With a horse as flexible as Brickyard Ride owner/raider Alfred (Sonny) Pais and trainer Craig Lewis had plenty to choose from over Memorial Day weekend at Santa Anita . Park. A sprinter whose terrifying front-end speed has withered many opponents, the Brickyard Ride has also proven capable on two turns and on the pitch.
Pais and Lewis sensibly opted for $200,000-$200,000 for the Triple Bend Stakes (G2) on May 29. Not only is it pocket-sized and the top of their four picks, the seven-sided clamps. Its land plays a vital role in Brickyard Ride’s best talents. Brickyard Ride will face five opponents and tie 4 with regular rider Juan Hernandez.
After the Brickyard Ride pulled home 2 1/4 of the length in the April 30 Kona Gold Stakes (G3) at 6 1/2 on the ground, Pais discussed his next warm-up. .
“They have four races in a month,” he said. “I’m sure if all goes well we’ll be in one of them.”
As a California bred, Brickyard Ride could win $100,000 Thor’s Echo Stakes in six races, one he won last year, or $100,000 Crystal Water Stakes in one mile of grass. , both scheduled for May 28 as two of five holdings for those running the Cal-breds and California races. In its two races against Kona Gold, Brickyard Ride won the Tiznow Stakes at one mile on dirt track and the Sensational Star Stakes at about six and a half on the downhill grass of Santa Anita. Then also opens up the final possibility — $100,000 Daytona Staking (G3T) May 29 in the same course and distance.
Pais says their choice will also depend on where the others have gone, saying, “I don’t want to meet Flight route anytime soon. “But the Brickyard Ride also frightens others.
Mike Puype, second Kona Gold coach and fellow Cal-bred Tigre Di Slugo put his gelding on Thor’s Echo and stated emphatically, “We’re running where there’s no Brickyard Ride.”
If Brickyard Ride wins the Triple Bend, it will be his fifth straight bet win, all coming at the current Santa Anita meeting. Only Round table in 1957-58 together won 5 consecutive bets in a single meeting in Santa Anita.
Brickyard Ride, son of Clubhouse Ride –Brickyard Helen via Pictures of the South has developed a fan base, Pais said, adding, “People love watching horses like him; they miss horses like him.”
None of Brickyard Ride’s Triple Bend rivals will win a stake in 2022. Fellow Cal-bred Principe Carlo probably has the best form lately. Last year’s Cary Grant Stakes winner for Cal-breds and Cal-sired, 6-year-old son of Noisy ranked second on March 5 San Carlos Shares presented by FanDuel (G2). Kyle Frey rides from post 5 to coach Librado Barocio, who has claimed Principe Carlo for $20,000 by the end of 2020 and Barocio’s Mia Familia Racing Stable.
Being assaulted a 5-year-old son of Spinning candy owned by CRK Stable and coached by Peter Eurton, has not started since finishing third in Triple Bend in 2021.
“We just gave him time for some of the little things,” Eurton said. “It turned out to be longer than we thought, but he’s gone now. We’re very pleased with the way he’s coached. It was a tough race, but we’re all looking forward to it because of him. It’s also quite difficult.”
Pilot Edwin Maldonado Under attack from post #2.
Rest of the field includes 2020 winner American Pharoah Stakes (G1) Get her number (Ramon Vazquez, lesson 1) for coach Ruben Alvarado, second American Pharoah of 2019 American Theorem (Joe Bravo, post 3) for trainer George Papaprodromou and winner claim option allowance Voters (Ricardo Gonzalez, lesson 6) for coach John Sadler. Voters also get to participate on May 30 Steve Sexton Mile Stakes (G3) at Lone Star Park.
Item: Triple S. (G2)
Santa Anita . ParkSunday, May 29, 2022, Race 4
- Level II
- 7f
- Dust
- 200,000 dollars
- 4 years or more
- 2:30pm (local)
