Cranky Jack wins Santa Anita feature
December 29, 2011ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Cranky Jack rallied in deep stretch to overtake Dance With Gable and win the $59,750 Temecula Purse for California breds by a half-length on Thursday at Santa Anita.
Ridden by Garrett Gomez, Cranky Jack ran 6 1/2 furlongs on the turf in 1:13.00 and paid $13.60, $5.80 and $4.80.
Dance With Gable returned $4.20 and $3.20, while Starspangled Heat was another nose back in third and paid $5.80 to show. Cranky Jack and Dance With Gable are both offspring of Unusual Heat.
The victory, worth $34,800, increased Cranky Jack's career earnings to $72,182, with two wins in eight starts. The colt had spent 15 months away from the races following his career debut last March.