Sunday, Jan.
8
Sham Stakes
– Santa Anita Park
Win: National
Treasure
This three-year
colt bred in Kentucky has raced for SF Racing, LLC and Madaket Stables to name
a few of the owners. National Treasure finished first at Del Mar in the Maiden
Special Weight race on Sept. 3 in 2022. He went on the take second in the Grade
1 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita and third in the Breeders’ Cup
Juvenile on Nov. 4 at Keeneland.
Sired by
Quality Road, National Treasure is well on the way to being one the top
three-year old Thoroughbreds to come out at West Coast tracks. His forte is the
speed and power to run one mile and over in close races.
Place: Speed
Boat Beach
Another colt
trained by Baffert, Speed Boat Beach was bred in Florida by Caperlane Farms. He
won the Grade 3 Cecil B. DeMile on tuft at Del Mar on Dec. 4 as the juvenile.
On Oct. 2, Speed Boat Beach finished first in the ungraded Speakeasy Stakes at
Santa Anita in a five-furlong turf race in 0:55.25 over Helladic and Ah Jeez.
Either dirt or
turf, the son of Bayern has finish first in three of his last four races in his
two-year campaign. Speed Boat Beach makes his three-year debut on a West Coast
track at Santa Anita Park.
Show: Spun
Intended
As a son of
Hard Spun, the three-year colt has finished second at Santa Anita and first at
Del Mar in a couple of 6 ½-furlong Maiden Special Weight sprints in the fall of
2022. Spun Intended was bred in Kentucky and has raced for Edge Racing and Muir
Hut Stables, LLC.
Graduating up
to a mile on dirt, Spun Intended’s siblings are Northern Dancer and Turkoman.
He is bred to go the distance with the speed and power in his stride. His Horse
Racing Nation rating is 6.73, second only to National Treasure.
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