Santa Anita . Park closed the curtain on its winter/spring meeting with three stakes on the closing date, June 19, highlighted by two classified events on the pitch, $125,000 San Juan Capistrano Stakes (G3T) and $ 100,000 American Staking (G3T).
Top Santa Anita coach with 55 wins through June 15, Phil D’Amato looks for his fourth straight win in San Juan Capistrano, sending out a pair of 6-year-old veterans. Rijeka and past San Juan winner 8 years old Red King between a field of eight 1 3/4 mile races on grass with hillside starts.
Although Red King, who won San Juan 2020 and finished third in last year’s edition, is the higher performer of the two, the mixed Irish Rijeka is also in very clear current form and he is. will start for the third time after a lengthy layoff. Sunday.
Like his steady friend, the Red King, it seems like Rijeka’s best-case scenario is to fall behind early and run late. A 6-year-old racer owned by Slam Dunk Racing and Michael Nentwig, Rijeka, although never won the bet, has won five turf bets in her lifetime, including finishing in first place. 2nd place in Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (G3T) at age 2.
A full horse at the age of eight, Red King, son of English Channel who will make his fourth appearance at San Juan Capistrano, finishing second in the race for the quarter mile option at Santa Anita on May 22. Owned by Philip Belmonte and Gordon Jacobsen, Red King 40 years old -8-6-10 with an income of $560,555.
E Squared Stables, Marc Detampel and Fergus Galvin’s Modus Operandi shipping from Churchill Downs and also a very serious threat to coach Brendan Walsh.
Harry Hong Kong moves to work in an American-listed company
A dazzling winner in two starts in his only state, half-Irish Hong Kong Harry entered the ranking competition and cut the time longer as he topped the field of 10 kids 3 and up at American Stakes, a mile from Santa Anita Field.
Small in stature but endowed with great talent, Harry, a 5-year-old from Hong Kong, has won four of his seven starts in England aged 3 and 4 and made his US debut. at Santa Anita on March 6. With a 1-2 in a 1 1/8 mile match of the grass allowance option, he went slow but won easily in three innings. The same result in the second condition allowed April 16 to go 1 1/8 mile in the grass and score 1 1/2 lengths.
One of the two Phil D’Amato trainees in the US, the other Gregdar Hong Kong Harry is owned by Scott Anastasi, Jimmy Ukegawa and Tony Valazza.
The most recent, second, beat half length with a 5-2 favorite in the San Francisco Mile (G3T) at Golden Gate Field April 30, Vanzzy seemed to evaluate the big opportunity in his first start against coach Dan Blacker.
Ecrivain , Home screen and Tripoli – Who won TVG Pacific Classic (G1) last year when disqualified – are the other contenders.
Item: San Juan Capistrano S. (G3T)
Santa Anita . ParkSunday, June 19, 2022, Race 7
- Level III
- 1 3/4 m
- Grass field downhill
- $125,000
- 3 years or more
- 4:00pm (local)
Item: US S. (G3T)
Santa Anita . ParkSunday, June 19, 2022, Race 11
- Level IIIT
- 1m
- Turf
- 100,000 dollars
- 3 years or more
- 6:00pm (local)
