Faiza strong late, wins the Santa Ysabel Stakes
She may not win by the length of the grandstand like some talented thoroughbreds, but Faiza gets the job done and that's good enough for the connections of the 3-year-old daughter of Girvin.
Faiza, ridden by Flavien Prat, remained unbeaten in four starts Sunday with a 2 1/4-length victory in the $100,000 Grade III Santa Ysabel Stakes at Santa Anita, which serves as a major prep for the Santa Anita Oaks on April 8.
The winner, who counts victories in the Grade I Starlet at Los Alamitos and Grade III Las Virgenes on her resume, tracked pacesetter Blessed Touch from second most of the way as the 4-5 favorite until the stretch, when she took the lead and gradually pulled away.
“She wins, but she is still learning how to win,” said winning trainer Bob Baffert, who won the Santa Ysabel for a record eighth time. “Flavien told me that she wasn't going to win by a lot, that she does just enough. All the jockeys that have ridden her have said that there's more in the tank and she gets it done.
“At Los Alamitos, (Pride of the Nile) came to her and I thought she was going to get beat. Prat told me there
Faiza, with jockey Flavien Prat aboard, wins the Grade III Santa Ysabel Stakes on Sunday at Santa Anita Park.
was just so much left under the hood, she just gives you enough. There's a lot more there, which is good.”
And Tell Me Nolies, a two-time graded stakes winner, finished second, a length and a quarter in front of Blessed Touch in the five-horse field. Final time for the mile and a sixteenth was 1:44.66.
“I was pretty confident,” Prat said. “Obviously, a great post (six) so she jumped well and got me into the race. She was traveling well all the way around. I felt that the pace was quite easy, so I could get myself going around the turn and she stretched her legs down the lane really well.”
Can she go longer? “It seems like she is getting better, race after race,” Prat said. “I think the distance is not a problem for her. She's a filly
that has stamina so there is definitely (room for) improvement.”
San Simeon Stakes
The streaking Philip D'Amato made it six victories in two days by winning the $100,000 Grade III turf sprint down the hill with 3-2 favorite Motorious.
Final time was 1:11.34 for the 6 1/2 furlongs.
A 5-year-old gelded son of Muhaarar, Motorious won for the fifth time in 13 starts and for the second time over the downhill course. He improved his bankroll to $204,944 with the victory.
Anarchist, an 11-1 longshot, finished second, 2 1/4 lengths behind the winner. Brickyard Ride, who set the early pace, finished third in his first race back following a 10-month layoff.
DETROIT TIGERS: Agreed to terms with RHP Trevor Rosenthal on a one-year contract.
NEW YORK YANKEES: Reassigned RHPs Sean Boyle and Mitch Spence, Cs Anthony Seigler, Austin Wells and Josh Breaux, OF Elijah Dunham and LHP D.J. Snelten to minor league camp.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS: Optioned RHP Luis Medina and OF Cal Stevenson to Las Vegas (IL). Reassigned RHPs J.T. Ginn, Deolis Guerra, Daulton Jefferies, Jorge Juan, Nolan Long, Mason Miller, Norge Ruiz and Trey Supak, C Daniel Susac, INFs Ernie Clement, Kevin Cron, Logan Davidson and Max Muncy and OF Cody Thomas to minor league camp.
SEATTLE MARINERS: Reassigned RHP Travis Kuhn, LHP Blake Weiman and Cs Jake Anchia and Matt Scheffler to minor league camp.
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS: Reassigned RHPs Slade Cecconi and Bryce Jarvis, INFs Deyvison De Los Santos and Jordan Lawlar and LHP Blake Walston to minor league camp.
NEW YORK KNICKS: Re-signed G DaQuan Jeffries to a 10-day contract.
DALLAS STARS: Returned G Matt Murray to Texas (AHL). Loaned F Fredrik Olofsson to Texas.
DETROIT RED WINGS: Reassigned G Alex Nedeljkovic to Grand Rapids (AHL).
SAN JOSE SHARKS: Recalled Ds Nick Cicek and Nikolai Knyzhov from San Jose (AHL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS: Recalled C Alexei Protas and D Dylan McIlrath from Hershey (AHL).
TEXAS TECH: Suspended men's basketball head coach Mark Adams.
At Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Lap length: 1.5 miles
(Start position in parentheses)
1. (2) William Byron, Chevrolet, 271 laps, 60 points. 2. (6) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 271, 53. 3. (11) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 271, 46. 4. (13) Bubba Wallace, Toyota, 271, 41. 5. (10) Christopher Bell, Toyota, 271, 45. 6. (9) Austin Cindric, Ford, 271,
31. 7. (15) Martin Truex Jr, Toyota, 271,
42. 8. (27) Justin Haley, Chevrolet, 271,
29. 9. (14) Kevin Harvick, Ford, 271, 29.
10. (24) Daniel Suárez, Chevrolet, 271, 27.
11. (12) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 271, 35.
