With coach Bob Baffert suspended, coach Tim Yakteen has been given an arsenal full of young 3-year-old talent that is gearing up to hit the bet action this weekend. On April 9th at $400,000 Santa Anita Oaks (G2), Yakteen will rest in peace with stable friends Adare Manor and Under the stars on a final quest to earn coveted points for the Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1) on May 6 at Churchill Downs.
The 1/16-mile Santa Anita Oaks is the top prep race for the Kentucky Oaks at Santa Anita . Park and 100 points recognition for the race winner. Despite the fact Under the Stars and Adare Manor caught the prep races for this season’s designated Kentucky Oaks in the Santa Ynez (G2) and Las Virgenes (G3) stakes, neither of them qualified. sue for any Road to the Oaks points as a result of a two-year suspension of Churchill Downs Inc. issued Baffert for the failed drug test of the 2021 Kentucky Derby disqualification by Woodford Reserve (G1) winner Medina Spirit.
Michael Lund Petersen’s Adare Manor, a daughter of Uncle Mo , beat her rivals by 13 lengths in Las Virgenes Stock on February 6 in her share debut for Baffert. That followed a first stroll on Santa Anita Park’s main track in January. Roasted Black Bay, who has caught her last two starts in a run-in fashion, can be difficult to catch up front, with her steady friend being one of her speed rivals. .
Yakteen said Adare Manor is “doing great.”
Under the Stars is regal bred, half-sister to millionaire and grade 1 award winning male Bodemeister , who is a bit more experienced than the two former Baffert interns. After graduating at the third start, Pioneers of the Nile dirtyly defeated Awakening in Midnyte at the Santa Ynez Stakes on January 8 before extending it to two runs in Santa Ysabel on March 6 (G3). In that attempt, she overcame the slow pace and exercised her rambling ability in the 1/16 mile competition before being narrowly defeated by the level 1 winner. Eda at the wire.
Adare Manor will be ridden by John Velazquez and break from the outer turret in the short 5th area while Mike Smith replaces John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith’s Under the Stars from 3.
Runhappy Santa Anita Derby (G1) candidate Messier and Adare Manor both kick off April 2, with Adare Manor timed at 1:00 p.m. May 2 for five bushings.
Yakteen said: “Messier is also spectacular (Adare Manor). “We’re on the right track. The pieces were exactly what I was looking for and were perfectly executed.”
Yakteen duo may face a slow and much improved Not easy in Santa Anita Oaks. A 2nd grade winner last fall in the Santa Anita oval, daughter of Into Mischief ranked third in Santa Ysabel after 5 months of layoffs. Owned by Old Bones Racing Stable, Michael Lombardi and Joey Platts, intern Phil D’Amato has been received three times since she showed Santa Ysabel.
She was worked on by Santa Anita Oaks’ steady friend and long photograph Desert dawn in a six pack wind at 1:13 2/5 April 3 in Santa Anita.
Juan Hernandez has a call.
MyRacehorse and Spendthrift Farm’s Micro sharing impressions of her final maiden score and H&E Ranch’s Desert dawn, fourth in Santa Ysabel, complete the field. In addition to the 100 qualifying Kentucky Oaks points for winners, Santa Anita Oaks offers scores on a 40-20-10 scale for those in second through fourth.
Micro Share’s coach, Richard Mandella, readily acknowledged Oaks was a step up for his intern, but added, “She won brilliantly, so we’re going to jump into that and See what happens.”
Item: Santa Anita Oaks (G2)
Santa Anita . ParkSaturday, April 9, 2022, Race 4
- Level II
- 1 1/16m
- Dust
- 400,000 dollars
- 3 yo Fillies
- 1:35pm (local)
