If the odds are to be believed, then Angels Flight Stakes, a 6 1/2 on-court test at Santa Anita Park | BloodHorse.com track record”>Santa Anita Park for 3-year-olds will set the stage for a dramatic clash between 4-5 favorite kids Manhattan jungle and second favorite Teena Ella (3-1).
While those good competitors provide drama, it’s a big step forward in the field of five, Fast and shiny who won the day.
Breaking through from the outside with a 7-1 lead under racer Abel Cedillo, Fast and Shiny held their own against highly regarded challengers until they crossed the clearing and created enough distance between them to finish the race in a starting style with a score of 1:13.19 . Teena Ella closed late, but ran out of real estate and finished more than half way through.
The fast and shiny posted fractions are :22.38, :44.56 and 1:07.02.
For the two favorites, there’s a manager investigation to determine if Teena Ella, with Kazushi Kimura in the iron, has caused Manhattan Jungle and Juan Hernandez to lose their better position when crossing the track’s dirt. or not. As the field tumbled down the hill, Kimura and Teena Ella crouched down, across the land. This move seems to have caused Hernandez to widen the angle of the shot. In the end, the managers ruled that there was no impact.
Fast and Shiny paid $17.2 on a $2 bet. Following her was Teena Ella, Manhattan Jungle, stage girl And ragtime rose .
Coached by Bob Baffert, Fast and Shiny improved to 3-0-1 from seven life cycles that started at $193,700. Owned by Michael Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman, Fast and Shiny is owned by Bernardini and out of the mare Lion Hearted spot heart .
Fast and Shiny was purchased by Three Amigos Racing Stable (Pegram, Watson and Weitman) at Keeneland September 2021 for $150,000 from a Hidden Brook shipment.
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