Champion Citizen Bull leads Baffert stablemates
At 0h02, on January 31, 2025 • By Santa Anita Park
The next stop on the road to the GI Santa Anita Derby and potentially the Kentucky Derby is Saturday’s Grade III Robert B. Lewis Stakes going a mile at Santa Anita.
Featuring the seasonal debut of 2-year-old champion Citizen Bull, the Lewis will be aired live on CNBC and Peacock as part of the 1/ST Racing Tour presented by My Racehorse. The two-hour broadcast, which starts at 1 p.m. PT, will feature eight live races from Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park including the GIII Holy Bull for 3-year-olds at Gulfstream. Post time for the Lewis is approximately 1:30 p.m.
Citizen Bull is installed as the 6-5 program favorite in the Lewis. Trained by Bob Baffert, the two-time Grade I winner by Into Mischief hasn’t started since a front-running win in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Nov. 1 at Del Mar.
“He’s grown and filled out,” Baffert said of Citizen Bull. “He’s a big, strong colt who carries a lot of flesh. It’s time for him to start racing. Time to get him on the Derby trail and get after it.”
Citizen Bull will be ridden by Martin Garcia, who was aboard for his wins in both the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile and previously the Grade I American Pharoah in October at Santa Anita.
