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Rebounds were the theme in Santa Anita’s graded stakes on Sunday, as Straight No Chaser wired the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G2), and Sugar Fish won the Zenyatta (G2).
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Che Evasora, winner of a Breeders’ Cup Challenge event in her native Argentina, will make her stateside debut in Sunday’s Zenyatta (G2) at Santa Anita.
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The knock on multiple Grade 1-winning millionaire Adare Manor is that she tends to beat up on inferior opposition, often by dictating as she pleases on the front end.
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Sweet Azteca stretched her speed in the Beholder Mile (G1) at Santa Anita, while Kinza continued her domination of the local three-year-old fillies in the Santa Ysabel (G3).
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Michael Lund Petersen’s Adare Manor appeared to have a straightforward task on paper in Sunday’s Zenyatta (G2) at Santa Anita, and the 1-10 favorite ensured that there would be no suspense.
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Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1) contender Adare Manor brings a four-race winning streak into the $200,000 Zenyatta (G2), the first of four stakes at Santa Anita Sunday.
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After romping in a pair of Grade 2s by a combined margin of nine lengths, Adare Manor was backed into 3-5 favoritism in Saturday’s Clement L. Hirsch (G1) at Del Mar. The Bob Baffert trainee had to work a lot harder, but ultimately got the job done.
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The streaking Adare Manor will square off against her Bob Baffert stablemate Fun to Dream in Saturday’s $400,000 Clement L. Hirsch (G1) at Del Mar.
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Played Hard survived a claim of foul to narrowly annex Friday’s La Troienne Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs.
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Brad Cox's gambit in the Beholder Mile (G1) paid off, as A Mo Reay nabbed 9-10 favorite Fun to Dream on her home track.
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After waiting 10 months to return to action in Sunday’s Green Flash H. (G3), Lieutenant Dan then had to wait a bit longer for room on the far turn at Del Mar.
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Unraced since chasing home Golden Pal in last November’s Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint (G1), Lieutenant Dan resurfaces as the defending champion in Sunday’s Green Flash H. (G3) at Del Mar.
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Three years after Argentine import Blue Prize reached top form and upset the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1), her half-sister Blue Stripe could be on a similar trajectory.
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Spring can be an unpredictable time for three-year-old Thoroughbreds, and such was the case in Sunday’s Summertime Oaks (G2) at Santa Anita.
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Forty years after his first taste of Oaks success, D. Wayne Lukas finally matched Woody Stephens' Oaks record when Secret Oath powered home.
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