NOTES FROM SANTA ANITA PARK

JUDY THE BEAUTY EXUDES CLASS IN WINNING GRADE III LAS FLORES STAKES, JOHN VELAZQUEZ, WESLEY WARD TEAM UP TO WIN BY 4 ¾ LENGTHS

Heavily favored Judy the Beauty, idle since running second to multiple Eclipse Award winner Groupie Doll in the Grade I Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Nov. 2, showed her class in winning Sunday’s Grade III, $100,000 Las Flores Stakes at Santa Anita by 4 ¾ lengths, negotiating six furlongs in 1:08.22.

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GAME ON DUDE, CALIFORNIA CHROME HEADLINE WORLD-CLASS RACING ON SANTA ANITA HANDICAP DAY; TOTAL HANDLE OF $22.5 MILLION IS 23 PERCENT INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR, ON-TRACK HANDLE UP 11 PERCENT

‘DUDE’ SETS NEW BIG ’CAP STAKES RECORD OF 1:58.17, ‘CHROME’ RUNS 2ND FASTEST SAN FELIPE      With veteran 7-year-old gelding Game On Dude and 3-year-old superstar California Chrome headlining a blockbuster 11-race program on Saturday at Santa Anita, total Santa Anita Handicap Day handle was $22,589,082, a robust 23 percent increase over last year.

GAME ON DUDE WINS RECORD THIRD SANTA ANITA HANDICAP; SMITH & BAFFERT TEAM FOR STAKES RECORD TIME OF 1:58.17

Game On Dude won the $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap by 1¾ lengths Saturday, becoming the first three-time champion in the race's 77-year history.

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