California-trained horses, shut out in the course of the 2023 occasion at Santa Anita Park, rebounded by capturing three of the 14 Breeders’ Cup races Nov. 1-2 at Del Mar, and others carried out effectively with runner-up finishes.
Citizen Bull , an Into Mischief 2-year-old colt, acquired California within the win column by main all through in Friday’s Juvenile (G1) for Corridor of Fame coach Bob Baffert, after which on Saturday, Straight No Chaser took the Dash (G1) for coach Dan Blacker and Full Serrano took the Filth Mile (G1) for coach John Sadler.
Citizen Bull seems prone to be honored in late January as champion 2-year-old male for house owners SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Dianne Bashor, Decided Stables, Bob Masterson, Tom Ryan, Waves Edge Capital, and Catherine Donovan. Equally, MyRacehorse’s Straight No Chaser will probably be on the shortlist for a lot of Eclipse Award voters as champion male sprinter after a brief however rewarding marketing campaign.
Sitting outdoors his barn Sunday morning, Blacker described the slim victory from Straight No Chaser, a 5-year-old son of Speightster , as surreal.
“The entire group put a lot work into these items, as each barn does within the nation,” he stated. “Simply to be rewarded like that was very particular. He is only a actually gifted, actually quick horse, and he was born that means.
“We’re simply fortunate to have him within the barn and grateful to the blokes that picked him out of the sale, and we’re simply grateful to the house owners for being so affected person and permitting us to type of get him prepared and in his personal time. And I feel once you’re affected person like that, often it would work out in your favor.”
He indicated he would wait per week earlier than specializing in upcoming targets for Straight No Chaser.
Sadler was joined barnside Sunday by his house owners, Stephanie and Kosta Hronis of Hronis Racing, as they savored Full Serrano’s triumph with a cutback in distance in Saturday’s Filth Mile. He had beforehand pale to second within the 1 1/4-mile Pacific Traditional (G1).
Together with Sadler, Kosta and Stephanie Hronis have now loved three Breeders’ Cup victories, proudly owning horses solely of their secure identify or in partnership. They beforehand received the Traditional (G1) in 2018 with Speed up and that very same race in 2022 with Flightline .
“Speed up was particular,” Kosta Hronis stated. “Plenty of grade 1s. That was our first. To be a part of that was a dream come true. To me, the Traditional is the World Sequence contained in the Tremendous Bowl. It is the race of the races. However Full Serrano, since he is come right here (to the USA) has been an incredible horse. Loves figuring out. Loves being on the monitor. So it’s totally satisfying as a result of he is such a professional.”
“For me, the final one is at all times nice,” Sadler famous. “Flightline was a generational horse, so this one a pair years later is nice additionally.”
Full Serrano, a 5-year-old son of Full Mast , was scheduled to return to Santa Anita later Sunday morning.
“We’ll verify him out up there over the subsequent week or so, then we’ll begin to map out some plans,” Sadler stated.
Although there was one equine fatality Saturday when Turf (G1T) competitor Jayarebe died of a suspected coronary heart assault, monitor veterinarian Brent Cassady advised Del Mar publicity he didn’t hear one report of any sore horses returning to their stalls after the race except for Believing, who flipped within the gate earlier than the Turf Dash (G1T) and was scratched. Believing was stated to be a bit of sore however in any other case positive, per Del Mar publicity.
