In Summation gets the last word in Palos Verdes

Waterford Stable's IN SUMMATION (Put It Back) just subdued the pacesetting

Barbecue Eddie (Stormy Atlantic) by a neck in the final strides of Monday's

$150,000

Palos

Verdes H. (G2) at Santa Anita, blazing six furlongs in a Cushion Track

record of 1:06 3/5. The top two were reprising their roles from the El Conejo H.

(G3) on New Year's Day, where In Summation had likewise collared Barbecue Eddie

to establish a new track mark for 5 1/2 furlongs. Dispatched as the 9-5 favorite

in the Martin Luther King Jr. Day feature, the Palos Verdes hero gave back

$5.60, $3 and $2.20 while keying $1 exotics worth $8.20 (exacta) and $17 (1-3-2

trifecta).

With Rafael Bejarano subbing for regular rider Corey Nakatani, who broke his

collarbone on Saturday, In Summation tracked in second through splits of :21

1/5, :43 and :54 2/5. In deep stretch, Barbecue Eddie tried to hold on, but In

Summation kept coming relentlessly and managed to get his neck in front. The

valiant runner-up returned $3 and $2.40 as the 2-1 second choice. It was another

3 3/4 lengths back to Surf Cat (Sir Cat), who yielded $2.60 to show as the 7-2

third choice. Soul City Slew (Slew City Slew) checked in fourth, followed by

Ididn'tdoanything (Trippi), Copa de Plata (Pioneering) and Fly Dorcego (Brz)

(Choctaw Ridge).

The Christophe Clement-trained In Summation improved his lifetime mark to

21-10-5-0, $905,166. The five-year-old captured the 2007 Bing Crosby H. (G1) in

his synthetic debut and has since posted a dead-heat win in the Arlington Sprint

H. and a runner-up showing in the Vernon O. Underwood S. (G3) prior to his El

Conejo score. The nine-time stakes star has also placed in three graded stakes.

The winner was bred in the Sunshine State by Arthur I. Appleton and produced

from the winning Fiesta Baby (Dayjur), who is out of 1987 Coaching Club American

Oaks (G1) and Mother Goose S. (G1) heroine Fiesta Gal (Alleged). In Summation

sold for $80,000 at the 2004 OBS August yearling sale and brought $130,000 at

the 2005 OBS March two-year-old sale. He counts Canadian stakes winner Dakota

Duke (Stormy Atlantic) as a half-brother.

Assistant trainer Nicholas Bachalard said that In Summation "would go home

(to Florida), get a break and hopefully come back for the Breeders' Cup (Sprint

[G1]) here in October."