Nysos’ Win at Santa Anita Has Bob Baffert Thinking Big

Nysos’ win at Santa Anita has Bob Baffert thinking big

ARCADIA — Nysos is a horse with a future, again. Back from the injury that cost the once top-ranked young colt more than a year of racing, Nysos carried jockey Juan Hernandez to victory in the $100,000, Grade III Triple Bend Stakes by a widening margin of 5 ½ lengths over Dr. Venkman at Santa Anita on Saturday to give trainer Bob Baffert more options than he cared to specify. Baffert did say he would start his planning for the 4-year-old owned b…

Santa Anita: Nysos rebounds to win vs. 3 rivals in Triple Bend

A month after suffering his first career defeat at Churchill Downs, Nysos returned to his winning ways Saturday with a dominant 5 1/2-length win against only three rivals in the Grade 3, $100,000 Triple Bend Stakes going seven furlongs at Santa Anita. On the Kentucky Derby undercard May 3, Nysos returned from a 15-month layoff and came up a neck short in the Churchill Downs (G1) going seven furlongs. It was his first loss in four starts for trai…

'TDN Rising Star' Nysos Canters Home In the Triple Bend

Opting for a confidence-builder over a trip to Saratoga for next weekend's GI Metropolitan Handicap, Baoma Corp's 'TDN Rising Star' Nysos (Nyquist) made light work of three rivals in Saturday's GIII Triple Bend Stakes at Santa Anita, strolling home under little encouragement from Juan Hernandez to score as a mile the best. The slowest away from the inside stall, the prohibitive favorite methodically made his way through at the inside and poked h…