Overview
- Brant, the Grade 1-winning $3 million Gun Runner colt, makes his 3-year-old debut as the even-money morning-line favorite in the Grade 2 San Felipe at 1 1/16 miles.
- The San Felipe awards 50 Road to the Kentucky Derby points to the winner, a total widely viewed as enough to secure a Derby starting gate spot.
- Bob Baffert enters two high-priced colts—Brant and Potente ($2.4 million)—and he has won the San Felipe nine times.
- So Happy, unbeaten in two starts after taking the Grade 2 San Vicente, stretches out from sprints and is among the top betting choices.
- Scratches of Skippylongstocking and Westwood cut the Santa Anita Handicap to five starters, elevating Just a Touch to new morning-line favorite despite no stakes wins, while analysts publish updated San Felipe odds and picks.