Champ Pegasus bests Bourbon Bay at Santa Anita
February 19, 2011ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Champ Pegasus bested Bourbon Bay on a damp Saturday in the latest round of their ongoing turf marathon rivalry, rallying to win by a nose in the $150,000 San Luis Obispo Stakes at Santa Anita.
Bourbon Bay, the favorite with Rafael Bejarano aboard, took the lead coming out of the second turn in the Grade 2 stakes and started to pull away, but as expected Champ Pegasus turned it into a match race in the homestretch as the pair ran neck-and-neck in the final eighth, with Champ Pegasus winning by a bob of the head.
Champ Pegasus, a 5-year-old son of Fusaichi Pegasus trained by Richard Mandella, and covered 1 1/2 miles in 2:31.55 and paid $5, $2.40 and $2.40. Bourbon Bay paid $2.40 and $2.40. Haimish Hy was a well-beaten third and paid $2.40 to show.