Raging Torrent beats Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan on opening day at Santa Anita
LA TimesIf you believe in horse racing’s future in California, there is no better place to realize it than opening day at Santa Anita. It is definitely worth all the work when something like this happens.” The first stakes was the Grade 2 $200,000 Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes, formerly known as the San Antonio for horses 3 and up going 1-1/16 miles on the dirt, and was won by J B Strikes Back in mostly a gate-to-wire performance. J B Strikes Back, with jockey Antonio Fresu aboard, won the inaugural running of the $200,000 Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes at Santa Anita on Thursday. “The crowd, the families, you see everybody brings their children and families and a lot of people became racing fans by coming on opening day,” Baffert told FanDuel TV before the stakes races.
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Raging Torrent wins Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita with Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan in last
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Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan headlines Santa Anita opening day on Thursday
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