Daddysruby Leads Home Cal-Bred Exacta One-Two in the La Brea

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Jethorse LLC, Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber's DADDYSRUBY (f, 3, Frac Daddy–Youtheprizeandi, by You and I) set a pressured pace, braced for a late challenge from fellow Cal-bred Big Pond (Mr. Big) and just got the bob in to take Tuesday's co-featured GI La Brea S. at Santa Anita. Though not the quickest into stride, having scratched down into the innermost gate in the field, Daddysruby speared through make the running inside of favored Howl (Practical Joke) linking up with the course proper, as Big Pond tracked that pair from three off the inside. The chalk, looking to remain unbeaten in three starts, had run her race by the time the La Brea field hit the three-furlong pole, and it was left to Daddysruby and Big Pond to settle the contest. The former pinched a bit of a break and looked on her way to a relatively easy victory, but Frankie Dettori kept after Big Pond in the final 50 yards to make the end result very interesting. Daddysruby won her maiden impressively at first asking for Jethorse and trainer Tim McCanna over the Golden Gate Tapeta before Adam Wachtel and Gary Barber saw fit to buy in. Winner of consecutive state-bred races in March and August, respectively, the gray was fourth in an age-restricted two-turn allowance on the grass at Del Mar Sept. 3, but atoned with a 5 1/4-length victory against older fillies and mares sprinting on the dirt here Oct. 27. Daddysruby is the first graded winner of any variety for her Ontario-based sire, his fifth black-type winner overall and first outside of Woodbine. O-Jethorse LLC, Wachtel Stable & Gary Barber; B-Jethorse LLC (CA); T-Peter Miller.

 

From allowance winner to Grade I victress, DADDYSRUBY hangs on to win the GI La Brea Stakes at @santaanitapark! pic.twitter.com/WO5bdrAFJr

— TDN (@theTDN) December 27, 2023

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