High flying Frumious bagged the Palos Verdes after Amazombie got scratched due to early morning rain at Santa Anita
The Grade 2, $150,000 Palos Verdes Stakes was claimed by Frumious, who took advantage of the speed provided on Santa Anita’s sealed main track, and held on gamely in the stretch to win the race over the son of More than Ready, Galientos, by a convincing margin of 5 ¾ lengths on 21 January, 2012, at Santa Anita.
The one runner which everyone was looking forward to see, and had he been included in the lineup, the result of the race might’ve come out differently than it did, was Amazombie.
The champion sprinter scratched, and trainer Bill Spawr took his sprinter out of the race because of the early morning rain.
Bill Spawr did mention before the race that he will scratch Amazombie, if the track was sealed due to rain, and that is exactly what he did.
Apart from Amazombie, Canonize was also scratched, reducing the Palos Verdes Stakes field down to six.
The California bred 6-year-old gelding, Frumious extended his current winning streak to three after winning two 6 furlong sprints in an optional claimer at Hollywood Park and Santa Anita, where he won the 6 furlong dash in an allowance/optional claimer on 31 December, 2011.
The son of Grindstone, out of mare Eternal Legend by Gold Legend, Frumious broke from the gates with the odds of 6 to 1.
Ridden by Antonio Castanon, Frumious took command over the race by jumping into the front, taking hold of the Steven Asmussen trained Galientos, who was making his stakes debut, with long shot odds of 12 to 1.
With the scratch of Amazombie, Courtside was sent as the 19 to 10 choice.
Frumious was fast and furious as he bolted the first quarter mile in 21.06 seconds and half mile in 42.77 seconds in the 6 furlong sprint on dirt.
“You could see that the speed of the races was fast today," Castanon said.
"This race was going to be one of the fastest races today, so I just let my horse run his own race because I know he has a lot of speed. I didn’t expect to be on the lead so soon, and when I ended up there I just let my horse run.”
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