Iron Man Cal, the 6-5 favorite, came up a hair short in a three-way photo finish to the GIII Zuma Beach Stakes, but was awarded the victory by the stewards after first-place finisher Artislas was disqualified and placed third. The result gave owners Little Red Feather Racing and Madaket Stable–as well as sire Collected and breeder Brereton Jones–a sweep of the Sunday graded races at Santa Anita after Thought Process (Collected) captured the GIII Surfer Girl Stakes earlier on the card.
Iron Man Cal sat just off pacesetting longshot Ivan the Great (Kantharos), with Artislas just in behind him and Sabertooth in the next flight. Iron Man Cal tackled the pacesetter from the outside as Artislas was skimming the rail to take the lead into the stretch. Iron Man Cal matched that foe and the two were toe to toe at midstretch, while Sabertooth was finding his best stride. As the wire loomed, Artislas drifted out slightly, bumping Iron Man Cal, who in turn, bumped the rallying Sabertooth. Artislas got his nose in front on the line, but his victory was short lived as soon all three numbers were blinking on the board.
Iron Man Cal was fourth behind Artislas while sprinting five furlongs over the Del Mar lawn Aug. 2. He graduated by 2 1/2 lengths when stretched to one mile at the seaside oval Sept. 7.
Pedigree Notes:
Iron Man Cal is the sixth graded winner for Airdie Stud's Collected. His dam, Joyful Dreams, has a yearling filly by Cairo Prince who sold for $30,000 at last month's Keeneland September sale. The mare produced a colt by Cairo Prince in 2024 and was bred back to Happy Saver. She is a half-sister to graded winners Kid Dreams (Lemon Drop Kid) and Dreamy Kid (Lemon Drop Kid), as well as to the dam of 2019 GIII Matron Stakes winner Lonely Road (Quality Road). Airdrie Stud purchased Joyful Dreams for $60,000 at the 2019 Keeneland November sale.
Sunday, Santa Anita Park
ZUMA BEACH S.-GIII, $101,500, Santa Anita, 10-6, 2yo, 1mT, 1:34.45, fm.
1–IRON MAN CAL, 122, c, 2, by Collected
1st Dam: Joyful Dreams, by Kitten's Joy
2nd Dam: Dreams, by Silver Hawk
3rd Dam: Sleep On It, by Buckpasser
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN.
($130,000 Ylg '23 KEESEP). O-Little Red Feather Racing and
Madaket Stables LLC; B-Brereton C. Jones (KY); T-Philip
D'Amato; J-Antonio Fresu. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 3-2-0-0,
$109,500. Werk Nick Rating: F. Click for the eNicks report &
5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue- style pedigree.
2–Sabertooth, 118, c, 2, Grazen–Hard to Resist, by
Johannesburg. ($100,000 Ylg '23 FTKJUL; $240,000 RNA 2yo
'24 OBSAPR). O-George Andrew Sharp; B-2500 Determined
Stud (MD); T-Tim Yakteen. $20,000.
3–Artislas, 124, c, 2, Catalina Cruiser–Moms Pride (Fr), by Into
Mischief. ($20,000 Ylg '23 FTKOCT; $100,000 2yo '24
OBSMAR). O-Irving Ventures LLC, Michelle Arthur, William
Meathe and Jeanne Tumanjan; B-University of Kentucky (KY);
T-Jeff Mullins. $12,000.
Margins: NO, 3, HD. Odds: 1.30, 4.60, 4.40.
Also Ran: Kale's Angel, R Heisman, Uncle Evco, Ivan the Great, Cali Cat. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
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