Longshot Wynstock wins the Los Alamitos Futurity
Trainer Bob Baffert having three of the five horses in a graded-stakes race that he's now won a record 14 times and eight of the past 10 runnings is like spotting the 1927 Yankees three games in a best-of-7 series.
Talk about your sure things. Baffert had the 4-5 favorite in Saturday's $200,000 Grade II Los Alamitos Futurity, Coach Prime, and Wine Me Up, the 9-5 second choice. He also sent out 13-1 longshot Wynstock, owned by Los Alamitos owner Dr. Ed Allred and the track's vice president, Jack Liebau.
At the finish, it was Wynstock who collected first prize of $120,000, surviving a stewards' inquiry to secure his second consecutive victory after breaking his maiden at identical 13-1 odds at Santa Anita on Oct. 15. He beat Stronghold by a half length after the two colts played a little game of bumper cars in the last eighth of a mile.
Ridden by Kyle Frey, Wynstock won for the second time in four starts and padded his career earnings to $162,740. He ran the mile and one sixteenth in 1:43.53, surrendering the lead midway through the stretch only to re-rally and earn the victory.
“Stronghold got us first,” Frey said of the bumping that prompted the inquiry.
Baffert said he's had high hopes for Wynstock, a son of Solomini,
Wynstock and jockey Kyle Frey, outside, race to victory in the Grade II, $200,000Los Alamitos Futurity on Saturday.
since the beginning. He ran him short twice. He finished fourth, beaten 7 1/4 lengths in his debut at Del Mar on Aug. 25 and came back to run fifth, beaten 10 3/4 lengths on Sept. 30 at Santa Anita. He stretched out to a mile in his third start, going gate to wire for a 7 1/2-length victory with Frey aboard for the first time.
“I couldn't believe he got beat twice going short because he had shown so much in the morning,” Baffert said. “When he went long we put Kyle on him and he got him away from there and I told him I'd leave him on this horse because they get along great together.
“Coming into the paddock today he looked outstanding. He was on his toes and actually looked like he was going to run in the Champion of Champions (quarter-horse stakes). He's a stout, beautiful horse.”
Baffert got his start in the quarter-horse business. He was one of the top trainers at Los Alamitos
before switching to thoroughbreds full time in 1991. The rest is history, but the Hall of Fame trainer still holds fond memories of the Orange County track.
“I'm just really happy for Doc (Allred),” Baffert said. “We go way back. To have this moment is special. He bought (Wynstock) and trusted me. I'm so excited.”
Said Frey, who registered his first gradedstakes victory in Southern California, of the winner: “He has the heart of a lion. He swelled up when (Stronghold) came up on our inside.”
Coach Prime, ridden by Flavien Prat, went in off an impressive 7 1/4-length maiden victory on Nov. 10 at Del Mar, but the Quality Road colt never threatend in the stretch Saturday. He had to settle for third, a half length behind Stronghold.
“He was sort of in and out the whole way,” Baffert said. “He got a little warm behind the gate and got shuffled back a bit. He's still green.”
