Grade 2 winner VICTORY U. S. A (Victory Gallop) drew the highweight of 120
pounds in Sunday’s Las Flores H. (G3) at Santa Anita. The Bob Baffert trainee
will be making her first appearance since July when she finished third
in the San Clemente H. (G2) and will face a field of nine other veteran fillies
and mares. QUERO QUERO (Royal Academy), a Grade 2 winner and runner-up in the
Milady Breeders’ Cup H. (G1), was assigned 117 pounds including jockey Gary
Stevens. This will be the Paulo Lobo charge’s five-year-old debut.
The line-up with jockeys and imposts from the rail out are LIZ ON POLK STREET
(A.P. Indy), Jose Valdivia, Jr., 114; Victory U. S. A., David Flores; MINNIE THE
MOOCHER (Fast Play), Victor Espinoza, 112; Quero Quero; PUXA SACO (Dehere), Mike
Smith, 115; DELIZIA (Distant View), Tyler Baze, 113; MISS TERRIBLE (Arg), Alex
Solis, 116; RUN REBECCA RUN (Swiss Yodeler), Julio Garcia, 113; MAZELLA (Mazel
Trick), Jon Court, 113; PAPA TO KINZIE (Boston Harbor), Patrick Valenzuela, 114.