Jockey Flavien Prat rides King of Gosford to victory in the Grade II Mathis Mile Stakes, setting a record with 56 graded stakes wins in a calendar year, on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockeys and their horses compete in the Grade II Mathis Mile Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
In this image provided by Benoit Photo, King of Gosford, with Flavien Prat aboard, wins the Grade II Mathis Stakes horse race on opening day at Santa Anita on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Benoit Photo via AP)
Jockeys and their horses compete in the Grade II Mathis Mile Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Flavien Prat rides King of Gosford to victory in the Grade II Mathis Mile Stakes, setting a record with 56 graded stakes wins in a calendar year, on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Flavien Prat reacts after riding King of Gosford to victory in the Grade II Mathis Mile Stakes, setting a record with 56 graded stakes wins in a calendar year, on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
In this image provided by Benoit Photo, King of Gosford co-owner Michael Nentwig, right, congratulates jockey Flavien Prat, left, after they won the Grade II Mathis Stakes horse race on opening day at Santa Anita on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Benoit Photo via AP)
Jockey Flavien Prat celebrates with his family after riding King of Gosford to victory in the Grade II Mathis Mile Stakes, setting a record with 56 graded stakes wins in a calendar year, on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Umberto Rispoli rides Johannes to victory in the Grade II San Gabriel Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Umberto Rispoli (4) rides Johannes to victory in the Grade II San Gabriel Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Umberto Rispoli rides Johannes to victory in the Grade II San Gabriel Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Antonio Fresu (3), riding JB Strikes Back, and the rest of the field charge out of the starting gate in the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes race on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. Fresu and JB Strikes Back won the race. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Antonio Fresu (3) rides JB Strikes Back to victory in the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Antonio Fresu, far right, rides JB Strikes Back to victory in the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Antonio Fresu rides JB Strikes Back to victory in the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
In this image provided by Benoit Photo, JB Strikes Back, with Antonio Fresu aboard, wins the inaugural running of the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Benoit Photo via AP)
Jockey Antonio Fresu rides JB Strikes Back to victory in the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Antonio Fresu rides JB Strikes Back to victory in the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
In this image provided by Benoit Photo, JB Strikes Back, with Antonio Fresu aboard, wins the inaugural running of the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Benoit Photo via AP)
Jockey Antonio Fresu reacts after riding JB Strikes Back to victory in the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Antonio Fresu celebrates after riding JB Strikes Back to victory in the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Antonio Fresu reacts after riding JB Strikes Back to victory in the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Antonio Fresu, right, poses with Hall of Fame jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. after riding JB Strikes Back to victory in the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Juan Hernandez on Lammas finished out of the running during the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes race on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Juan Hernandez and Lammas finished out of the running during the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Juan Hernandez on Lammas finished out of the running during the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes race on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Juan Hernandez on Lammas finished out of the running during the Grade II Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Fans walk the grounds on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Horse racing fans look on from the stands on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Kazushi Kimura rides Kopion to victory in the Grade I La Brea Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Horse racing fans look on from the stands on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Kazushi Kimura rides Kopion to victory in the Grade I La Brea Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Kazushi Kimura celebrates after riding Kopion to victory in the Grade I La Brea Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey John Velazquez (8) rides She Feels Pretty to victory in the Grade I American Oaks race on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey John Velazquez (8) rides She Feels Pretty to victory in the Grade I American Oaks race on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey John Velazquez (8) rides She Feels Pretty to victory in the Grade I American Oaks race on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey John Velazquez (8) rides She Feels Pretty to victory in the Grade I American Oaks race on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey John Velazquez (8) rides She Feels Pretty to victory in the Grade I American Oaks race on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey John Velazquez (8) rides She Feels Pretty to victory in the Grade I American Oaks race on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
In this image provided by Benoit Photo, She Feels Pretty, with John Velazquez aboard, wins the Grade I American Oaks horse race on opening day at Santa Anita on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Benoit Photo via AP)
