Megahertz returns in Santa Ana

Megahertz will be making her third try in the Santa Ana  (Jim Tyrrell/Horsephotos.com)

Grade 1 queen MEGAHERTZ (GB) (Pivotal) will make her six-year-old debut
Saturday while taking on six rivals in the $150,000 Santa Ana H. (G2) at Santa
Anita. The Bobby Frankel-trained mare ended last year with a close head second
to the boys in the Hollywood Turf Cup S. (G1). This will be her third try in the
Santa Ana after finishing third in the 2003 edition and crossing under the line
first by a length before being disqualified to seventh last season. Alex Solis
will make up most of the 122 pounds the chestnut will have to carry as top
weight.

Among those Megahertz will face are VALENTINE DANCER (In Excess [Ire]) and
KATDOGAWN (Bahhare). The former was a repeat winner in the Sunshine Millions
Distaff in her second start this year but her first on the turf. She made her
five-year-old bow in the Paseana H. on the main track, finishing second, and
will have Jon Court back in the saddle.

Katdogawn was the beneficiary of Megahertz’s disqualification last year as
she was moved from second to first in the Santa Ana. That was her only stakes
score in 2004, but the five-year-old earned placings in five other black-type
events, including the Yellow Ribbon S. (G1) and Buena Vista H. (G2). In her
seasonal bow, she finished third in the Tuzla H. over Santa Anita’s course.

The complete field for the 1 1/8-mile grassy Santa Ana, from the rail with
riders and weights, is Valentine Dancer, 117; STUPENDOUS MISS (Dynaformer),
Victor Espinosa, 113; Megahertz; Katdogawn, Corey Nakatani, 117; BELLE ANGE (Fr)
(Ganges), Tyler Baze, 113; HOH BUZZARD (Ire) (Alhaarth), Tony Farina, 117; and
BARANCELLA (Fr) (Pat Valenzuela), 116.