'TDN Rising Star' Arrogate (Unbridled's Song), a leading contender for Horse of the Year, will put his five-race winning streak on the line while making his 4-year-old debut against four rivals in Sunday's GII San Pasqual S. at Santa Anita.
The GI Travers S. and GI Breeders' Cup Classic hero fired a six-furlong bullet in 1:12 1/5 (1/28) at Santa Anita Dec. 27. He is slated to take on California Chrome (Lucky Pulpit) in a Classic rematch in the $12-million GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Jan. 28.
“The San Pasqual will be his hard work,” Hall of Famer Bob Baffert said. “From here on out with the rain, things are going to be spotty, so you've got to go. I want to get a race into him, but it's not going to be easy. There are some nice horses in there.”
The speedy Midnight Storm (Pioneerof the Nile), hero of this year's GI Shoemaker Mile S. and third-place finisher in the GI Breeders' Cup Mile, added a graded stakes win on dirt to the resume in front-running fashion in the GIII Native Diver S. at Del Mar Nov. 27.
“I'll tell you one thing, the more pressure I put on this horse, the more he thrives,” trainer Phil D'Amato said. “I'm expecting a big performance out of him.”
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