Mr. Fisk, Medoro Highlights Santa Anita Classified Shares

Older fillies on dirt and 3-year-olds on turf, both at 1 1/8 miles, will see graded action on April 20, respectively. in the Californian Stakes (G3) and Providencia Stakes (G3T). Santa Anita Park offers two stakes after a short break between the Classic Meeting and the Hollywood Meeting, the latter covering multiple days from the old Hollywood Park.

The Californian, preparing for the Hollywood Gold Cup (G2), was recently downgraded for 2024. 2nd last year when Bob Baffert trained sponsorship is cancelled won, the California was at one time a level 1 event, such as when Sunday silence won it in 1990.

This year’s Baffert delivers Mr. Fisk two-time stakes winner in 2023, when the colt won the Common Faith Stakes late in the match Del Marsummer meet and then the Native Diver Stakes (G3) at the fall meet at Del Mar. Mr. Fisk, son of Superior, most recently finished fifth in the San Pasqual Stakes (G2) after crashing at the start and racing wide. Kazushi Kimura will move from the number 5 position.

Do not exceed the law is a veteran of the California field and has the services of jockey Tyler Baze from the railroad. With 31 previous starts, the 6-year-old has more experience than his four 4-year-old competitors combined. A four-time stakes winner, None Above the Law has not won since entering the 2021 Del Mar Derby (G2T) and has been asked for two refunds of $50,000. Jorge Periban is currently training his California-bred son Karakontie .

Coach Doug O’Neill is in Mixture (Antonio Fresu, lesson 3) and Secret (Edwin Maldonado, lesson 4). Mixto broke his maiden last November and in his next three starts has been bet twice. Mystification picked up the win, his second and third in five starts and is making his second appearance.

Judge Miller , trained by Mark Glatt and ridden from 2nd by Mike Smith, has only started three times. Second on his debut, he has taken two wins since then, including an 11-length victory on February 24 in an optional allowance claim. This is the debut for full brothers of many grade 1 winners clariere .

Medoro brought victory to Providencia

Medoro , coached by Peter Eurton, looks like the class of the Providencia yard. Fresu has ridden her in all three starts and she has never lost. Those included back-to-back wins in the Dec. 29 Blue Norther Stakes and March 10 China Doll Stakes, both within a mile of each other on turf at Santa Anita. Fresu is back on board from position 3.

Lawn paradise. cherry blossom And Whitney pink finished one-two in the Arizona Oaks March 14, a nose apart, at a distance of one mile on dirt. Hector Berrios will ride Sakura Blossom for trainer Leonard Powell from position 6, and Kyle Frey will ride Pink Whitney for O’Neill from position 8.

O’Neill will also be reassured Lamporghini (Maldonado, lesson 4). Despite making his debut, Lamporghini has finished first or second in all five starts since starting fifth on his debut last year.

Item: Providencia S. (G3T)

Santa Anita ParkSaturday, April 20, 2024, Stage 8

• Class IIIT
• 1 1/8m
• Pitch
• 100,000 USD
• 3 years old
• 4:30 p.m. (local)