Life Is Good Puts in a Bullet Breeze for San Felipe
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Life Is Good wins the Sham Stakes at Santa Anita Park
Undefeated Life Is Good worked five furlongs at Santa Anita Park the morning of Feb. 21 for trainer Bob Baffert in a bullet :59 3/5 in preparation for the March 6 San Felipe Stakes (G2), a steppingstone to the Runhappy Santa Anita Derby (G1).
Also firing bullets for Baffert Sunday were 3-year-olds Freedom Fighter, runner-up in the Feb, 6 San Vincente Stakes (G2) and grade 2 winner Spielberg, who went six furlongs in identical times of 1:13 flat.
Elsewhere on the Triple Crown front, Baffert said he would "know next week" where Medina Spirit will run. A game winner of the Jan. 30 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (G3) in his last start, the $35,000 bargain Florida-bred worked six furlongs Feb. 20 in a bullet 1:12.40.
San Vicente winner Concert Tour is confirmed for the March 13 Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park while Freedom Fighter will ship out for the Gotham Stakes (G3) at Aqueduct Racetrack March 6.
Trainer Michael McCarthy, meanwhile, reiterated Sunday morning that "all options are open" for Rombauer's next race, not committing specifically to the Runhappy Santa Anita Derby, saying only that the colt's next race would be at the distance of 1 1/8 miles.The son of Twirling Candy came from 11 1/2 lengths behind at the half-mile marker to win his 3-year-old debut in the El Camino Real Derby at Golden Gate Fields Feb. 13.