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Pace Boat Seashore, with Flavien Prat within the irons, wins the G3 Cecil B. DeMille
A stakes winner on each turf and filth, versatile Pace Boat Seashore heads Santa Anita’s conventional opening day major occasion, the Grade 1, $300,000 Malibu Stakes, for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs. A colt by 2014 Breeders’ Cup Traditional winner Bayern, Pace Boat Seashore heads a robust three-horse contingent for Baffert, who took final 12 months’s Malibu with Taiba and now seeks to hitch fellow Corridor of Famer Richard Mandella by successful his sixth profession Malibu.
Second, crushed a head two begins again by prime sprinter Dr. Schivel within the G2 Santa Anita Dash Championship on Sept. 30, Pace Boat Seashore made all of the early working within the G1 Breeders’ Cup Dash right here on Nov. 4, however drained to complete fourth, crushed three lengths.
Owned by Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman, Pace Boat Seashore might be ridden by Flavien Prat, who final rode him three begins again, successful the G3 Cecil B. DeMille Stakes at one mile over the Del Mar turf on Dec. 4, 2022.
Recent off a facile 2 ¼ size allowance rating at 4-5 going 6 ½ furlongs on Nov. 17 at Del Mar, Baffert’s Fort Bragg, who was third, crushed 1 ¼ lengths for second by Pace Boat Seashore within the Santa Anita Dash Championship Sept. 30, might be ridden for the primary time by America’s main cash incomes rider Irad Ortiz, Jr. With the current allowance win and Ortiz up, Fort Bragg will get loads of pari-mutuel consideration as he bids for his first Grade I win in what might be his twelfth profession begin.
Owned by SF Racing, LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, LLC, et al, Fort Bragg has three wins and earnings of $414,300.
A New York-bred bought as a yearling for $3,550,000, Baffert’s Hejazi rounds out his three-card hand and fee an enormous likelihood on Tuesday as properly with prime jock Juan Hernandez again aboard. Idle since second because the 7-5 favourite in a seven furlong ungraded stakes at Keeneland April 7, Hejazi was off because the 8-5 favourite in a primary situation allowance at six panels right here on Nov. 3 and he blew the competitors away, successful by 5 ½ lengths.
Owned by Zedan Racing Stables, Inc., Hejazi, who’s 7-2-3-1, seeks his first stakes win in what might be his second Grade I project.
All the time harmful underneath any circumstances, eastern-based coach Brad Cox will ship out Large Mischief, who might be ridden for the primary time by Kazushi Kamura, who led all riders at Woodbine’s not too long ago concluded meet with 161 winners.
Owned by Spendthrift Farm, LLC and Steve Landers Racing, LLC, Huge Simple Racing, LLC, et al, Large Mischief, by Into Mischief, has three wins from six begins and can looking for his first stakes win within the Malibu.
THE GRADE 1 MALIBU IN POST POSITION ORDER WITH JOCKEYS & WEIGHTS
Race 8 of 11 Approximate put up time 2:30 p.m. PT
- Large Mischief – Kazushi Kimura – 120
- Fort Bragg – Irad Ortiz, Jr. – 122
- Pace Boat Seashore – Flavien Prat – 120
- Sharp Aza Tack – Antonio Fresu – 120
- Damon’s Mound – Junior Alvarado – 122
- Matanzas Creek – Mike Smith – 120
- Hejazi – Juan Hernandez – 120
- Increase Cain – Lanfranco Dettori – 122
With six stakes, three of them Grade 1s and a complete of 11 races, early first put up time on opening day is at 11 a.m., with admission gates opening at 9 a.m.
