Trainer Tim Yakteen saddled four 3-year-olds in the $402,000 San Felipe Stakes March 4 at Santa Anita Park , three of them new transfers from the Bob Baffert barn, and won with
Field size has been a thorny issue the last few years. Dwindling fields mean fewer betting options and smaller payouts, yet field size takes on a whole new meaning in regards to the Gotham Stakes, where too many horses turned out.
It’s easy enough to discount the John Battaglia Memorial Stakes as a Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve prep. After all, it is contested on a synthetic Tapeta Footings surface rather than dirt.
