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Unbeaten El Gato Malo Takes San Rafael Stakes at Santa Anita Park
The 2008 West Coast Triple Crown campaign got underway at Santa Anita Park as unbeaten El Gato Malo beat Indian Sun by 6 1/4 lengths in the $150,000 San Rafael Stakes (gr. III) on Saturday, January 12.
Ridden for the first time by David Flores for horse trainer Craig Dollase, the Kentucky Derby prep race of one mile was covered in a record time of of 1:37.37. Making his graded stakes debut, El Gato Malo paid $6.80, $4.40 and $2.60.
Indian Sun, coming off a 5th place finish in the CashCall Futurity for trainer Dan Hendricks and ridden by jockey Alex Solis, came second and returned $6.20 and $3. The 3-2 favorite Massive Drama under jockey Rafael Bejarano finished third and paid $2.20 to show.
“I’m still dreaming,” said Jeff Bloom, executive vice president for West Point Thoroughbreds. “After the great year we just had, to start off this season with a horse like this is so special. That first Saturday in May is looking pretty promising.”
Completing the lineup of horses that ran in Santa Anita’s San Rafael Stakes are: Sierra Sunset, Talk of a Cat and Overbid. Spinning Sound was scratched.
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4 Responses to “Unbeaten El Gato Malo Takes San Rafael Stakes at Santa Anita Park”
jerry norton
January 14th, 2008 at 1:30 am
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[…] Gato Malo burst out and dominated Santa Anita Park with an irrefutable 6 1/4 length victory in the San Rafael Stakes. Jockey David Flores will be riding El Gato Malo this […]
[…] Charlie, finished 4th in the Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) and second to El Gato Malo in the San Rafael Stakes (gr. III) on the synthetic track this year. Jockey Alex Solis will be riding Indian Sun for horse […]
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January 14th, 2008 at 1:30 am
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