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By Wandering Eyes · Posted
New York-bred Usha put on a dazzling performance in the $300,000 La Brea Stakes (G1) Dec. 28 at Santa Anita Park. The 3-year-old daughter of Tiz the Law kicked away to win by 5 1/4 lengths in the 7-furlong race.View the full article -
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The largest opening day since 2016 and the largest Sunday opener this century kicked off a postponed Santa Anita Park Classic Meet in a big way Dec. 28.View the full article -
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After Antonio Fresu was injured, Kazushi Kimura picked up the mount on Ambaya for trainer Jonathan Thomas and won with the filly, who was making her graded stakes debut.View the full article -
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Her owners made a special trip out to Santa Anita Park for the GI American Oaks and Ambaya (Ghostzapper) made sure they'd go home with the hardware. The chestnut held all potential challengers at bay late to score her first elite-level win in the nightcap of the record Classic Meet opening card. The Jonathan Thomas-trainee spent most of her season on the board, running second or third three times after breaking her maiden at first asking June 12 at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Her placings included a third in the Christiana Stakes at Delaware Park in late September. She shipped to California two back Oct. 30 to take on optional claimers at Del Mar, and missed to familiar face Ribbons (Liams Map) on the wire by the slimmest of margins. After a rough start left her as the caboose in her most recent jump Nov. 24 at that venue, she closed furiously in the lane to run fourth against allowance optional claimers. Supported here to the tune of 12-1 odds, Ambaya set up in fifth along the fence as Ribbons stepped out from the far outside gate to lead the procession through an opening quarter in :23.55 and a half in :48.30. Facing pressure as they swung through the far turn, that long-time leader eventually yielded after six panels in 1:13.55 and the running began as the field entered the homestretch with no overwhelming leader. Locked onto Cliffs (Omaha Beach) as that one fought to hold off the Thomas stablemate Will Then (War of Will), Ambaya overhauled that pair inside the final furlong and kept them to within a half-length on the line. Cliffs managed to keep second over Will Then in third. Owner/breeder George Strawbridge claimed two of the top three spots with his fillies running first and third. Pedigree Notes: Ambaya is the third winner from as many to the races for her dam Kundray, but is by far the most accomplished of the trio as the first Grade I winner for the mare. The victress has a yearling filly by Liam's Map to her credit as the last registered. She was sent to Gamble's Exchange for 2026 after she did not catch in her 2025 trip to Collusion Illusion. Sunday, Santa Anita Park AMERICAN OAKS PRESENTED BY CYGAMES-GI, $303,000, Santa Anita, 12-28, 3yo, f, 1 1/4mT, 2:01.02, gd. 1–AMBAYA, 124, f, 3, by Ghostzapper 1st Dam: Kundray, by Distorted Humor 2nd Dam: J'ray, by Distant View 3rd Dam: Bubbling Heights (Fr), by Darshaan (GB) 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN, 1ST GRADE I WIN. O-Augustin Stables; B-George Strawbridge (KY); T-Jonathan Thomas; J-Kazushi Kimura. $180,000. Lifetime Record: 6-2-2-1, $245,960. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Cliffs, 124, f, 3, by Omaha Beach 1st Dam: Perfect View, by Arch 2nd Dam: Visual Mind, by Kingmambo 3rd Dam: Visions of Clarity (Ire), by Sadler's Wells 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE, 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. ($60,000 RNA Wlg '22 KEENOV; $77,000 Ylg '23 KEEJAN; $175,000 Ylg '23 FTSAUG; $430,000 2yo '24 OBSAPR). O-Lael Stables; B-Four Pillars Holdings LLC (KY); T-Cherie DeVaux. $60,000. 3–Will Then, 124, f, 3, by War of Will 1st Dam: Remember Then, by Pulpit 2nd Dam: Owsley, by Harlan 3rd Dam: Insipid, by Sham 1ST G1 BLACK TYPE. O-Augustin Stables; B-George Strawbridge (KY); T-Jonathan Thomas. $36,000. Margins: HF, NK, 1 1/4. Odds: 12.70, 2.80, 3.50. Also Ran: Take A Breath (GB), Resolve, Totally Justified, A Thousand Miles, Ribbons, As Catch Can, Slick (Ire), Atsila (Ire). Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. The post Ghostzapper’s Ambaya Lifts Late, Holds Them All Off to Win American Oaks appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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