1/17-19 (SA): Ynez; Rafael; Fernando; Encino; Marcos; Pedro (PP's)
 

SAT 6th (3:05) Santa Ynez S. (G2)

7 Furlongs (All Weather Track) | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $150,000

http://www.brisnet.com/bris_link/pdf...sse_136173.pdf

1 Candilejas Garcia M 114 L
2 Nan Nakatani C S 114 L
3 Pinkarella Rosario J 114 L
4 Spanish Ice Flores D R 114 L
5 Empressive Lady Baze M C 114 L
6 Turtle Creek Babe Espinoza V 114 L
7 Deeveetee Husbands P 116 L
8 Evita Argentina Gomez G K 123 L
9 Alpha Kitten Baze T C 114 L
10 Real Fancy Runner Talamo J 114 L



SAT 7th (3:36) San Rafael S. (G3)

1 Mile (All Weather Track) | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $100,000

http://www.brisnet.com/bris_link/pdf...ill_136179.pdf

1 The Pamplemousse Solis A 116 L
2 Fiddlers Afleet Baze M C 116 L
3 Brother Keith Gomez G K 116 L
4 Ryehill Dreamer (IRE) Smith M E 119
5 Papa Clem Baze T C 116 L
6 Square Eddie Bejarano R 122 L
7 Charlie's Moment Rosario J 116 L
8 Feisty Suances Flores D R 116 L



SAT 8th (4:07) San Fernando S. (G2)

1 1/16 Miles (All Weather Track) | Open | 4 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $150,000

http://www.brisnet.com/bris_link/pdf...ion_136123.pdf

1 Muny Flores D R 120 L
2 Wishful Tomcat Rosario J 118 L
3 Cherokee Artist Valdivia J Jr 118 L
4 Blue Exit Rios J M 116 Blk-On L
5 Booted Espinoza V 116 L
6 Nownownow Talamo J 116 Blk-On L
7 Madeo Smith M E 120 L
8 El Gato Malo Nakatani C S 122 L
9 Silver Sword Baze M C 116 L
10 Slew's Tiznow Bejarano R 118 L
11 Tres Borrachos Baze T C 120 L
12 Dakota Phone Gomez G K 118 L



SUN 8th (4:07) El Encino S. (G2)

1 1/16 Miles (All Weather Track) | Fillies | 4 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $150,000

1 Step Softly (GB) Rosario J 115
2 Country Star Bejarano R 117 L
3 Magger Bags Talamo J 115 Blk-Off
4 Love to Siphon Baze T C 115 L
5 Lethal Heat Sutherland C 119 L
6 Miss Singhsix (IRE) Solis A 117 L
7 Czechers Flores D R 117 L
8 Life Is Sweet Gomez G K 115 L
9 Accopela Choir Garcia M 117 Blk-On L
10 Christmas Ship Nakatani C S 115 L
11 Ginger Pop Valdivia J Jr 115 L
12 Foxy Danseur Smith M E 119 L



MON 7th (3:36) San Pedro S.

6 1/2 Furlongs (All Weather Track) | Open | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $70,000

1 Congor Bay Husbands P 117 L
2 Ventana Rosario J 115 L
3 Flashmans Papers (GB) Bejarano R 119 L
4 Arashi Cat Potts C L 115 L
5 Point Attended Baze M C 115 L
6 Cut the Check Valdivia J Jr 115 Blk-On L
7 Comic Club Talamo J 115 L
8 Princeandrew Flores D R 115 L



MON 8th (4:07) San Marcos S. (G2)

1 1/4 Miles (Turf) | Open | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $150,000

1 Cover Magic Potts C L 115 Blk-Off
2 Stream Cat Talamo J 119 L
3 Marsh Side Castellano J J 123 L
4 Ferneley (IRE) Espinoza V 115 L
5 Medici Code (GB) Bejarano R 115 L
6 Artiste Royal (IRE) Gomez G K 115
7 Obrigado (FR) Rosario J 115 L
8 Black Astor Smith M E 115 L
9 Fitz Flag (ARG) Flores D R 115
10 Spring House Solis A 119 L

San Fernando:

Booted!!

does Biancone normally out-do Headley in the A.M.?

-in reference to Nownownow's worktab

love the booted / el gato malo exacta!!!!

Love this horse but I dont like the 2 week from last race angle.

Booted looks too slow, and likely overbet.

he works em quick enough

Okay, why is this n2x filly race a G2 stakes? Since when is it as important or historic as the storied Suburban Hcp or the Arkansas Derby? Race grades are fast becoming a joke.

have any good horses won this race, say in the last ten years, did they prove themselves as grade 2 horses over time? You know that races are pre-graded so looking at todays field and commenting on the grade is useless.

Yeah the 2 weeks is quick, but with a trainer like Mandella that in no way shape or form, rushes his horses, he must really think he is ready! I just loved this horse when they got him and I expect big things from him.

I also expect big things from him in the future however Mandella is probably using the San Fernando as a gauge to see how he does well with stakes caliber horses and probably not expecting a win this time. He WILL have this horse fit and ready for the SA Handicap though and then I will be all over him.

he is running him because the owner told him to, that is a fact.

Does anyone have a heads up on whether Fiesty Suances will go at SA or GG ?

Why do u say that?

best indication i had that he's going to SA is that drf expects him to set the pace in the rafeal...

If a great horse wins a non-graded stakes early on in his career or first off the layoff, does that mean the race is has improved? This is a prep race, a stepping-stone race, and a restricted one (fillies, 3yos) at that. Proverbially, a camel is a horse put together by committee and our race grading process is cobbled together in a similar fashion.

Scratched down to 5... :mad: Pretty much becomes a waste of a graded stakes. Once again race fans getting the short end of it.

5 Papa Clem Baze T C 116 L
7 Charlie's Moment Rosario J 116 L
8 Feisty Suances Flores D R 116 L

because Mandella wanted to wait, the owner wants to run

yea, was an intriguing betting race, now....not so much

That seems right cause Mandella does not seem the type to run off just 2 weeks rest.

and the owner is, remember Greelys Galaxy and the campagne they had, same with the Ellis horse who finished fourth in the derby on a weeks rest. In each case the owner said run this horse in this spot, and since the owner buys really nice horses they are not going to say no.

cherrokee artist is gonna run big

None that I can remember and I have been going to see this race since 1973.

1:11 bullet from the gate from a horse you wouldn't have really thought of as a fast horse at all even with the BC win on the soft turf

good training job by biancone , and he worked him a gate bullet before the 7f sprint race where he chased a ridiculous 1:20 and then he wins here today.

The game can be pretty, and ugly in the same light. Good horses and good horseman and good medicine everywhere not just in this case.

anyone know what happened to Brother Keith ?

He broke on top in the San Rafael...

I was hoping he would be out front, and then he went wrong somehow...
At first it looked like the jockey was choking him back, or maybe the bit was wrong, and then i thought he was being pulled up to avoid a breakdown...

then at the end he was hard ridden and whipped to get up for 4th. :confused:

was he rank early? probably one of those instances where they were trying to teach a horse who wants to run off early how to rate. doesn't sound like he learned that lesson well...

so much for reading those drf articles about a race! i thought syns were supposed to eliminate these small fields?

Sad actually and they will be whining about the economy when their handle is down yet they can't even fill the gates for a graded stake. Last year both the San Rafel and Robert Lewis both offered no superfecta.

may have wanted to blow the turn

On HRTV after the race, I believe it was Millie Ball who reported that the she talked to Bobby Frankel who thought that the horse bolted to the outside when he came out of the turn and the sun hits his eyes.