3/6/2010 Sham S.(G3) Alphie's Bet

7th race - Santa Anita Park - March 06, 2010
Race Name: Sham S. -Grade: 3
Race Type: Stakes
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Value of Race: $150,000
Distance: One And One Eighth Miles On The All Weather Track
Track Condition: Fast
Winning Time: 1:48.72

Pgm	Horse	Jockey	Win	Place	Show
10	Alphie's Bet	Alex O. Solis	19.00	8.40	4.80
7	Setsuko	Rafael Bejarano		4.40	3.20
2	The Program	Martin Garcia			4.00
Also ran: 3 - Outlaw Man , 5 - Boulder Creek , 1 - Marcello , 9 - Nextdoorneighbor , 6 - Kettle River , 4 - El Mirage King , 8 - Wolf Tail
Wager Type		Winning Numbers		Payoff
$1 Pick 3		4-7-10 (3 correct)		357.90
$2 Daily Double		7-10		90.60
$1 Exacta		10-7		40.90
$1 Superfecta		10-7-2-3		1,664.00
$1 Trifecta		10-7-2		256.40
Winning Breeder: Teresa McWilliams
Winning Owner: Johnson, Sr., Peter O. and McWilliams, Teresa
Winning Trainer: Alexis Barba

2010 Sham S.(G3) Alphies Bet.pdf

ALPHIES BET 수 2007 USA 갈색 전적:5(2/1/0)  G3	Tribal Rule 트라이벌룰 갈 1996 USA  w 4전(2,2,0) 98 f, 6sw 1.45	Storm Cat 스톰캣 흑 1983 USA *[I] LS 1185 f, 158sw 3.62	Storm Bird 갈 1978 CAN [I 1400] G1
			Terlingua 밤 1976 USA {DC} G2
		Sown 밤 1983 USA  w 8 f, 4 w, 1 sw	Grenfall 밤 1968 USA  G3
			Bad Seed 검 1969 USA  SW
	Miss Alphie 흑 2001 USA  전(0,0,0) 0 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Candi's Gold 갈 1984 USA {1576} G2 427 f, 15sw 0.98	Yukon 갈 1979 USA  Unr
			Holmgirl 1973 USA
		Pine Away 갈 1996 USA  0 f, 0 w, 0 sw	Pine Bluff 갈 1989 USA [C] G1
			Her Mink Coat 1988 USA

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Jockey Alex Solis and trainer Alexis Barba share a moment after their win with Alphie's Bet in the Sham Stakes $150,000 horse race for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., Saturday, March 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Alphie's Bet Proves Best in Rescheduled Sham
By Jason Shandler
Updated: Sunday, March 7, 2010 3:34 PM
Posted: Saturday, March 6, 2010 7:22 PM
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing/articles/55742/alphies-bet-proves-best-in-rescheduled-sham

Terese McWilliams’ California homebred Alphie's Bet pulled clear at the top of the stretch and raced home a 2 1/4-length winner in the $150,000 Sham Stakes (gr. III) (VIDEO), a 3-year-old race rescheduled from last weekend.

With the Santa Anita Pro-Ride surface unable to handle the heavy rains a week ago, the 1 1/8-mile Sham finally went to post with a field of 10 March 6. With weather not an issue this time, Alphie’s Bet broke from the outside under Alex Solis and raced mid-pack in the early going while El Mirage King and Nextdoorneighbor fought it out on the front end through splits of :23.62 and :47.61. Marcello and The Program, both saddled by Bob Baffert, were also up close, along with Wolf Tail.

The Program, with Martin Garcia aboard, was travelling best when they came off the turn and took over from Nextdoorneighbor at the top of the lane. But it wasn’t long before Alphie’s Bet, who had advanced along the turn and entered the stretch with a four-wide trip, passed The Program and opened up a clear lead. The son of Tribal Rule   put the race away approaching the sixteenth-pole and hit the wire in a final time of 1:48.72.

Setsuko, the 5-2 favorite, was runner-up by 1 1/4 lengths under Rafael Bejarano, followed by The Program and then Outlaw Man.

“Today, he was very light on his feet," Solis said. "He was a much sharper horse, but he’s so big, he’s so heavy, when he comes out of the gate, it takes him a while to get into stride. The way he ran today didn’t surprise me at all."

Trained by Alexis Barba, Alphie’s Bet was winless in three starts as a juvenile, but did finish second by less than two lengths in the Dec. 26 California Breeders' Championship Stakes to undefeated Caracortado, who could be the favorite for the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) April 3. In his first start this season Jan. 15, Alphie’s Bet broke his maiden by 1 1/4 lengths on the turf while rallying from well off the pace. He turned in a pair of bullet works leading up to the Sham.

"I wasn’t concerned at all (going from grass to Pro-Ride)," Barba said. "He’d already run on this (synthetic) course in that Cal-bred stakes, so we already knew that he liked it. I’m not sure what we’re going to do with this horse yet (for his next race). We’re going to discuss it, and then we’re going to let you know after we figure it out.”

Co-owned by Peter Johnson Sr., Alphie’s Bet is out of the Candi’s Gold mare Miss Alphie. He improved to 2-1-0 from five starts and increased his earnings to $141,320.

The winner paid $19, $8.40, and $4.80. The $1 exacta (10-7) returned $40.90 and the $1 trifecta (10-7-2) paid $256.40.

Boulder Creek was fifth, followed by Marcello, Nextdoorneighbor, Kettle River, El Mirage King, and Wolf Tail.