Forced Entry first, Super Corredora last at Santa Anita

Forced Entry first, Super Corredora last at Santa Anita

Forced Entry and jockey Juan Hernandez extended trainer Bob Baffert’s dominance of the Santa Ysabel Stakes at Santa Anita on Sunday as Super Corredora continued to struggle since her Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies victory. Forced Entry ($7.60) took the lead from stablemate French Blue at the top of the stretch in the 1-1/16-mile, Grade III race for 3-year-old fillies and completed Baffert’s sixth consecutive win and 11th since 2003 in the Santa …

Charlatan's Forced Entry Too Strong in Santa Ysabel, Earns Oaks Points

She rolled into the lane with all the momentum and Forced Entry (Charlatan) carried it right to her first black-type win in the GIII Santa Ysabel Stakes. Debuted Jan. 11 at this venue in a six-furlong turf maiden, she faded to last after having to fight every step of the way, but it was a much different result when she resurfaced Feb. 1 on this main track. Out to set the pace again, they were never able to reel her back in, and Forced Entry cant…

Baffert's Forced Entry storms home in Santa Ysabel

Forced Entry stalked the pace, seized command entering the stretch and drew off to a 1 3/4-length victory Sunday in the Grade 3, $100,000 Santa Ysabel Stakes at Santa Anita, earning 50 Kentucky Oaks (G1) qualifying points that should punch her ticket to Churchill Downs on May 1.Juan Hernandez rode the 5-2 co-favorite for trainer Bob Baffert in the two-turn, 1 1/16-mile race for seven 3-year-old fillies that awarded points on a 50-25-15-10-5 scal…