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Posted on Monday, March 20th, 2006
Making his first start for last year’s Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winning trainer John Shirreffs, overlooked A.P. Warrior came to life Saturday under new jockey Corey Nakatani, turning back Point Determined late for a half-length victory in the $250,000 San Felipe (gr. II) for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita.
Stan Fulton’s $1.3 million son of A.P. Indy closed from four wide on the outside to wrest the lead from Refinery in the stretch and showed strong determination to record his first graded stakes win.
The time for the 1 1/16-mile San Felipe was 1:42 2/5. A.P. Warrior was coming off back-to-back fourth-place finishes in the Hollywood Futurity (gr. I) and El Camino Real Derby (gr. III), where he was an 11-10 favorite Jan. 29 at Bay Meadows for former trainer Eoin Harty.
Shirreffs said the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) at 1 1/8 miles on April 8 would be next for A.P. Warrior.
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