San Gabriel Stakes (G3) will be on the field on December 26 at Santa Anita . Park, three of the four potential starters were scratched, and Bob and Jackie took advantage of the situation to win his first attempt on the dirt road.
With favorite morning line, Let’s go Among the scratches, coach Richard Baltas said he and owner Calvin Nguyen see no reason not to give his 5-year-old son Spinning candy a chance to show what he can do on the main track after a streak of nine losses on track – a lap that includes a second in San Gabriel 2020.
“There was no discussion,” Baltas said. “We’ve never tried him on dirt. He’s got a bit of a dirt pedigree, even though he looks like a grass horse. There’s a couple of good scratches there and it’s like, ‘ We have nothing to lose. We need to go.'”
That’s just what Bob and Jackie did. With Jose Valdivia Jr., he went straight to the lead, setting a pedestrian pace on the fast ice with Ready soul push him along. He is still responsible for getting out of the second turn.
At the time, Jose Ortiz was already a favorite after that time, Friar . Street , in the device outside the leader. After looking around a bit early in the run, he posed a serious challenge all the way to the end of his last sixteenth bout, only to fall short when he caught the winner. Ready Soul holds third place with India Peak distant and final fourth when Bob and Jackie complete 1/8 of a mile in 1:53.51.
When asked how short pitch affected results, Baltas suggested that Valdivia produced a winning attempt.
“Well, I’ve seen this horse dig before and Jose did a great job manipulating it in the back to help it relax,” the trainer said. “He raised his head a bit but he dug and he dug deep and it was a great win.”
Valdivia said the credit goes all the way, including to Bob and Jackie and his owners.
“He’s a little bit of a wait around,” he said. “But when the horse came up to him, he jumped in and tried to fight some more. But hello great team — Calvin for the shot. As he said, it was a short field ( with seven entries) and now it will be even shorter (after being scratched). So, why not?”
Bob and Jackie have not won since landing the limited Wickerr Stakes at Santa Anita in July 2020, even though he has four seconds in alternate starts. He improved to five wins from 15 starts while scoring his first bet win of any kind. Gulf has banked $484,631.
Out of the stable Zayat race light by Fateer by Eskendereya Bob and Jackie were raised in Kentucky by Zayat Stables. Nguyen purchased it via Price/Recio Bloodstock for $190,000 from a St George Sale consignment at the November 2020 Breeding Stock Sale in Keeneland.
The 5-year-old pony became Fateer’s first graded bet winner, she also created a winner in El Socio who was campaigned by Reeves Thoroughbred Racing. 3 year old pony of Bodemeister also ran on December 26 among the first companies in Gulfstream Park on the grass 1/16 miles, finishing fourth. Family with two fillings in the pipeline, Brooklynns Star, by Payer , who started this year as a minor and an upcoming unknown 2 year old The joy of kittens .
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