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Posted on Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008
Santa Anita Derby and Travers Stakes winner Colonel John leads seven 3-year-olds into Friday’s $250,000 Malibu Stakes (G1) as Santa Anita Park traditionally opens its 72nd season on the day after Christmas.
Colonel John, winner of 5 of 10 starts while earning $1,468,830, has been assigned co-high-weight of 123 pounds and has the glossiest dossier of the Malibu Stakes field. However, the Kentucky-bred son of 2000 Horse of the Year Tiznow has not contested a sprint distance since breaking his maiden in his second start on October 7, 2007.
The WinStar Farm runner trained by Eoin Harty, Colonel John, is cutting back in distance from the 1 1/4-miles of the Breeders’ Cup Classic, in which he finished sixth following a nose victory in Saratoga‘s Travers Stakes (G1) at the same distance.
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