Capital Plan wins Santa Barbara Handicap
April 21, 2012ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Capital Plan beat Cambina by 1 1/2 lengths to earn her first stakes victory in the $150,000 Santa Barbara Handicap for older fillies and mares at Santa Anita on Saturday.
Ridden by Brice Blanc, Capital Plan ran 1 1/4 miles on the turf in 2:01.78 and paid $13.20, $7.20 and $5.80 for Hall of Fame trainer and co-owner Jerry Hollendorfer.
Cambina returned $4.60 and $3.60, while Hard Seven was another nose back in third and paid $4.80 to show. Vamo a Galupiar finished sixth as the 2-1 favorite.
The victory, worth $90,000, increased Capital Plan's career earnings to $215,800, with four wins in 10 races.
In the $100,000 San Simeon Handicap, California Flag beat Sayif by 2 1/4 lengths in his first race since finishing 12th in the Breeders' Cup Turf in November.
Ridden by Joe Talamo, California Flag ran 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course in 1:11.59 - third-fastest in stakes history. The 8-year-old tied Glick in 2004 as the oldest winners in the race's history.