Jockey Juan Hernandez capped a four-win day by helping Bob Baffert-trained Mizumi to stay undefeated in the Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita on Saturday.
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Mizumi (who paid $3.20), a 3-year-old filly by Justify, didn’t make her first start until May but became a Grade III winner in her second race after putting away runnerup Wolf Hill in the stretch of the 1-1/16-mile Summertime Oaks.
It was the first stakes victory at Santa Anita since March for Baffert, who moved many of his best horses to Kentucky this spring.
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Earlier Saturday, Hernandez got Freedom’s Not Free ($12.20) up in the final stride to edge Sumter in the Grade III Daytona Stakes, the Mark Glatt-trained 4-year-old colt’s first start in more than nine months and first victory in more than a year.
Joel Rosario also rode four winners.
The battle to be leading jockey in the Hollywood Meet portion of the Santa Anita season remains close with the Sunday and Monday cards remaining. Armando Ayuso leads Antonio Fresu, 31 wins to 30. Hernandez is third with 27. Rosario moved into fourth with 23.
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