Drill Breaks Through in San Vicente Testa Matta on Top
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2012 732-747-8060 $ TDN Home Page Click Here DRILL BREAKS THROUGH IN SAN VICENTE TESTA MATTA ON TOP IN FEBRUARY Drill (Lawyer Ron) had lost some of his luster since Testa Matta (Tapit) came with a stinging stretch rally winning last year=s GI Del Mar under an energetic Yasunari Futurity, failing to hit the board in Iwata to land yesterday=s four starts since a runner-up effort G1 February S. at Tokyo in the Oct. 1 GI Norfolk S., but Racecourse, as odds-on the Bob Baffert trainee buffed up Transcend (Jpn) (Wild Rush), last his image with a determined year=s G1 Dubai World Cup victory in yesterday=s GII San runner-up, flopped in seventh. Vicente S. at Santa Anita. The Taken back off a strong tempo win gave Baffert, who is enjoying after breaking from the widest Horsephotos an embarrassment of sophomore barrier, Testa Matta unleashed a riches early in this Triple Crown furious bid from the middle of the track to seize control trail season, his seventh San with 200 meters to run and powered clear to defeat Vicente victory. Baffert=s The Silk Fortune (Jpn) (Gold Allure {Jpn}) by two lengths. Paul Weitman & Mike Factor (War Front) took the race a Transcend had to be ridden to keep pace early, dropped Pegram Benoit year ago. Cont. p3 back leaving the quarter pole, and was beaten about eight lengths in the finish. cont. p3 Sunday, Santa Anita SAN VICENTE S.-GII, $147,000, SAX, 2-19, 3yo, 7f, R HOLIDAY MOOD EARNS BERTIE WIN 1:21 1/5, ft.
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