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 Kalypso gets a pat from Joel Rosario after winning the Santa Ynez Stakes |
Date: 1/03/2021
The feature race at Santa Anita on Sunday was the $200,000 Santa Ynez Stakes (G2) for 3-year-old fillies sprinting seven furlongs on the main track worth 10 points to the winner in the Road to the Kentucky Oaks. Conditions were excellent again with sunny skies, a fast track, and temperatures in the mid 60's. Bob Baffert entered 4 of the 7 fillies to be drawn, but scratched Starlet Stakes (G1) winner Varda on race day, leaving 6 in the gate. Anaoakia Stakes winner Kalypso was sent off as the 9-10 favorite off her 2nd place finish in the Starlet. In to challenge her included both her stablemates, 7-2 second choice Frosteria, still winless but 2nd in all 3 starts against maidens, and 9-2 third choice Exotic West, a debut winner on November 21 at Del Mar.
 Kalypso leads down the stretch |
Pgm Horse Jockey Win Place Show 7 Kalypso Rosario 3.80 2.80 2.20 6 Frosteria Smith 3.60 2.80 1 Brilliant Cut Gonzalez 5.80 Winning Time: 1:23.42 $1 Exacta 7-6 5.60 $1 Trifecta 7-6-1 89.30 $1 Superfecta 7-6-1-4 351.00 |
Left: Kalypso in the winner's circle. Winning trainer Bob Baffert, who trained the first 2 finishers, said, "She has natural speed and she's a really fast filly. She had the lead for a long time in the Starlet, backing up it's a big difference to go 7/8ths. The way she broke today, she was in a good spot and she was really training well coming into this race so it's pretty exciting that she got a win."
Right: Kalypso heads back to the barn after the race. Winning jockey Joel Rosario said, "She broke good and put me right into the race, in a good position. I'm just happy to be on her. She was the best horse and she'll be better going longer distances."
Kalypso in the paddock and walking ring before the race. Baffert added, "I would try her long again, as they get older they are maturing. You can slow her down a little bit like today she was pretty relaxed. She wasn't too rank where she went real fast but we'll just see how they come out of it"
Left: Second place finisher Frosteria in the paddock before the race. Trainer Bob Baffert said, "My other filly (Frosteria) ran a good race, for a maiden, I wanted to take a chance. I think I'll just run her in a maiden race (next time)."
Right: Third place finisher Brilliant Cut in the post parade. The Doug O'Neill trainee improved her record to 1 win, 0 seconds, and 1 third in 5 starts, earning $50,300 for owners ERJ Racing, David Kenney, William Strauss, and Dennis O'Neill.
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