ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 22, 2012) – Following a weather-related delay, Amazombie sets forth on becoming only the second horse in history to gain a second successive Eclipse Award as North America’s champion sprinter when facing five challengers Saturday in Santa Anita’s 74th running of the Grade II, $200,000 San Carlos Stakes at seven furlongs.

An off-track tabled the 6-year-old California-bred gelding’s scheduled return in the Jan. 21 Palos Verdes Stakes (Grade II). Weather is not expected to be a factor when Amazombie finally resurfaces from his gutsy neck victory over Force Freeze at 7-1 odds in the Grade I, $1.5 million Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Churchill Downs on Nov. 5.