Stilleto Boy won the Santa Anita Handicap for his first Grade 1 win and biggest victory for veteran trainer Ed Moger Jr.
“Probably of all the races in California, this one is a bigger race than the Pacific Classic [at Del Mar],” Moger said. “It’s like the Kentucky Derby of California.”
“I would have told him it was too much,” Moger said. “Turns out to be a good move. We’ve only won two races with him but we’ve had a blast. It feels like we’ve won 100 races.”Practical Move was the one horse that Tim Yakteen didn’t inherit from Bob Baffert for San Felipe. The win nearly assures the colt a Kentucky Derby start.
Moger thinks the 5-year-old’s next race could be the Oaklawn Handicap or possibly the Metropolitan Mile., who was allowed to run this meeting at Santa Anita after a series of incidents that landed him a ban and suspension from the California Horse Racing Board. He has admitted having a problem with alcohol throughout his career.
Trainer Ed Moger sends Chase the Chaos to post in Saturday’s San Felipe Stakes, hoping to qualify for the Kentucky Derby, and Stilleto Boy in the Big ’Cap.
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