Ancient Peace Set for Stakes Debut in Providencia
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Ancient Peace wins an allowance race at Santa Anita Park
A runaway allowance winner in her first start for John Sadler, Canadian-bred Ancient Peace appears more than ready for her initial stakes assignment as she heads a field of six sophomore fillies going a mile and one eighth on turf in the April 29 $100,000 Providencia Stakes (G3T) at Santa Anita Park.
Originally trained by Graham Motion, Boardshorts Stables' Ancient Peace rocketed to a long, lonely lead going one mile on the main track April 8 and won geared down by six lengths in a performance that suggested she could be a bright star in the making.
The daughter of War Front will be reunited with jockey Juan Hernandez, who pointed her to a 4 1/4 length one-mile turf maiden score Dec. 30 in her second start.
A troubled fourth in her United States debut going one mile on turf here in the ungraded China Doll Stakes March 18, Phil D'Amato's Irish-bred Paris Secret will again be handled by Kazushi Kimura, who returns from his Toronto base to ride at Santa Anita Saturday.
A first-out winner over heavy turf going one mile in her native Ireland Oct. 31, Paris Secret, who is owned by Strand Beach, has drilled four times on Santa Anita's inner training track since her last start. Her most recent move had her going five furlongs in 1:02 1/5 April 24. Santa Anita Park, Saturday, April 29, 2023, Race 3Entries: Providencia S. (G3T)
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Horse
Jockey
Wgt
Trainer
M/L
1
1Pleasant Wave (KY)
Diego A. Herrera
120
George Papaprodromou
8/1
2
2Miss Lizzy (KY)
Antonio Fresu
120
Doug F. O'Neill
5/1
3
3Broadway Girls (KY)
Edwin A. Maldonado
124
Doug F. O'Neill
5/2
4
4Ancient Peace (ON)
Juan J. Hernandez
122
John W. Sadler
8/5
5
5Paris Secret (IRE)
Kazushi Kimura
120
Philip D'Amato
5/2
6
6Una Palabra (KY)
Victor Espinoza
124
Vann Belvoir
12/1
