Shakin It Up pays $36.00 to upset Malibu
Shakin It Up, making his very first beginning in 9 months, mowed down the area for fitness instructor Bob Baffert to make his first Grade 1 victory in the $300,000 Malibu Stakes discordant of 17-1 on opening up day at Santa Anita Park Dec. 26.
Baffert, which won for the 3rd time on the season-opening card, had 2 of the top 4 finishers in the seven-furlong Malibu for 3-year-olds, which was finished in a strong 1:20.53 on a fast track. The Hall of Fame conditioner earned his second win in the Malibu, complying with The Consider 2011.
Santa Anita announced a packed of 30,540 for the first day of the extensive 109-day auto racing period.
Veteran jockey David Flores gained his 3rd Malibu triumph since 2007 aboard Shakin It Up, the least preferred of Baffert's 3 distance runners. It was a wonderful going-away present for Flores, who stated later that he is headed for Singapore later at night to race at Kranji Racecourse for 6 months.
Shakin It Up, who dominated from well off the pace by half a length over 10-1 go Central Lender, is a homebred for Mike Pegram that races the son of Twelve o'clock at night Lute in partnership with Dennis A. Cardoza. The dark bay colt is out of the unraced Vindication mare Silver Bullet Moon and was making his debut because a fourth-place initiative in the Sunland Derby March 24.
Central Banker, shipped in from Fair Premises Race Course & Slot machine previously in December for trainer Al Stall Jr., was complied with by Zeewat and 9-5 beloved Flashback, also trained by Baffert.
Twelve opposed the Malibu. Distinctiv Passion, damaging from post 11, darted to the very early lead over the Baffert-trained Zee Bros and Our Double Play, with unbeaten Nyc enemy Bakken racing 4th in the very early going. Distinctiv Interest tore with the very early pace, acquiring the opening quarter-mile in:21.66 seconds and the fifty percent in:43.33.
Distinctiv Interest took the field into the street but was under hefty tension as he made his way to mid-stretch, when he was revamped on the outside by Central Lender and Joe Talamo. Central Lender held the cause the lasts but might not ward off the flying Shakin It Up, which inched clear at the wire.
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Shakin It Up competed in 8th after a half-mile, regarding a dozen lengths behind the hot pacesetter, before angling out for Flores leaving the turn and dashing 3 deep via the drive under support.
"I was an expecting an excellent rate," said Flores, who recently gained the Malibu with Johnny Eves in 2007 and Bob Black Jack a year later. "The important point was to obtain a good start and to put myself where he could possibly loosen up and just wait for the turn, when I could get after him. And we timed it ideal. We closed the year with a great horse.".
Of his choice to use in Singapore, which he tried out for 2 weeks last July, the jockey said: "It makes sense and it's the very best thing for us immediately. We leave at 10:45 tonight. We'll choose 6 months and afterwards see where we're at. I begin using on New Year's Day, opening day.".
There was a three-quarter length gap from Central Banker to the Rafael Bejarano-ridden Zeewat in 3rd, with Flashback and Joel Rosario signing in a disappointing fourth. The favorite was defeated 4 lengths after falling well back early in a crowd and making a light proposal in the stretch.
"I hate losing like that," Talamo said of the runner-up surface on Central Banker. "But I'll tell you exactly what. My equine, he could not have run a much better race. He was overall class. He made my job quite easy. I merely had to aim him in the appropriate direction.".
Shakin It Up was shown at the seven-furlong proximity after taking the San Vicente Levels at Santa Anita Feb. 17. However after his fourth-place surface in the 1 �-mile Sunland Derby, a race won by Govenor Charlie for Baffert and Pegram, he visited the sidelines. The colt had actually been working wonderfully at Santa Anita for his return and was coming off a five-furlong drill in:59 � Dec. 21.
"He was training terrific," Baffert said. "He had the back training to triumph it. I knew he could gain it from way off. I assumed Flashback would certainly be a lot more in the middle of it, and he wound up falling back, yet that's simply the method it goes in some cases.
"It's a fantastic way to finish the day, with that said horse winning; Midnight Lute has actually showed what an outstanding sire he is.".
The champion improved his career mark to 3-1-1 in 6 starts and virtually increased his revenues to $367,600 with the triumph.
Under equal weights of 118 pounds, Shakin It Up paid $36, $15, and $7.80 and topped a $357.80 exacta with Central Lender, whose ideal previous proving in ranked stakes was a third-place effort behind Capo Bastone in the Foxwoods Master Bishop Levels Aug. 24 at Saratoga Race track. Central Banker paid $11.40 and $6.40, while Zeewat returned $5.20 to reveal.
Flashback was followed by 2nd option Bakken, Our Double Play, Heir of Hurricane, Distinctiv Enthusiasm, Syndicated, Zee Bros, and Holy Lute.
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