ARCADIA, California – The prohibitive 1-5 favorite, Bob Bafferts Eda stalked early leader Shes Bout a Mover to the far turn and opened the home spin on Sunday’s $ 75,000 Anoakia Stakes for 2 year old mares in Santa Anita on the way to an easy 2¼ length win. Ridden by Flavien Prat for the first time, she put down six stages in 1: 10.41.
“She was in the one hole and there was speed in the race,” said Baffert, who took his fourth win in the meet lead. “She did that in her first race (a desperate nose loss in a five-stadium special-weight girl here on June 19th) but she couldn’t in her last race at Del Mar, there was too much traffic. It was a nice win. I think one round is their game, so we’ll keep them for now (sprinting). “
Fifth, beaten 18 lengths as the 6-5 favorite who completed seven stages in the Grade I Del Mar debutante on September 5, Eda ran to the bets today and paid $ 2.40, $ 2.10 and $ 2.10 .
A $ 550,000 2 year old bought for sale in Florida last March, Eda, a bay filly by Munnings out of the Lemon Drop Kid mare Show Me, was beaten second in the Grade II Sorrento Stakes on August 6th by a margin of two starts and completed six stadiums on August 6th and now has a win of four starts.
Eda, owned by Baoma Corporation, pocketed $ 47,400 for the win and increased her profit to $ 130,000.
“She did well and I was able to make myself clear,” said Prat, who took his seventh stakes win in the lead. “As soon as we got to the turn, she grabbed the bridle and made a nice move, and that was a winning move. She’s pretty quick, she’s got a lot of speed, so I don’t know how far she wants to go, but six was a good distance today. “
In a great effort, Lady T, trained by John Shirreffs, who appeared to be about nine lengths back while walking three stadiums from home, shifted up around the curve in a noticeable effort and gathered around place 7¼ lengths from Baffert’s Benedict Canyon.
In a 5: 1 with Victor Espinoza in a field of five, Lady T paid $ 3.20 and $ 2.10 respectively.
Ridden by Abel cedillo, Benedict Canyon was out at 8-1 and paid $ 2.10 to show.
Fractions in the race were 21.90, 44.98 and 57.38.
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Mike Willman / Santa Anita Press Office
Photo: Eda of Baoma Corp. and jockey Flavien Prat win the $ 75,000 Added Anoakia. (Benoit photos)
