Arcadia, CA (SportsNetwork.com) – La Canada Stakes winner Thegirlinthatsong heads a field of 10 fillies and mares in Saturday’s $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes at Santa Anita.<\/p>\n
Thegirlinthatsong, trained and co-owned by Hall of Famer Jerry Hollendorfer, will start the 1 1\/16-mile stakes from post 2 with her regular jockey Rafael Bejarano.<\/p>\n
Bejarano rode the 4-year-old filly to an upset victory in the La Canada last month over even-money favorite Lexie Lou, last year’s Queen’s Plate champ.<\/p>\n
“I had a beautiful trip. By the three-eighths pole I still felt I had a lot of horse and when I let her go in the stretch she took off,” Bejarano said.<\/p>\n
Thegirlinthatsong has earned $407,695 with won five wins from 19 lifetime starts along with four seconds and four thirds.<\/p>\n
The filly was second to Cassatt in the Zia Park Oaks on Nov. 24 and last Oct. 25 she was fifth to Lexie Lou in Santa Anita’s Autumn Miss Stakes.<\/p>\n
Here is the complete field for the Santa Maria Stakes in post position order: Yahilwa, Gary Stevens; Thegirlinthatsong, Rafael Bejarano; Tiz Midnight, Victor Espinoza; Uzziel, Fernando Perez; Legacy, Joe Talamo; Warren’s Veneda, Tyler Baze; Sweet Marini, Martin Garcia; Awesome Baby, Flavien Prat; Backintheacademy, Brandon Boulanger and Valiant Emilia, Tiago Pereira.<\/p>\n
Post time for the Santa Maria will be approximately 7 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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