Ohio St. 67, UCLA 60
BYU 86, Georgia St. 54
Cal Baptist 70, UC Riverside 69 Grand Canyon 91, Portland 63 N. Arizona 76, S. Utah 74 North Dakota 79, Utah Tech 62 Saint Mary's (Cal.) 69, UNLV 67, 2OT Santa Clara 69, Washington St. 61 UC Davis 82, Pacific 61
UC Irvine 121, South Dakota 78 UCSB 68, Loyola Marymount 59 Utah 76, Utah Valley St. 62 Utah St. 54, San Francisco 53 Weber St. 84, Wyoming 71
Delaware 67, Rhode Island 56 Drexel 71, Albany (NY) 52 FAU 64, St. Bonaventure 54 Georgia Tech 82, Penn St. 81, OT Monmouth (NJ) 77, Rider 71 Pittsburgh 86, SC State 50 Providence 78, Sacred Heart 64 Radford 70, Bucknell 63 Rutgers 83, LIU 61
Saint Joseph's 83, Iona 58
St. John's 77, Fordham 55 UMass 87, West Virginia 79
FIU 146, Trinity (FL) 55
George Mason 62, Loyola (Md.) 54 Georgia 66, High Point 58 Mercer 70, Florida Gulf Coast 65 Mississippi 88, Cal 78
Rice 76, Northwestern St. 51 Richmond 64, Charlotte 56
SMU 68, Florida St. 57
S. Carolina 73, Charleston Southern 69 South Florida 77, Loyola Chicago 64 Tennessee 79, NC State 70
VCU 87, Temple 78
Virginia 56, Northeastern 54 Virginia Tech 73, Vermont 51
Dayton 82, Cincinnati 68 Evansville 70, Bellarmine 61
Fort Wayne 86, Bethune-Cookman 63 Georgetown 72, Notre Dame 68, OT Iowa 88, Florida A&M 52 Michigan 83, E. Michigan 66 Michigan St. 88, Baylor 64
Saint Louis 75, Louisiana Tech 74 Wichita St. 69, S. Illinois 68 Xavier 75, Winthrop 59
Arkansas 69, Lipscomb 66 Houston 70, Texas A&M 66 TCU 79, Arizona St. 59
At Ritz-Carlton Golf Club Orlando, Fla. Yardage: 7,106; Par: Purse: $1.85 million First Round
Team Kucher .......................... 29-28—57 -15 Team Langer .......................... 30-30—60 -12 Team Singh ............................. 30-30—60 -12 Team Goosen ......................... 28-32—60 -12 Team Duval ............................ 32-38—60 -12 Team Daly ................................ 30-31—61 -11 Team Cink ............................... 32-30—62 -10 TeamO'Meara ........................ 31-31—62-10 Team Annika .......................... 32-30—62 -10 Team Lehman ........................ 30-32—62 -10 Team Leonard .......................... 30-34—64 -8 Team Korda .............................. 32-32—64 -8 Team Stricker .......................... 33-31—64 -8 Team Woods ............................ 32-32—64 -8 Team Thomas .......................... 33-31—64 -8 Team Furyk ............................... 33-33—66 -6 Team Harrington ..................... 32-35—67 -5 Team Faldo ............................... 35-33—68 -4 Team Price ............................... 34-34—68 -4 Team Trevino ........................... 33-36—69 -3
At Heritage Golf Club Bel Ombre, Mauritius Purse: $1.2 million Yardage: 7,331; Par: Third Round
Louis Oosthuizen .......... 68-69-65—202 -14 Jacques De Villiers ......... 68-67-68—203 -13 Laurie Canter .................. 66-74-65—205 -11 Jaco Prinsloo ................... 67-72-67—206 -10 Jayden Trey Schaper ..... 65-74-67—206 -10 Pieter Moolman ................ 67-71-69—207 -9 Lyle Rowe ........................... 66-71-70—207 -9 Darren Fichardt ................ 66-72-70—208 -8 Dylan Naidoo ..................... 68-69-71—208 -8 Marcel Schneider ............. 67-68-73—208 -8 Marcel Siem ..................... 69-69-70—208 -8 Paul Waring ....................... 63-73-72—208 -8 Daniel Brown .................... 68-68-73—209 -7 7035 — 1 Mile. Maiden Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $20,000. Purse $20,000.
Horse, Jockey
Wt P
1/4
1/2
3/4 Str
Favorite
at Auburn at Illinois Oregon at Louisville at Kansas St at Oregon St at Boise St at Missouri at Oklahoma St at San Jose St at Stanford at Iowa St Washington Nevada Stony Brook at Fairfield at Longwood at Omaha at N Iowa at E Kentucky at Illinois St at Abilene Chr. at McNeese
Favorite
at New Jersey Vancouver at Carolina at Vegas at Colorado
Line
81/2 151/2 41/2 21/2 51/2 91/2 111/2 11/2 71/2 21/2 161/2 321/2 41/2 21/2 31/2 61/2 171/2 1 161/2 21/2 41/2 11/2 61/2
Line
-250/+202 -220/+180 -220/+180 -205/+168 -320/+255
Trifecta (6-4-3) paid $163.70. Pick Three (2-3-6) paid $51.90; Pick Three Pool $27,808. Pick Four (3-2-3-6) 4 correct paid $168.60; Pick Four Pool $49,649. Pick Five (7-3-2-3-6) 5 correct paid $225.20; Pick Five Pool $244,914.
Winner —