Elusive Quality Colt Blooms at Santa Anita

2nd-SAX, $53,360, Alw, NW1$X, 3yo, 6f, 1:08 3/5, ft. 
PIMPERNEL (c, 3, Elusive Quality–Xtra Heat {Ch. 3yo Filly, GISW, $2,189,635}, by Dixieland Heat) graduated in his fourth start last time out with a 2 3/4-length victory over this track and trip Feb. 8. Sent off at 8-5 in this short field of three, the chestnut colt always maintained contact with the leader as Cherubim set the pace through fractions of :21.42 and :43.50. He made a run at the 2-5 favorite in upper stretch, but Cherubim found more and inched away. Pimpernel would not be denied however and found his best gear in the final sixteenth for a 3/4-length tally. Pimpernel, a $525,000 KEESEP yearling, is a three-quarter brother to Southwestern Heat (Gone West, SW & GSP, $155,340) and a full to Elusive Heat (SW & GSP, $117,170). Champion Xtra Heat produced a filly by Quality Road in 2012 and was bred to Congrats in 2013. Click for the brisnet.com chart or VIDEO. Lifetime Record: 5-2-0-2, $81,640. 
O-Juddmonte Farms Inc. B-Woodford Thoroughbreds LLC (KY). T-Bob Baffert.