Going to Vegas Ready to Roll in the Buena Vista

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Trainer Richard Baltas sends out expected favorite MGSW Going to Vegas (Goldencents) in Saturday's G2 Buena Vista S. at Santa Anita. Last seen finishing 11th in a 12-horse field after setting the early pace in the GI Maker's Mark Breeders' Cup Filly And Mare Turf, Going to Vegas shook off the rust with a five-furlong drill in 1:00 (2/20) Feb. 26. Flavien Prat, who won the GII John C. Mabee S. aboard the 5-year-old mare last September, has the mount.

   To win, she'll have to get by likely frontrunner Leggs Galore (Bayern), sent out by Phil D'Amato, who is coming off a big effort in a win last out down the hill in the Jan. 15 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint S. She carries four fewer pounds than Going to Vegas and, with the highest speed figure in the field, will almost certainly set the pace. She also gets the benefit of an inside post position, breaking from post five.

   Coming after them both will be George Krikorian's homebred Mucho Unusual (Mucho Macho Man) who, after a strong 2021 season, looks to improve on her second-place finish in last year's Buena Vista S. where she finished in front of Going to Vegas but, at six, she is now the oldest mare in the field. She and Going to Vegas will both need to overcome outside post positions (Going to Vegas in the 10, Mucho Unusual in the 11), but have the class to do so.

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