$1,000,000 G1 Santa Anita Handicap
1 1/4m, 2:00 2/5
Slew City Slew’s brilliant son LAVA MAN propelled his sire to the top of the American sire list with his emphatic victory in the historic G1 Santa Anita Handicap. Already the stakes record setting victor of last year’s G1 Hollywood Gold Cup and this year’s $1,000,000 Sunshine Millions Classic, Lava Man affirmed his position as the West Coast’s top Handicap horse and one of the nation’s top performers in training. Jockey Corey Nakatani confirmed that the sensational performance was indeed as easy as it looked, “Turning for home, I shook the reins at him and he just took off. I really wasn’t worried about anybody else, it was just a matter of how much I was going to win by.” Standing at just $6,000,with two graded stakes winners in 2006 and a nation leading $1.388 million in earnings, Slew City Slew continues to make his case as the best stallion value in America!
Congratulations to owners STD Racing Stable and Jason Wood, breeders Lonnie Arterburn and Eve and Kim Kuhlman, trainer Doug O’Neill and jockey Corey Nakatani!
LAVA MAN: 28-9-7-3, $2,184,706.
