Race # 9
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SANTA ANITA PARK - Sep 28, 2025 - Race 9
STAKES Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. presented by Estrella Jalisco Grade 2 - Thoroughbred
FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD.
Six Furlongs On The Dirt
Current Track Record: (The Factor - 1:06.98 - December 26, 2010)
STAKES Santa Anita Sprint Championship S. presented by Estrella Jalisco Grade 2 - Thoroughbred
FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD.
Six Furlongs On The Dirt
Current Track Record: (The Factor - 1:06.98 - December 26, 2010)
Purse: $200,000 Guaranteed
Plus: $1,500 Other Sources
Available Money: $201,500
Value of Race: $201,500 1st $120,000, 2nd $40,000, 3rd $24,000, 4th $12,000, 5th $4,000, 6th $500, 7th $500, 8th $500
Weather: Clear Track: Fast
Off at: 5:09 Start: Good for all Timer: Electronic
Plus: $1,500 Other Sources
Available Money: $201,500
Value of Race: $201,500 1st $120,000, 2nd $40,000, 3rd $24,000, 4th $12,000, 5th $4,000, 6th $500, 7th $500, 8th $500
Weather: Clear Track: Fast
Off at: 5:09 Start: Good for all Timer: Electronic
Fractional Times:
22.02
44.71
56.71
Final Time:
1:09.00
Split Times:
(22.69)
(12.00)
(12.29)
Run-Up: 70 feet
Winner: Imagination, Bay Colt, by Into Mischief out of Magical Feeling, by Empire Maker. Foaled Apr 23, 2021 in Kentucky.
Winner's sire standing at Spendthrift Farm
Breeder: Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC.
Owner: SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Bashor, Dianne, Masterson, Robert E., Waves Edge Capital LLC, Donovan, Catherine and Ryan, Tom J.
Trainer:
Baffert, Bob
Winner: Imagination, Bay Colt, by Into Mischief out of Magical Feeling, by Empire Maker. Foaled Apr 23, 2021 in Kentucky.

Breeder: Peter E. Blum Thoroughbreds, LLC.
Owner: SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Bashor, Dianne, Masterson, Robert E., Waves Edge Capital LLC, Donovan, Catherine and Ryan, Tom J.

Total WPS Pool: $346,902
Pgm
Horse
Win
Place
Show
8
Imagination
13.20
5.00
2.80
1
Dr. Venkman
4.20
2.40
2
Straight No Chaser
2.40
Wager Type
Winning Numbers
Payoff
Pool
$1.00 Exacta
8-1
15.70
149,607
$1.00 Trifecta
8-1-2
46.60
92,974
$0.10 Superfecta
8-1-2-4
19.12
84,112
$2.00 Daily Double
7-8
77.60
39,118
$1.00 Pick 3
3-7-8 (3 correct)
103.40
37,335
Trainers:
8 - Baffert, Bob 1 - Glatt, Mark 2 - Blacker, Dan 4 - Headley, Karen 3 - Garcia, Victor 6 - Barocio, Librado 7 - Sadler, John 5 - Baffert, Bob
Owners:
8 - SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Bashor, Dianne, Masterson, Robert E., Waves Edge Capital LLC, Donovan, Catherine and Ryan, Tom J. 1 - Alipony Racing, Agnew, Dan J., Bunch, Clint and Hailey, James 2 - MyRacehorse 4 - Matson Racing, Brown, Sandra L., Naify, Elise and Naify, Marsha 3 - Rafael Gutierrez 6 - David A. Bernsen, LLC, Mia Familia Racing Stable and La Russo, Corey 7 - Hronis Racing LLC 5 - Pegram, Michael E., Watson, Karl and Weitman, Paul
Footnotes
IMAGINATION broke in and brushed, tracked widest up the backstretch, raced in the six path into the turn, angled in and chased four wide into the stretch, took contact from inner rival in upper stretch, rallied under left-handed urging while drifting in a bit, collared STRAIGHT NO CHASER at the sixteenth pole and drove clear. DR. VENKMAN stalked the speed from inside into and around the turn, tipped out at the top of the lane, angled inside the leader midstretch, then finished gamely and earned the place honors. STRAIGHT NO CHASER showed the way early under pressure from AWESOME RHYTHM, cleared that rival midway around the turn, drifted off the fence while clear to midstretch, collared by IMAGINATION with a sixteenth remaining and yielded to the top pair late. SMOOTH CRUISEIN tracked outside a rival in the early going, asked two wide through the turn, lacked the needed response in the lane but managed to earn a minor award. AWESOME RHYTHM pressed the leader from outside, could not keep pace with STRAIGHT NO CHASER midway around the bend, chased between rivals in the two path to the stretch, drifted out and bumped in upper stretch and weakened. WOUND UP raced up close four deep, went five wide into the turn, angled to the three path around the bend, got bumped between rivals in upper stretch and also weakened. MBAGNICK (CHI) brushed leaving the gate, trailed up the backstretch, angled to the rail for the turn, cut the corner into the lane and never threatened. SPEED BOAT BEACH attended the pace three deep in the early going, started to weaken four then three wide around the bend and came up empty in the lane.
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