Race Recaps Las Virgenes Stakes 2024 | Santa Anita Park Replay [Kentucky Oaks] February 10, 2024 Kinza (Alex Evers/Eclipse Sportswire/CSM) Race Recaps Las Virgenes Stakes 2024 | Santa Anita Park Replay [Kentucky Oaks] February 10, 2024 By: Curtis "Magic" Kalleward twitteremail Share: share on facebook share on twitter share on linkedin email this article The Bob Baffert-trained Kinza won the 2024 Las Virgenes Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park, a prep race for the Kentucky Oaks (G1). Watch the replay & get the Racing Dudes’ expert analysis, then tell us YOUR thoughts in the Comments section! SMASH the *Thumbs Up* ~ HIT *Subscribe* ~ RING the *Notification* bell Watch the race replay here: #3 KINZA ($4.00) goes wire to wire as the favorite in the $100,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (G3) at @santaanitapark. The three-year-old Carpe Diem filly is 2 for 2 for trainer Bob Baffert. @JJHernandezS19 was in the irons. 💪 pic.twitter.com/QhBB9tLVGm— FanDuel Racing (Formerly TVG) (@FanDuel_Racing) February 10, 2024 The press release: Hammered late to even money favoritism, Bob Baffert’s Kinza, although pressed throughout, would not be denied as she posted an impressive gate to wire victory in Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita, winning by two lengths with Juan Hernandez up while getting one mile in 1:37.03. The Las Virgenes, a traditional prep to the Grade II Santa Anita Oaks April 6, is also a points qualifier to the Grade I Kentucky Oaks May 3. Santa Anita Full Card Plays Available Now There’s a reason we’re the #1 trusted source for premium racing picks & info. Find Out Why In only her second start, Kinza darted to the early lead with Grade III winner Kopion in close attendance around the first turn and up the backside. Although Kopion loomed ominously, getting to the hip of the winner around the far turn, Kopion could never get on terms as Kinza maintained a two length advantage late en route to a solid win. A 7 ½ length first-out maiden winner going six furlongs here on Dec. 29, Kinza was the clear choice in a field of five sophomore fillies and paid $4.00, $2.20 and $2.10. A $350,000 2-year-old in training sale purchase last May, Kinza, who is owned by Michael Lund Petersen, is by Carpe Diem out of the Quality Road mare Secret Wonder. With the winner’s share of $60,000, she increased her earnings to $99,000. Ridden by Flavien Prat, Kopion was stretching out for the first time as well off an impressive 5 ¾ length score in the Grade III Santa Ynez on Jan. 7. The Richard Mandella trainee kept to her task in game fashion and finished 1 ½ lengths in front of She’s a Tempest. Off at 6-5, Kopion paid $2.60 and $2.10. Off at 16-1 with Tiago Pereira up, She’s a Tempest sat third the entire trip and paid $3.00 to show while finishing some 9 ¼ lengths in front of Nothing Like You. Fractions on the race were 22.99, 46.91, 1:10.82 and 1:23.35. GRADE III, $100,000 LAS VIRGENES STAKES QUOTES JOCKEY QUOTES JUAN HERNANDEZ, KINZA, WINNER: “This filly she has a lot of talent. She broke on top. Last time she showed a lot of speed. Today, it was a faster pace but she handled it pretty good. I felt like I was putting in a really good pace. My feeling was that she was really comfortable in front. I never asked her to go that fast she was doing it all on her own. I think that was the key to win the race, that she was comfortable the whole race. When I asked her at the quarter pole, she picked it up, so I think she is a really nice filly.” TRAINER QUOTES JIMMY BARNES, ASSISTANT TO BOB BAFFERT, KINZA, WINNER: “She acts like a filly that can handle (two turns). You don’t know until you do it, but she had shown in the morning, in her workouts that she could go further. I was more concerned there was so much speed, with the small field and a lot of speed. Unfortunately, our other filly (Nothing Like You) she’s got speed, but she was on the rail and she doesn’t have that kind of speed, so she had to kind of take back and make some kind of trip and she probably doesn’t want to do that.” Join the Inner Circle Sign up for exclusive 10% discount on orders, plus be the first to access our daily free and premium horse racing picks, articles, podcasts, and more! Sign Up
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