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Intrepido beats traffic to win Breeders’ Cup qualifier at Santa Anita
['Kevin Modesti']
Redlands Daily Facts
The win in the $300,000, Grade I race earned Intrepido free entry in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, the race that annually crowns 2-year-old champions and early Kentucky Derby favorites.
Intrepido (who paid $19.60) won by three-quarters of a length, covering 1-1/16 miles in 1:43.67, faster than average for the American Pharoah.
“It wasn’t (a great trip), but it was better than getting in a dogfight.”Now attention turns to the $2 million, Grade I Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on the first day of the Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Breeders’ Cup festival at Del Mar.
They run like that, anything can happen.”At least two other horses earned spots in Breeders’ Cup races with wins at Santa Anita.
Baffert-trained Explora ($2.80) and Hernandez ran away with the $200,000, Grade II Oak Leaf Stakes, a Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies qualifier.