Midnight Mammoth, Getaway Car among evenly matched field set for Saturday’s Grade II San Pasqual
At 0h02, on January 30, 2026 • By Santa Anita Park
Veteran graded stakes winner Midnight Mammoth and Getaway Car, winner of last year’s Sunland Derby for trainer Bob Baffert, are among an evenly matched field of older horses set to go 1 1/8 miles in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 San Pasqual Stakes at Santa Anita.
Midnight Mammoth, a 7-year-old gelding trained by Craig Dollase, is coming off a career-best 99 Beyer Speed Figure earned in a high-level allowance win going seven furlongs on Jan. 16 at Santa Anita. It was his first start since August when finishing off-the-board in the GI Pacific Classic. Owned by Jeffrey Sengara, Midnight Mammoth is 38 :9-5-7 with $460,380 in earnings. He’ll have regular rider Armando Ayuso in the irons.
Getaway Car won last year’s Sunland Derby in February and then finished fourth as the odds-on favorite in the Virginia Derby a month later at Colonial Downs. He returned after more than eight months on the sidelines Nov. 30 at Del Mar and was off the board in an allowance going 6 ½ furlongs. The winner that day, Bartholdy, is also in the San Pasqual. Getaway Car is owned by SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables and partners. The 4-year-old colt by Curlin will have Juan Hernandez aboard.
Pony Express returns for trainer John Sadler following a three-month layoff. When last seen on Nov. 22 at Santa Anita, Pony Express finished second in the one-mile Tokyo City Cup by just three-quarters of a length. A 5-year-old horse by Gun Runner, Pony Express is owned by By Talla Racing, Three Chimneys Farm and West Point Thoroughbreds. Jockey Hector Berrios has the call.
