Feb 7, 2016
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Santa Anita Stable Notes for Sunday, Feb 7th by Ed Golden
- NYQUIST HAS SHARP DRILL FOR SAN VICENTE STAKES
- GAS TOTAL BACK ON (MAIN) TRACK FOR SANTA MARIA
- BLANC AND FLAMBOYANT ARE WINNERS AT ANY PRICE
- TRADITION GOES ON AS JOCKEYS MEET HOLY ANGELS
Nyquist this morning

CHAMPION NYQUIST WORKS FOR THREE-YEAR-OLD DEBUT
Champion two-year-old male of 2015 Nyquist worked five furlongs on Santa Anita’s pristine main track at 10:15 Sunday morning in 59.38, his final major breeze for his three-year-old debut a week from Monday, Feb. 15, in the Grade II San Vicente Stakes at seven furlongs.
Working in company on the outside of Bad Read Sanchez, the undefeated son of Uncle Mo trained by Doug O’Neill for Paul and Zillah Reddam had fractional times of 23.65 and 47.16, with a six furlong gallop out clocking of 1:13 flat.
Wearing a red shadow roll and with regular rider Mario Gutierrez in the irons, the bay colt started about three-quarters of a length behind Bad Read Sanchez, passed him on the far turn, and finished four lengths in front at the wire.
Bad Read Sanchez was given a time of 1:00.20 by Santa Anita clocker Dane Nelson.
“That’s exactly what we wanted to see,” O’Neill said. “He’s had a bunch of stamina workouts so we just wanted a sharp drill. He worked unbelievably. Mario was really happy with it, so...



