Horse Racing Results Graded Stakes Saturday, January 15, 2011 - Racehorse fans were treated to some spectacular performances on both coasts Saturday, Jan 15, during the running of three stakes races. The afternoon got off to a rousing start at Gulfstream Park as 2010 Breeder's Cup Sprint winner Big Drama returned to the races in the Grade 3, $100,000 added, Mr. Prospector Stakes at six furlongs. horseracing-predictions.com Named for one of the finest and fastest sprinters to ever grace the American racing scene, the Mr. Prospector served as a tour de force for Big Drama as he blew to the lead right out of the gate and blazed his opening quarter mile in 22.12, followed with a half mile click of 44.43, as a game and determined Custom For Carlos tried to stay with him. On the turn for home jockey Julien Leparaux gunned Custom For Carlos within a length of Big Drama, but his pilot, Eibar Coa, let out a notch on the reins, and he rebroke and was off like a shot with his five furlongs in 56.08, en route to his six panels in an eye popping 1.08.12, and a new track record. It was obvious to all that the big bay colt had much more left in the tank, and trainer David Fawkes has options galore for his prize pupil, because sprinting is not his only forte. he pulled up great and by morning his handlers will see if the fast race took anything out of the big fella. Owner Harold Queen could be sitting on a huge douple play with Big Drama, as he is the prohibitive favorite to win the Eclipse award for 2010 Champion Sprinter, when the results are announced on Monday night, Jan 17. Switching to the west coast, the Grade 3 $150,000 Sham Stakes for newly turned 3 year olds with Triple Crown aspirations, showcased a monster in Tapizar, who wired his field and coasted to an easy 3 length win , going a mile and a sixteenth in a sparkling 1.40.38. Trained by Steven Asmussen , who has sent his first ever string of horses to Santa Anita Racetrack, Tapizar vaulted himself squarely onto the Kentucky Derby trail, although his front running style usually is a huge disatvantage when trying to go a mile and a quarter on the first Saturday in May. Kentucky Derby Odds A few races later on the Santa Anita program, the Grade 2, $150,000 added San Fernando Stakes, also at a mile and a sixteenth, provided trainer Bob Baffert with a chance to tie the legendary Laz Barrera with 4 wins in the prestigious race, and Baffert had 2 chances as he sent out Indian Firewater and Tweebster. In an exciting stretch duel, Indian Firewater managed to go wire to wire while holding off his stablemate, Tweebster, by the shortest of noses. All smiles was Baffert, as he not only ran one, two , but almost won his fourth and fifth San Fernando Stakes, as the two horses almost dead heated. A masterful ride by jockey Mike Smith on Indian Firewater treated the partisan crowd to an example of nursing a horse on the lead , while going a distance of ground. Horse Racing Picks A footnote on the newly installed dirt track at Santa Anita, after 3 years of the synthetic surface experiment, finds that 3 track records have allready been established but the horsemen all agree that the lightning fast strip is very safe. Opening day, Dec. 26,2010, saw Bob Baffert's The Factor, a two year old, blaze 6 furlongs in a freakish 1.06.89 and three races later, Twirling Candy, trained by John Sadler, won the Malibu Stakes in 1.19.70, while breaking Spectacular Bid's 30 year old standard, and yesterday, stakes winner Square Eddie, coming off a long layoff, broke the six and a half furlong track mark, while cruising home in 1.13.11. So, as always, speed is king on the west coast. horseracing-predictions.com/category/horse-racing-picks-kentucky-derby-odds
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