Saturday, January 17, 2009

The Cat is Back In Santa Anita today

El Gato Malo is racing today @ Santa Anita....did someone say simulcast ?

El Gato Malo makes his third start since winning last year’s Lone Star Derby (gr. III) in the $150,000 San Fernando Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 17, part of a graded stakes triple-header at Santa Anita. The beaten favorite in the Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) is part of a wide open field of a dozen 4-year-olds in the 1 1/16-mile test over the Pro-Ride racing surface.

Trained by Craig Dollase, El Gato Malo is the 122-pound highweight in the second leg of the Strub series. His primary competition appears to be a pair of turf runners -- Oak Tree Derby (gr. IIT) winner Muny and Del Mar Derby (gr. IIT) victor Madeo -- as well as Swaps Stakes (gr. II) winner Tres Borrachos and Booted, a son of A.P. Indy who will be making his stakes debut following a pair of impressive comeback victories.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I sure hope you threw a few bucks on wishful tomcat....looks like he smoked him...

tomcat said...

of course not.....i only had wishful tomcat in my exactas with el gato malo....which is why chippy os renovating his aprtment courtesy of hearts flashy fire, birthday baloons and now elgatomalo...