Race # 8
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SANTA ANITA PARK - Feb 27, 2026 - Race 8
MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT - Thoroughbred
FOR MAIDENS, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE YEARS OLD. Three Year Olds, 118 lbs.; Older, 126 lbs. (Non-Starters For A Claiming Price Of $40,000 Or Less In Their Last 3 Starts Preferred).
One Mile On The Dirt
Current Track Record: (Ruhlmann - 1:33.40 - March 5, 1989)
MAIDEN SPECIAL WEIGHT - Thoroughbred
FOR MAIDENS, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE YEARS OLD. Three Year Olds, 118 lbs.; Older, 126 lbs. (Non-Starters For A Claiming Price Of $40,000 Or Less In Their Last 3 Starts Preferred).
One Mile On The Dirt
Current Track Record: (Ruhlmann - 1:33.40 - March 5, 1989)
Purse: $70,000
Plus: $21,000 CBOIF - California Bred Owner Fund
Plus: $500 Other Sources
Available Money: $91,500
Value of Race: $70,500 1st $42,000, 2nd $14,000, 3rd $8,400, 4th $4,200, 5th $1,400, 6th $500
Weather: Clear Track: Fast
Off at: 4:07 Start: Good for all Timer: Electronic
Plus: $21,000 CBOIF - California Bred Owner Fund
Plus: $500 Other Sources
Available Money: $91,500
Value of Race: $70,500 1st $42,000, 2nd $14,000, 3rd $8,400, 4th $4,200, 5th $1,400, 6th $500
Weather: Clear Track: Fast
Off at: 4:07 Start: Good for all Timer: Electronic
Fractional Times:
22.64
46.19
1:09.91
1:22.20
Final Time:
1:34.50
Split Times:
(23.55)
(23.72)
(12.29)
(12.30)
Run-Up: 170 feet
Winner: Cherokee Nation, Bay Colt, by Not This Time out of Believe in Charlie, by Indian Charlie. Foaled Apr 15, 2023 in Kentucky.
Breeder: Fortune Farms, William & CorinneHeiligbrodt.
Owner: SF Racing, LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, LLC, Stonestreet Stables, LLC, Bashor Racing, LLC, Determined Stables, Golconda Stable, Waves Edge Capital, LLC and Donovan, Catherine
Trainer:
Baffert, Bob
Winner: Cherokee Nation, Bay Colt, by Not This Time out of Believe in Charlie, by Indian Charlie. Foaled Apr 15, 2023 in Kentucky.
Breeder: Fortune Farms, William & CorinneHeiligbrodt.
Owner: SF Racing, LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, LLC, Stonestreet Stables, LLC, Bashor Racing, LLC, Determined Stables, Golconda Stable, Waves Edge Capital, LLC and Donovan, Catherine
Scratched Horse(s):
Midway Lane (Veterinarian)
Total WPS Pool: $185,400
Pgm
Horse
Win
Place
Show
3
Cherokee Nation
4.60
2.40
2.10
2
Winston Ave
2.80
2.20
7
Fausto
3.60
Wager Type
Winning Numbers
Payoff
Pool
$1.00 Exacta
3-2
5.30
80,784
$1.00 Trifecta
3-2-7
25.70
52,882
$0.10 Superfecta
3-2-7-6
6.67
35,851
$2.00 Daily Double
2-3
27.80
39,958
$1.00 Pick 3
6-2-3 (3 correct)
145.80
27,319
Trainers:
3 - Baffert, Bob 2 - Baffert, Bob 7 - Hess, Jr., Robert 6 - McCarthy, Michael 1 - Sadler, John 5 - McCarthy, Michael
Owners:
3 - SF Racing, LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, LLC, Stonestreet Stables, LLC, Bashor Racing, LLC, Determined Stables, Golconda Stable, Waves Edge Capital, LLC and Donovan, Catherine 2 - Spendthrift Farm LLC 7 - Ingordo, Dorothy, Jones, James F. and Jones, Jeffrey R. 6 - By Talla Racing, LLC 1 - Hronis Racing LLC 5 - Warren, Jr., William K. and Warren, Suzanne
Footnotes
CHEROKEE NATION made light contact with outer rival at the start, pressed the pace from outside, dueled into the far turn, seized control around the bend, put WINSTON AVE away approaching the stretch, opened up under strong handling in upper stretch and widened under left handed encouragement and steady handling. WINSTON AVE showed the way from inside under pressure from CHEROKEE NATION, fought on even terms leaving the backstretch, lost command around the turn, yielded to the winner late on the bend, kept on down the lane and finished a clear second. FAUSTO unhurried in the early going on the outside, tucked inside on the first turn, moved into range approaching the backstretch, saved ground through the far turn, moved off the fence in the lane and could not summon the needed rally but was able to hold third. ERUPTION tracked three to four wide on the clubhouse turn, dropped back in three path on the second bend and could not rally. LATITUDE stalked two to three wide early, between rivals in the middle stages, asked in the two path on the far turn and faded. ATTACK NOW brushed leaving the gate, trailed on the inside around the first turn, remained at the back on the rail then in the two path on the second bend and was never a factor.
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