LOS ANGELES — Ed Moger Jr. has been a trainer for more than four decades, and his horses have won a lot of races, but none bigger than Saturday's Grade 1 $500,000 Santa Anita Handicap. Stilleto Boy ran down the favorite Defunded and held off a charging Proxy to win by a neck. "Probably of all the races in California, this one is a bigger race than the Pacific Classic [at Del Mar]," Moger said. It feels like we've won 100 races." Winning trainer Phil D'Amato gave a lot of credit to jockey Kazushi Kimura, who is new to the Santa Anita jockey colony.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 05, 2023 04:52 UTC