Classy Going to Vegas back to defend her title in Santa Ana Stakes
At 0h02, on March 26, 2022 • By SANTA ANITA
Classy Grade I winner Going to Vegas is back to defend her title in Saturday’s Grade III, $125,000 Santa Ana Stakes as she heads a field of nine older fillies and mares going a mile and one quarter over the Santa Anita turf. Most recently a sharp second going one mile on turf in the Grade II Buena Vista Stakes March 5, Going to Vegas will be reunited with Umberto Rispoli, who was aboard for last year’s Santa Ana triumph.
Second, beaten a half length by front-running Leggs Galore in the Buena Vista, Going to Vegas, who had been idle since well beaten in the Grade I Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Turf Nov. 6, appears primed for a top effort with Rispoli, with whom she won the Grade I Rodeo Drive Stakes at a mile and one quarter on turf here three starts back on Oct. 2.
A 5-year-old mare by Goldencents out of the Johannesburg mare Hard to Resist, Going to Vegas is trained by Richard Baltas and is owned by Abbondanza Racing, LLC, Medallion Racing and MyRacehorse. A gate to wire winner of both the Rodeo Drive and last year’s Santa Ana, Going to Vegas has two wins and a second from three tries at the Santa Ana distance.
