Accelerate stunned overwhelming favourite Arrogate to win the $300,000 San Diego Handicap by 8 1/2 lengths Saturday at Del Mar, snapping the seven-race winning streak of the world’s top-ranked horse. Arrogate finished fourth, beaten by 15 1/4 lengths in the 4-year-old colt’s first race since March 25 in Dubai. “He was just flat, so flat.”His trainer, Bob Baffert, was blunter, saying Arrogate “laid an egg.”It wasn’t the first time Accelerate got the best of Arrogate. Last year at Los Alamitos, Accelerate beat Arrogate by a neck in the colt’s career debut in a race won by another horse. I wasn’t surprised that I did; I was here to win.”Donworth, a 24-1 shot, returned $119.80 and $67.40.

Source: National Post July 23, 2017 01:30 UTC