Baffert colt Liaison wins Real Quiet at Hollywood
November 12, 2011INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) - Trainer Bob Baffert's favored Liaison won the $100,000 Real Quiet Stakes for 2-year-olds at Hollywood Park in his stakes debut.
Ridden by Rafael Bejarano and running less than a month after his maiden victory, Liaison was fourth in the field of six juveniles in the early going, took a narrow lead coming out of the second turn and held on to beat a rallying Rousing Sermon by a half-length, covering 1 1-16 miles in 1:44.72.
The winner paid $3.80, $2.60 and $2.20. Rousing Sermon returned $3.60 and $2.40, and Senor Rain was a distant third and paid $3.60 to show.
The victory was the second in three career starts for Liaison, who is owned by Arnold Zetcher LLC and has won a total of $94,560.