Bob Baffert’s Nevada Beach Scores 8-1 Upset at Santa Anita

Bob Baffert’s Nevada Beach scores 8-1 upset at Santa Anita

ARCADIA — In a rarity, Bob Baffert was not in the spotlight before a Grade I stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday. His horses went off at 8-1 and 14-1, and the trainer scratched another who was 6-1 on the morning line. His No. 1 jockey, Juan Hernandez, chose someone else’s horse in the Goodwood Stakes. “It’s nice to go under the radar,” Baffert said. He was speaking in, wouldn’t you know it, the winner’s circle. The combination of the emerging tale…

Nevada Beach Upsets Full Serrano in 'WAYI' Goodwood

Michael Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman's lightly raced 3-year-old Nevada Beach (Omaha Beach), last seen capturing the Los Alamitos Derby June 28, fired fresh off the bench to punch his ticket to the GI Breeders' Cup Classic with an 8-1 upset victory for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert against older horses in Saturday's 'Win and You're In' GI Goodwood S. at Santa Anita. Last year's GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile upsetter Full Serrano (Arg) (Full Mast…

Nevada Beach Upsets Goodwood, Johannes Also Scores Breeders' Cup

Nevada Beach went into the Grade 1 $300,000 Goodwood Stakes Sept. 27 at Santa Anita Park as the least experienced of the six horses in the race. Read More...

Santa Anita: Gaming out; Rispoli gets First Mission in Goodwood

Bob Baffert said Friday morning that Gaming will be scratched from Saturday’s Grade 1 Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita, where jockey Umberto Rispoli was named to replace Paco Lopez on program favorite First Mission. The exit of Gaming leaves Privman and Nevada Beach to go postward for Baffert. Gaming, who drew the rail, was the 6-1 fourth choice on the morning line for the 1 1/8-mile Goodwood. “Not a good spot for him. We’ll look for something els…