Horn blowers Bill Frazier, left, with Forrest Powell and Rick Tyree play on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori, far right, rides Raging Torrent to victory in the Malibu Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori rides Raging Torrent to victory in the Malibu Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori rides Raging Torrent to victory in the Malibu Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori, far right, rides Raging Torrent to victory in the Malibu Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori, far right, rides Raging Torrent to victory in the Malibu Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Frankie Dettori rides Raging Torrent to victory in the Malibu Stakes during the Classic Meet opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori celebrates after winning the Malibu Stakes race aboard Raging Torrent on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori celebrates after winning the Malibu Stakes race aboard Raging Torrent on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr., riding Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan, finished out of the running during the Grade I Malibu Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Brian Hernandez Jr. riding Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan finished out of the running during the Malibu Stakes (Grade1) race during the Classic Meet Opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/ SCNG)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori celebrates after winning the Malibu Stakes race aboard Raging Torrent on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori celebrates after winning the Malibu Stakes race aboard Raging Torrent on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori celebrates after winning the Malibu Stakes race aboard Raging Torrent on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori does a flying dismount after winning the Malibu Stakes race aboard Raging Torrent on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
In this image provided by Benoit Photo, Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori, top, does a flying dismount off of Raging Torrent after they won the Grade I Malibu Stakes horse race on opening day at Santa Anita on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Benoit Photo via AP)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori, right, celebrates after winning the Malibu Stakes race aboard Raging Torrent on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori reacts after winning the Malibu Stakes race aboard Raging Torrent on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Jockey Lanfranco “Frankie” Dettori reacts after winning the Malibu Stakes race aboard Raging Torrent on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
Fans take a moment on opening day at Santa Anita Park on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024, in Arcadia. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
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Jockey Flavien Prat rides King of Gosford to victory in the Grade II Mathis Mile Stakes, setting a record with 56 graded stakes wins in a calendar year, on opening day at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2024. (Photo by Keith Birmingham, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG)
ARCADIA — In case his previous four wins this year weren’t persuasive enough, Johannes strengthened his case for the North American male turf championship by winning the San Gabriel Stakes on opening day at Santa Anita on Thursday.
“In my heart, he is a true champion,” trainer Tim Yakteen said. “I hope others view it that way.”
Four-year-old Johannes, owned by Joe and Debby McCloskey of Solana Beach, paid $2.60 after teaming with jockey Umberto Rispoli to beat Mi Hermano Ramon by three-quarters of a length and Seal Team by 1½ in the 1⅛-mile San Gabriel.
That kept Johannes unbeaten in seven starts on the Santa Anita turf (he’s 1 for 6 elsewhere), and was his fourth win at Grade II or Grade I.
His one blemish this year was a second-place finish, three-quarters of a length behind More Than Looks, in the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar on Nov. 2.
The Eclipse Awards for division champions are voted by racing journalists and executives. More Than Looks’ Breeders’ Cup Mile win makes him a contender, as does Rebel’s Romance’s Breeders’ Cup Turf win. But some horses have deeper resumes in North America, including Carl Spackler, Far Bridge and Johannes.
PRAT’S RECORDS
Flavien Prat’s front-running victory with King of Gosford ($3.40) in the $200,000, Grade II Mathis Mile on turf was the jockey’s 56th graded stakes win of the year, breaking the national record of 55 set by Jerry Bailey in 2003.
It was Prat’s 81st stakes win of any kind this year, extending a record the 32-year-old Frenchman set in New York earlier this month.
• Trainer Richard Mandella had to scratch Tamara from the $300,000, Grade I La Brea Stakes after the 3-year-old filly showed a 102-degree temperature Thursday morning, but he wound up winning the race with long shot Kopion ($77.40) and jockey Kazushi Kimura.
“I was shocked that she was 35-1,” Mandella said of Kopion, a Grade III winner returning from eight months off.
• No victory was more impressive than the one by She Feels Pretty ($3.20), who had trouble early in the $300,000, Grade I American Oaks on grass but pulled away to a 2½-length win with jockey John Velazquez.
FINISH LINES
• J B Strikes Back ($34.80), winner of the $200,000, Grade II Laffit PIncay Stakes (formerly the San Antonio) with jockey Antonio Fresu, is owned by Janie Buss, one of the children of the late Lakers owner Jerry Buss.
• Jockey Hector Berrios missed five scheduled mounts Friday, but is expected to be in action Saturday, after what agent Michael Burns called a “glitch” involving Berrios’ passport in Chile.
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