Unbeaten Becca Taylor heads Saturday’s Irish O’Brien Stakes
At 0h03, on March 19, 2022 • By SANTA ANITA
Nick Alexander’s unbeaten homebred Becca Taylor heads a field of seven older fillies and mares going about 6 ½ furlongs down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course in Saturday’s $100,000 Irish O’Brien Stakes. Trained by Steve Miyadi, Becca Taylor will be trying the hillside turf for the first time in what will be her seventh career start.
Named for the multiple stakes winning daughter of D’Artagnan, who was owned by Susan Isaacs, the Irish O’Brien is part of the CTBA-sponsored Golden State Series, for eligible California-bred or sired runners.
Fresh off a 1 ¼ length win versus statebreds going six furlongs on dirt in the Spring Fever Stakes here on Feb. 21, Becca Taylor, who is by Old Topper out Alexander’s General Meeting mare Lady Sax, has one turf race on her resume, a six furlong allowance win out of Santa Anita’s turf chute in her second start on Jan. 18, 2021.
With leading man Flavien Prat riding her back, Becca Taylor, who has banked $274,980 and has been favored in her last four starts, figures to again be the heavy chalk on Saturday.
