Awesome East vs. West Match-up at Santa Anita
Description:
Multiple graded stakes winner Mucho Macho Man ships West for the Awesome Again Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita Park, where last year's Breeders' Cup Classic runner-up will try for his first career Grade 1 win.
Set to oppose Mucho Macho Man is 2012 Haskell Invitational Stakes winner Paynter, who has his Grade 1 win but is looking to regain his top form after overcoming a life-threatening battle with laminitis and colitis.
This year's Awesome Again Stakes has all of the makings of a classic edition. Get in the Game!
$250,000 Awesome Again Stakes
Race 10, 8:30 p.m. ET
3-year-olds and older, 1 1/8 miles (dirt)
PP
Horse
Jockey
Weight
Trainer
1
Liaison (KY)
Rafael Bejarano
119
Bob Baffert
2
Golden Ticket (KY)
Joe Talamo
119
Ken McPeek
3
Soi Phet (CA)
Irving Orozco
119
Leonard Powell
4
Jeranimo (FL)
Corey Nakatani
124
Michael Pender
5
You Know I Know (KY)
Julien Leparoux
119
John Sadler
6
Take Control (KY)
Rosie Napravnik
119
Bob Baffert
7
Paynter (KY)
Martin Garcia
119
Bob Baffert
8
Chief Havoc (KY)
Garrett Gomez
116
Peter Miller
9
Summer Hit (CA)
Edwin Maldonado
119
Jerry Hollendorfer
10
Mucho Macho Man (FL)
Gary Stevens
119
Kathy Ritvo