Baffert Duo Loom Large in Short Las Virgenes Field

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Adare Manor demolishes a field of maidens Jan. 7 at Santa Anita Park

A 12-length maiden special weight winner going a mile in her most recent start, Michael Lund Petersen's Adare Manor , trained by Bob Baffert, is the 6-5 morning-line favorite against four sophomore fillies at the same distance in the $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes (G3) Feb. 6 at Santa Anita Park.

Baffert will also send out Baoma Corp.'s Eda , who scored a half-length win in the Dec. 4 Starlet Stakes (G1) at Los Alamitos Race Course. Already a three-time stakes winner, Juan Hernandez retains the mount on the Munnings   filly Sunday, while John Velazquez is on Adare Manor.

A steppingstone to both the April 9 Santa Anita Oaks (G2) and the May 7 Longines Kentucky Oaks (G1), the Las Virgenes is an official qualifier with points awarded on a 10-4-2-1 scale to its top four finishers. Horses trained by Baffert are ineligible for points, however, due to Churchill Downs Inc. suspending him from racing at its tracks through mid-2023.

Fourth as the heavy favorite going 6 1/2 furlongs two starts back Nov. 20 at Del Mar, Adare Manor, a filly by Uncle Mo  , put it all together when she stretched out for the first time in a thoroughly dominant gate to wire performance at Santa Anita Jan. 7.

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Eight-length Jan. 1 debut winner Queen of Thorns  from the Peter Eurton barn, Gracelund Gray , and Miss Everything  complete the field.


Entries: Las Virgenes S. (G3)

Santa Anita Park, Sunday, February 06, 2022, Race 3

  • Grade III
  • 1m
  • Dirt
  • $200,000
  • 3 yo Fillies
  • 1:34 PM (local)
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L
1 1Miss Everything (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Drayden Van Dyke 120 J. Keith Desormeaux 12/1
2 2Gracelund Gray (KY) Tyler Baze 120 Howard L. Zucker 8/1
3 3Adare Manor (KY) John R. Velazquez 120 Bob Baffert 6/5
4 4Queen of Thorns (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Flavien Prat 120 Peter Eurton 5/2
5 5Eda (KY)Keeneland Sales Graduate Juan J. Hernandez 124 Bob Baffert 9/5