By DEJA VUMore by this AuthorSouthern California certainly appeals to Raging Bull (Joel Rosario 5-2), who returned west for the first time since 2018, just to skate through the $300,000 Shoemaker Mile on Monday at Santa Anita. Joel, who manages to win everywhere he rides, came charging home about six-wide into the stretch, with Raging Bull slicing Next Shares 18-1, by 2.4 lengths at the line. War of Will (Flavian Prat 3-1), believed to be the first Preakness Stakes winner to run in this Shoemaker Mile, was the original fifth-place finisher, but was relegated to sixth place for interference out of the gate. Raging Bull, 5, bred in France, clocked 1:23:7/10 seconds for the mile, stepping his career earnings up to more than a million dollars. Maxfield earned 50 qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby victory leaving Ny Traffic and Pneumatic to ponder another day.

Source: Daily Nation May 26, 2020 15:44 UTC