Baffert Sophomores Return To Santa Anita Worktab

01/20/2025 05:01 PM

Zedan Racing's Barnes (Into Mischief), perfect in his two career trips to the post, and 'TDN Rising Star' Rodriguez (Authentic) each returned to the worktab at the 'Great Race Place' Monday morning. They were joined by their Grade III-winning stablemate Getaway Car (Curlin).

Barnes, who defeated recent GIII Lecomte Stakes third Innovator (Authentic) by a head on Churchill debut Nov. 27 , worked a half-mile in :48.60 (16/69), his first breeze since romping by 5 1/2 lengths in the GII San Vicente Stakes Jan. 4. Barnes closed as the 6-1 favorites among the individual betting interests in the Kentucky Derby Future Wager (KDFW) that closed this past weekend.

Rodriguez, a well-beaten second behind future San Vicente runner-up Romanesque (Practical Joke) on Del Mar debut in late November, drilled a group of maidens by seven lengths going a mile on the San Vicente undercard, for which he received a revised Beyer of 101. The $485,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase covered his half-mile in :47.60 (3/69) in the company of GIII Best Pal Stakes hero and GI American Pharoah Stakes second Getaway Car, who was assigned the same time.

Here are the closing odds for other Santa Anita-based 3-year-olds who were part of the individual betting interests in the KDFW: Citizen Bull (Into Mischief), 17-1; Journalism (Curlin), 20-1; Rodriguez, 22-1; Gaming (Game Winner), 47-1; San Saba (Justify), 44-1; Madaket Road (Quality Road), 47-1; 'TDN Rising Star' Bullard (Gun Runner), 76-1; Romanesque, 79-1; Varney (Vekoma), 80-1; Getaway Car, 83-1.

Gaming is entered for Saturday's GII Southwest Stakes at Oaklawn Park and Citizen Bull is scheduled to make his 3-year-old bow in the GII Robert B. Lewis Stakes Feb. 1. Journalism has not breezed since winning the GII Los Alamitos Futurity in December.

Also working at Santa Anita on Monday was GI Breeders' Cup Sprint winner and Eclipse Award finalist Straight No Chaser (Speighster), who fired a bullet five furlongs in :59.20 (1/38) in preparation for the G2 Riyadh Dirt Sprint in Saudi Arabia on Feb. 22.

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