Richi (CHI)

Richi was bred in Chile by the American sire Practical Joke out of a Scat Daddy mare and began her racing career in Chile where she won six of her nine starts including a Chilean Grade 1 race. She was brought to run in the United States as a 4-year-old in 2024 in the barn of trainer Bob Baffert and made her U.S. debut with a second-place finish in the $100,000 Desert Stormer Stakes going 6 1/2 furlongs at Santa Anita on June 2, 2024.

Richi made her next appearance on Jan. 4, 2025, when making her 5-year-old debut in the Grade 3 $100,000 Las Flores Stakes going six furlongs at Santa Anita. She earned her first North American victory by 1 3/4 lengths in a good effort ahead of the race's 1-5 favorite Pleasant.

Following a third-place finish in the Grade 2 Santa Monica Stakes at Santa Anita on Feb. 1 and a second-place finish in the Grade 1 Beholder Mile Stakes at Santa Anita on March 8, Richi got back into the winner's circle on April 19 with a victory atop a five-horse field in the Grade 2 $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes going 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita where she went wire-to-wire for a 4 1/2-length win as the 1-2 odds favorite.