12. (8) Ross Chastain, Chevrolet, 271, 37.
13. (3) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 271, 24. 14. (5) Kyle Busch, Chevrolet, 271, 25. 15. (34) Tyler Reddick, Toyota, 271, 22. 16. (21) Aric Almirola, Ford, 271, 21. 17. (7) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 271, 23. 18. (23) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 271, 19. 19. (22) Erik Jones, Chevrolet, accident, 270, 18.
20. (19) Corey Lajoie, Chevrolet, 270, 17.
21. (18) Chris Buescher, Ford, 270, 16.
22. (4) Ty Gibbs, Toyota, 270, 15. 23. (31) Ryan Preece, Ford, 270, 14. 24. (16) Ricky Stenhouse Jr, Chevrolet, 270, 13. 25. (17) Michael McDowell, Ford, 270, 12. 26. (35) Harrison Burton, Ford, 269, 11. 27. (26) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, 269, 10. 28. (20) Chase Briscoe, Ford, 269, 9. 29. (32) Josh Berry, Chevrolet, 269, 0. 30. (25) Noah Gragson, Chevrolet, 269, 7.
31. (28) Todd Gilliland, Ford, 268, 6. 32. (36) BJ McLeod, Chevrolet, 266, 5. 33. (29) JJ Yeley, Ford, 265, 4. 34. (33) Ty Dillon, Chevrolet, 265, 3. 35. (30) Cody Ware, Ford, 259, 2. 36. (1) Joey Logano, Ford, dvp, 183, 1.
At The New Tanjong Sentosa Island, Singapore Purse: $1.8 million Yardage: 6,776; Par: Final round
$270,000
Jin Young Ko .................... 72-65-65-69—271
$169,299
Nelly Korda ..................... 68-68-68-69—273
$98,097
Allisen Corpuz, .............. 70-65-70-69—274 Ayaka Furue ..................... 68-69-70-67—274 Danielle Kang ................... 71-63-72-68—274
$62,566
Yuka Saso ......................... 67-70-72-66—275
$52,370
Ashleigh Buhai ................ 69-67-72-68—276
$43,565
Hyo Joo Kim ..................... 68-67-73-69—277 Elizabeth Szokol .............. 64-71-70-72—277
$37,539
Atthaya Thitikul, ............ 70-70-71-67—278
$32,533
Celine Boutier .................. 70-70-67-72—279 Nasa Hataoka .................. 72-65-70-72—279 Eun-Hee Ji ......................... 69-70-72-68—279
$24,995
Linn Grant, ....................... 69-67-71-73—280 Georgia Hall ..................... 71-66-74-69—280 Ariya Jutanugarn ........... 68-73-70-69—280 A Lim Kim .......................... 70-70-74-66—280 Madelene Sagstrom ....... 73-67-71-69—280 Lilia Vu .............................. 70-70-70-70—280
$20,207
Na Rin An, ........................ 70-72-71-68—281 Hye Jin Choi ...................... 71-71-71-68—281 Hannah Green .................. 70-69-71-71—281 Leona Maguire ................. 70-70-70-71—281
AP TOP 25
Sunday's results
No. 1 Houston 67, Memphis 65
No. 5 Purdue 76, Illinois 71
No. 15 Indiana 75, Michigan 73, OT Penn St. 65, No. 21 Maryland 64WCC
WCC TOURNAMENT
At Orleans Arena, Las Vegas Saturday's quarterfinals
BYU 73, Loyola Marymount 63
USF 93, Santa Clara 87, 2OT
Today's semifinals
No. 17 Saint Mary's vs. BYU, 6 p.m. No. 10 Gonzaga vs. USF, 8:30 p.m.
OTHERS
Sunday's results
Tulane 83, Temple 82
UCF 84, East Carolina 58 Cincinnati 97, SMU 74
Nebraska 81, Iowa 77 Northwestern 65, Rutgers 53 Wichita St. 69, South Florida 49 Wisconsin 71, Minnesota 67
Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament final
Kennesaw St. 67, Liberty 66
Big South Conference Tournament final
UNC-Asheville 77, Campbell 73
Missouri Valley Conference Tournament final
Drake 77, Bradley 51
Patriot League Tournament semifinals
Colgate 91, Army 74
Lafayette 84, American 76
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT
At T-Mobile Arena, Paradise, Nev. Wednesday's first round
Washington vs. Colorado, noon Washington St. vs. Cal, 2:30 p.m. Utah vs. Stanford, 6 p.m.
Arizona St. vs. Oregon St., 8:30 p.m.
Thursday's quarterfinals
UCLA vs. Wash.-Colorado winner, noon Oregon vs. Wash. St.-Cal winner, 2:30 p.m. Arizona vs. Utah-Stanford winner, 6 p.m. USC vs. Arizona St.-Oregon St. winner, 8:30 p.m.
Friday's semifinals
TBD vs. TBD, 6 p.m.
TBD vs. TBD, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday's championship
Semifinal winners, 7:30 p.m.