The Argentine mares take a step again and drop right down to the allowance ranks searching for regaining their type; it is going to be over 1300 meters on the grime
ARCADIA, California—It will likely be a Sunday to pay shut consideration to the motion at Santa Anita Park from Argentina. As beforehand reported, Queen Sienna (Fortify) will likely be within the beginning gate for the Santa Ana Stakes (G3) trying to proceed her development within the north, however as well as, two different nationwide representatives will participate within the sixth race of the day, an allowance non-compulsory claiming with an US$ 80,000 purse to be contested over 1300 meters on the primary grime observe.
Ooty (Dabster) and Violeta M (John F. Kennedy) are the 2 in query, showing as outsiders within the morning-line inside a small however high-quality area of simply 5 confirmed runners.
A winner of the Gran Premio Jorge de Atucha (G1) at Palermo a few seasons in the past, Ooty is educated by Bob Baffert and, with the Frenchman Florent Geroux within the irons, will try to seek out her first victory on native soil. She made up quite a lot of floor when ending third within the Las Flores Stakes (G3) upon her return, however subsequently failed to reply within the La Canada Stakes (G3). The distance might assist her, though she’s going to probably discover it tough to keep up the tempo within the opening meters.
Violeta M, for her half—representing Las Monjitas, identical to Queen Sienna—is underneath the care of the Chilean Marcelo Polanco and can carry the skilled hand of the Mexican Victor Espinoza. In an effort to enhance, she strikes from the turf to the grime, a floor on which she has at all times struggled to face out. After a promising native debut, she failed in every of her subsequent makes an attempt—all in stakes firm—and can as soon as once more depend on her late rally.
The principal reference within the morning-line is Thermal (Nyquist), who already completed behind Ooty when inserting fourth within the aforementioned Las Flores Stakes, and now returns with expectations.
Bob Baffert may even have CashCall (McKinzie) on the observe with Juan Hernandez. Last season, she triumphed within the Summertime Oaks (G3) earlier than signing off with a fifth-place end within the Test Stakes (G1) at Saratoga in August. Such credentials make her a critical contender.
Finally, Richard Mandella sends out Magnificat (Omaha Beach), who gained twice in a row earlier than ending fifth within the Las Flores, additionally behind Ooty.
