Kentucky Oaks Santa Anita Park Preview & FREE Picks | Santa Ynez Stakes 2024 [Kentucky Oaks] January 6, 2024 Kopion (Benoit Photo) Kentucky Oaks Santa Anita Park Preview & FREE Picks | Santa Ynez Stakes 2024 [Kentucky Oaks] January 6, 2024 By: Curtis "Magic" Kalleward twitteremail Share: share on facebook share on twitter share on linkedin email this article Dr. Miranda previews the 2024 Santa Ynez Stakes (G3) from Santa Anita Park, then gives her top picks from this Kentucky Oaks (G1) prep race.Can Kopion build upon her dominating debut score in this 7-furlong dirt sprint test against 4 rivals who all have prior stakes experience? Tell us YOUR thoughts in the Comments section! SMASH the *Thumbs Up* ~ HIT *Subscribe* ~ RING the *Notification* bellThe press release: Richard Mandella’s impressive first-time maiden winner Kopion heads Sunday’s Grade III, $100,000 Santa Ynez Stakes as five sophomore fillies go seven furlongs over the Santa Anita main track. First post time for a nine-race card on Sunday is at 12 noon with admission gates opening at 10 a.m. 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 A chestnut filly by Mandella’s star-crossed graded stakes winning Omaha Beach, Kopion, who settled nicely early, rallied wide for an emphatic 3 ¾ length maiden score going 6 ½ furlongs on Nov. 26 at Del Mar under Flavien Prat, who rides her back on Sunday. A $270,000 Keeneland September Yearling, Kopion, who earned a Santa Ynez-top Beyer Speed Figure of 83, is out of the Victory Gallop mare Galloping Ami and is owned by Spendthrift Farm, LLC. Off at 1-5 in her debut, she looms a standout in the Santa Ynez. Peter Eurton’s Tambo, who earned a career best 78 Beyer in finishing second by a nose to repeat winner Nothing Like You going seven furlongs in the ungraded Desi Arnaz on Nov. 18, has solid credentials and will be ridden back by a red-hot Antonio Fresu. A maiden $80,000 claiming winner going 5 ½ furlongs in her second start July 28, Tambo, who is by the Medaglia d’Oro stallion Enticed, was second, beaten three quarters of a length two starts back in her lone Santa Anita start, the six furlong Anoakia Stakes on Oct. 21. Purchased out of the March OBS 2-year-old in Training Sale for $70,000, Tambo, who is out of the Flatter mare Flatter Me First, is owned by SAF Racing, Neil Haymes, James McFadden and William Strauss. She now has a win and three seconds, two of them in stakes, from five starts. Fourth, beaten 6 ¼ lengths in the Desi Arnaz on Nov. 18, Doug O’Neill’s Don’t Bring Crazy, a restricted maiden $40,000 claiming winner two starts back here on Nov. 2, will be ridden for the first time by Juan Hernandez in what will be her seventh career start. Off at 13-1 in the seven furlong Arnaz, Don’t Bring Crazy, who is owned by Great Friends Stables, LLC and Mark Davis, most recently drilled a half mile in a sizzling 47 flat on Dec. 29—second best of 101 moves at the distance. THE GRADE III SANTA YNEZ AT SANTA ANITA PARK, WITH JOCKEYS & WEIGHTS IN POST POSITION ORDERRace 8 of 9 | Approximate post time 3:30 p.m. PTKopion—Flavien Prat—120 Tambo—Antonio Fresu—120 Bossy Bruin Gal—J.G. Torrealba—120 Petit Filet—Kazushi Kimura—120 Don’t Bring Crazy—Juan Hernandez—120 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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