Grade I Bing Crosby and Grade II San Diego head list for Saturday's card
The first major stakes weekend of the summer meeting commences today with the Grade I Bing Crosby and the Grade II San Diego Handicap with Grade III Eddie Read Stakes being run Sunday.The Crosby is a six-furlong sprint that guarantees the winner a berth in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint Nov. 4 at Santa Anita.The top finishers in the San Diego Handicap are often next seen in the meet’s premier event — the Sept. 2 Pacific Classic.
Tripoli was the surprise winner of the 2021 Pacific Classic, but has only one win since. Royal Ship is the defending champion of the San Diego Handicap, then ran third in the Pacific Classic 26¼, lengths behind Flightline. And Slow Down Andy won the Grade II Del Mar Derby on the turf last year before finishing third in both the Grade I Awesome Again Stakes and the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile on the dirt.
Most recently, Defunded scored back-top-back wins in the Grade II Californian and Grade I Hollywood Gold Cup at Santa Anita. He opened the 2023 season with a runner-up finish to Art Collector in the Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park, then ran third behind Stilleto Bay and Proxy in the Grade I Santa Anita Handicap.
“He’s really been headstrong,” Baffert said of Defunded, who will carry the high weight of 125 pounds. Royal Ship and Slow Down Andy will each carry 122 pounds.
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