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St Trinians, an impressive 1 ¾ lengths winner of Saturday’s Gr. II Santa Maria Handicap, will not face champion Zenyatta, as originally planned, in the Gr. I, $250,000 Santa Margarita Handicap on March 13, and will instead take on the boys in the Gr. I, $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap on March 6.

“Vic (Stauffer, agent for jockey Joel Rosario) called me right after the race Saturday and pointed out that we’d be running for three times the money and we wouldn’t have to face Zenyatta,” said trainer Mike Mitchell. “Looking at it, I think Zenyatta would probably be about 6-5 if she ran in the Big ’Cap, so why face her (in the Santa Margarita) for a third of the money? My mare is really good right now and it looks like some of the big shooters, like Quality Road and Gio Ponti, won’t be here for the Big ’Cap.

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 15, 2010) – Sidney’s Candy regained a huge measure of the high expectations he had generated following a dazzling maiden victory last summer at Del Mar with a comparable triumph on Monday in Santa Anita’s 69th running of the Grade II, $150,000 San Vicente Stakes for 3-year-olds.

Following a disappointing comeback performance in an allowance event on Dec. 30 at Santa Anita, Sidney’s Candy simply ran away from his opposition in the seven-furlong stakes race that has served as a proving ground for nine Kentucky Derby champions.

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 14, 2010) – After having raced predominantly on turf, Striking Dancer stormed home under jockey Alex Solis Sunday to capture the Grade II, $150,000 La Canada Stakes for 4-year-old fillies at 1 1/8 miles over Santa Anita’s Pro-Ride synthetic surface and gain her first stakes victory in her 11th career start.

Dismissed at 20-1 on the morning line and sent off at 13-1 in the field of 11, the daughter of Smart Strike ran past another longshot, 17-1 Gripsholm Castle to win by 1 ½ lengths with 6-1 Floating Heart another half-length back in third. The winning time was 1:48.48.