Favored Lord Bullingdon Saves Ground & Rallies For Impressive Two Length Score In $100,000 Eddie Logan Stakes

FAVORED LORD BULLINGDON SAVES GROUND & RALLIES FOR IMPRESSIVE TWO LENGTH SCORE IN $100,000 EDDIE LOGAN STAKES AT ONE MILE ON TURF

ARCADIA, CA (Dec. 29, 2023)—Taken in-hand out of the gate by Umberto Rispoli, favored Lord Bullingdon saved ground throughout and sprinted home impressively to take Friday’s $100,000 Eddie Logan Stakes at Santa Anita by two lengths, getting one mile on turf in 1:36.15.

Trained by Michael McCarthy, Lord Bullingdon was a joint fifth, about four lengths off longshot pacesetter Charge for Gold around the first turn, hugged the fence to the top of the lane and drove past Charge for Gold a sixteenth out in a very impressive effort.

An ungraded one mile turf stakes winner here two starts back on Nov. 3, Lord Bullingdon was most recently a close fourth in the Grade III Cecil B. DeMille Stakes at a mile on grass Dec. 3 at Del Mar. Off as the 2-1 favorite in a field of six juveniles with Rispoli riding back for the third time in a row, Lord Bullingdon paid $6.80, $3.40 and $2.80.

Owned by Colbart Stables and Michael McCarthy Racing Stable, Inc., Lord Bullingdon, a Kentucky-bred colt by Lord Nelson, out of the Leroidesanimaux mare Ms Silver Oak, now has two wins and as many second from six starts. With the winner’s share of $60,000, he now has earnings of $186,220.

Breaking from post position one, trainer Phil Oviedo’s Charge for Gold went to the front and with Ricky Gonzalez up, was able to carve out modest fractions of 23.62, 49.37, 1:13.51 and 1:24.82.

The longest shot in the field at 18-1, Charge for Gold held second money by a half length over Twirling Point and paid $13.20 and $4.60.

Ridden by Kazushi Kimura, Twirling Point was off at 6-1 and paid $4.40 to show.

Racing resumes on Saturday with first post time for a nine-race card at 12 noon. Admission gates will open at 10 a.m.