San Vicente a match of four stable friends of Baffert

Shares San Vicente January 29 (G2) at Santa Anita . Park shows off a showdown of horses trained by Bob Baffert, with the Hall of Fame featuring four of the five participants in the three-year $200,000 seven-stage race, including all horses. favorite horse.

The most successful of Baffert’s quartet is the double-sorted bet winner Havnamemeldown achieved a 1 1/4 long score with seven eighths in Bob Hope Stakes (G3) on November 20 at Del Mar to owners Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman. Top racer Juan Hernandez is overhead.

The first to win the first five rounds on July 24, Havnameltdown then won the Best Pal Stakes (G3) by six rounds on August 14. In his only loss. , Havnameltdown came in second, beaten 5-1/2 length by his highly regarded stable friend stone cave in Del Mar Futurity (G1) September 11th.

Florida-bred Havnameltdown, a gulf pony lion heart stallion uncaught , was purchased for $200,000 from Blas Perez Stable for $200,000 at the Ocala Breeders Spring Training Sale 2022. With three wins in four starts, he is the top earner in the field with $288,000.

by Michael Lund Peterson Faustin another of Baffert’s four entries, was an even more expensive purchase in the same sale, purchased for $800,000 from De Meric’s Sales consignment.

He hit that price point on his debut, surging past a slightly sluggish opening to score 2 3/4 length in his December 26 debut. Is the son of make for curly among many class 1 winners hard not to like , the flashy gray Faustin seems to have a pedigree to success over the longer term. Ramon Vazquez riding a horse.

Even money on the first launch, Baffert’s Fort Warren raced ahead of fashion virtually from gate to cord at half length under Hernandez. With Hernandez committing to Havnameltdown, Hall of Famer John Velazquez takes over the $550,000 purchase of Keeneland’s Annual September Promotion from a Taylor Made Sales Agent shipment.

The same owners and Baffert are also represented by Gilmore who broke his daughter four lengths at the speed of a mile Racetrack Los Alamitos Dec. 10. Down 1-5 to Hernandez, he bounced back strongly in the second leg to go home in his second opener.

Hall of Famer Mike Smith takes the ride on a $250,000 September Keeneland purchase from a Hill ‘n’ Dale Dealership shipment.

In a role that seems unlikely to redefine sadness if he wins, Ryan Hanson’s coach child man will take on the Baffert team in the start of his sixth career. The son of creative cause most recently finished second, got hit in the head 6-5 at 6 1/2 unsorted at Lawn heaven December 21st.

Earlier in his career, Man Child was beaten in third place behind Havnameltdown in the second start of the Best Pal Stakes at Del Mar for owners California Racing Partners, Ciaglia Racing, Michelle (Yu) Hanson, Richard Pearson, Timothy Husted and Robert Drenk., Man Child, whose overall record is 1-1-2 in five races, will be re-ridden by Diego Herrera.

The San Vicente five-horse is positioned early on the Sunday card as the second race.

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