2022 American Oaks at Santa Anita Park
11 Sophomore Fillies Line Up For The Grade 1 American Oaks
Positioned as North America's final Grade 1 turf test for 3-year-old fillies, the $300,000 American Oaks on Monday, December 26 has attracted a large field of 11 sophomore fillies at a mile and one quarter over Santa Anita Park's Camino Real turf, with Mark Glatt's English-bred Bellstreet Bridie rating a big chance in what shapes up as one of the best betting races on the opening day 11-race card.
Although ridden by Flavien Prat to an impressive 4 ¼ length win in her U.S. debut, Bellstreet Bridie will be handled by Mike Smith in the American Oaks, as Prat has opted to ride eastern invader Salimah.
Close to the pace in the Grade III Red Carpet Stakes at 1 3/8 miles over the Del Mar turf Nov. 24, Bellstreet Bridie assumed command early and drew off to an emphatic 4 ¼ length win at odds of 4-1.
2022 American Oaks Field & Odds
Race 11 at Santa Anita on Monday, December 26 - Post 7:11 PM
| Entry | Horse | ML Odds | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rhea Moon (IRE) | 8-1 | Juan Hernandez 124 Lbs |
Philip D'Amato |
| 2 | Sparkle Blue | 8-1 | Joel Rosario 124 Lbs |
H. Motion |
| 3 | Lady Clementine (GB) | 30-1 | Lanfranco Dettori 124 Lbs |
George Papaprodromou |
| 4 | Oakhurst | 30-1 | Hector Berrios 124 Lbs |
Philip D'Amato |
| 5 | Bellstreet Bridie (GB) | 4-1 | Mike Smith 124 Lbs |
Mark Glatt |
| 6 | Mise En Scene (GB) | 4-1 | Tyler Gaffalione 124 Lbs |
Brendan Walsh |
| 7 | Skims (GB) | 6-1 | John Velazquez 124 Lbs |
Claude McGaughey III |
| 8 | Pizza Bianca | 6-1 | Umberto Rispoli 124 Lbs |
H. Motion |
| 9 | Salimah (IRE) | 7-2 | Flavien Prat 124 Lbs |
Chad Brown |
| 10 | Duvet Day (IRE) | 20-1 | Kazushi Kimura 124 Lbs |
Michael McCarthy |
| 11 | School Dance | 15-1 | Ramon Vazquez 124 Lbs |
Philip D'Amato |
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Owned by Red Baron's Barn and Rancho Temescal, Bell Street Bridie is 6-1-2-2 at the Oaks distance and is 13-4-4-3 overall.
Trained by four-time Eclipse champ Chad Brown, Irish-bred Salimah, who ships in from her Belmont Park base, will be seeking her first graded stakes victory in what will be her first Southern California start.
A winner of her last two races and three of her four career starts, upstart Salimah was a first-out maiden winner going a flat mile on turf Jan. 22 at Tampa Bay Downs and she comes off a rousing three-length score going 1 1/16 miles over a yielding turf in an ungraded stakes Nov. 13 at Aqueduct. Ridden last time out by Jose Ortiz, she was ridden by Prat to a one length victory going the same distance over the Aqueduct turf in a first condition allowance two starts back on Nov. 13.
Owned by Stephanie Seymour Brant, Salimah's lone defeat came in her second start, a one mile turf allowance at Saratoga on Aug. 27, a race in which she finished seventh in a field of nine at odds of 3-1.
English-bred Skims, fresh off a one length win going a mile and one eighth on turf in the Grade II Sands Point Stakes at Aquduct Oct. 15, retains the services of John Velazquez rates a huge chance for Shug McGaughey. By superstar Frankel and owned and bred by Andrew Rosen, Skims was a close second going 1 5/16 miles on turf in an ungraded stakes at Kentucky Downs two starts back on Sept. 5 and should have no problem with a mile and one quarter on Monday as she seeks her first Grade I win.
Raced exclusively on grass in nine starts, Skims has three wins, a second and two third place finishes.
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