ¾ miles down the hillside turf and the Possibly Perfect for fillies and mares going 1 ¼ miles on turf. Notable nominees for the San Juan Capistrano include the streaking graded-stakes winner Offlee Naughty and Duvet Day, both trained by Michael McCarthy; Planetario for trainer Richard Mandella and Midwest-based Grade III winner Foreign Relations for trainer Conor Murphy.
Nominees for the Possibly Perfect include Duvet Day and graded stakes winner Neige Blanche for trainer Leonard Powell and Midwest-based stakes winner Viburnum for trainer Kelsey Danner.
Notable 2-Year-Olds: Beholder Baby, Full To Brickyard Ride Work
Among the 213 horses to have timed workouts on another damp morning at Santa Anita Sunday were a pair of notable 2-year-olds.
Working three furlongs for Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella was an unnamed filly by Bolt d’Oro out of the Hall of Fame racemare Beholder. She went three furlongs for the first time, completing the move in 36.00 seconds. She previously had a trio of two-furlong works starting May 13.
Also working was Brickhouse Ride, a 2-year-old full brother to top California-bred Brickyard Ride. He was timed going one furlong in 12.60 seconds. Brickhouse Ride, like Brickyard Ride, is owned and bred by Alfred A. Pais and trained by Craig Lewis.
Trainer Michael McCarthy worked multiple graded-stakes winner Offlee Naughty and stakes winner Duvet Day, who are both nominated to next Sunday’s GIII San Juan Capistrano.
Offlee Naughty, who has won three straight including the GII Charles Whittingham and GIII San Luis Rey, drilled four furlongs in 49.20 seconds. Duvet Day, winner of the Astra Stakes here Jan. 21 and most recently second in the April 30 Santa Barbara, worked four furlongs in 53.00 seconds.
A pair of notable 3-year-old also worked. Reincarnate, most recently 13th in the Kentucky Derby, drilled four furlongs in 48.20 seconds for Bob Baffert. Also working for Doug O’Neill was Henry Q, most recently third in the GIII Peter Pan May 13 at Belmont Park. The Blame colt worked six furlongs in 1:13.00.
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