HARD NOT TO LOVE, a Canadian/Ontario-bred Grade 1 winner, gets her racing career going again on Jan. 9 at Santa Anita, fittingly in the La Canada Stakes (G3).
The one-eyed mare, a talented daughter of Hard Spun and from the mare Loving Vindication (Vindication) and thus a half-sister to Horse of the Year Wonder Gadot, seeks her first win around 2 turns in the 1 1/16 mile race.
Now 5, Hard Not to Love, bred by Anderson Farms in St. Thomas, bypassed the Breeders’ Cup races last fall following a second-place finish in the Grade 2 Zenyatta Stakes in September.
She won two graded stakes at Santa Anita in the last year, including the Grade 1 La Brea in Dec. 2019.
Saturday, Santa Anita, post time: 6:30 p.m. EST
LA CANADA S.-GIII, $200,000, 4yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m
PP HORSE SIRE OWNER TRAINER JOCKEY WT
1 Proud Emma, Include – Gem, Inc. and Kagele, Tom Miller Hernandez 122
2 Hard Not to Love, Hard Spun – Mercedes Stables LLC, West Point Thoroughbreds, Scott Dilworth, Dorothy, David Ingordo & Steve Mooney Shirreffs Gonzalez 120
3 Fighting Mad, New Year’s Day Gary and Mary West Baffert Cedillo 124
4 Message, Warrior’s Reward Baoma Corporation Baffert Prat 120
5 Sanenus (Chi), Scat Daddy Matriarca McCarthy Rispoli 120
6 Miss Stormy D, Tapizar Keith Brackpool Gaines Smith 120
7 Never Be Enough (GB), Sir Percy (GB) Ronald L. Charles & Samuel Gordon Badilla Pereira 120
Breeders: 1-Brereton C. Jones, 2-Anderson Farms Ont. Inc., 3-Gary & Mary West Stables Inc., 4-C. Kidder & N. Cole, 5-Haras Matriarca, 6-Lantern Hill Farm LLC, Phil Needham &Judy Needham, 7-Mr J. L. Skinner
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