Brant y So Happy lideran el campo de las San Felipe Stakes

Ganador de Grado 1, Brant regresa en las San Felipe Stakes, carrera preparatoria clave para el Kentucky Derby en Santa Anita Park. El invicto So Happy afronta su primera prueba en dos curvas en el evento de Grado 2 para potros de 3 años sobre 1 1/16 millas. La carrera ofrece puntos calificatorios para el Kentucky Derby.

Las San Felipe Stakes (G2), programadas para el sábado en Santa Anita Park, reúnen a un lote de siete potros de 3 años que pujan por 50-25-15-10-5 puntos calificatorios para el Kentucky Derby. Entrenado por Bob Baffert, Brant llega tras un tercer puesto en el Breeders’ Cup Juvenile el 31 de octubre en Del Mar, donde corrió por primera vez 1 1/16 millas. Eso marcó su primera derrota después de victorias en su debut a 5 1/2 furlongs en agosto y en el Del Mar Futurity (G1) a siete furlongs en septiembre. Hijo de Gun Runner, Brant fue comprado por 3 millones de dólares en la subasta OBS March 2023 de potros de 2 años en entrenamiento y pertenece a Zedan Racing Stable. Florent Geroux lo montará por primera vez.  So Happy, entrenado por Mark Glatt, sigue invicto en dos salidas. Ganó su debut a 6 1/2 furlongs en noviembre en Del Mar y luego triunfó en el San Vicente (G2) a siete furlongs el 10 de enero en Santa Anita. Por Runhappy y de la yegua So Cunning, hija de Blame, So Happy fue adquirido por 150.000 dólares en la subasta OBS March 2023. Propiedad de Norman Stables y Saints or Sinners, contará nuevamente con Mike Smith en la monta.  Otros contendientes incluyen a Secured Freedom, entrenado por Tim Yakteen, que terminó tercero en el Robert B. Lewis (G3) a una milla tras romper su maiden a 6 1/2 furlongs el 28 de diciembre en Santa Anita. Por Practical Joke, fue comprado como yearling por 110.000 dólares y pertenece a Leslie A. Amestoy, Pierre Jean Amestoy Jr. y Roger K. Beasley. La segunda entrada de Baffert, Potente, debutó con una victoria por cuello a seis furlongs el 31 de enero en Santa Anita. Por Into Mischief, esta compra de 2,4 millones de dólares en la subasta de yearlings Fasig-Tipton Saratoga pertenece a Speedway Stable y será montado por Juan Hernandez.

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