Graded Winner Rashmi Returns After A Year Layoff For Thomas And Augustin Stables In Saturday’s Grade III Wilshire For Fillies And Mares Going One Mile On Turf At Santa Anita

GRADED WINNER RASHMI RETURNS AFTER A YEAR LAYOFF FOR THOMAS AND AUGUSTIN STABLES IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III WILSHIRE FOR FILLIES AND MARES GOING ONE MILE ON TURF AT SANTA ANITA

ARCADIA, CA (March 24, 2026)— After more than 12 months on the sidelines, graded stakes winner Rashmi returns to action Saturday in the Grade III, $100,000 Wilshire Stakes for fillies and mares going one mile on turf at Santa Anita.

Trained by Jonathan Thomas for owner-breeder Augustin Stables, Rashmi has been off since March 1, 2025 when she was beaten a neck in the GII Buena Vista going one mile on turf at Santa Anita. Prior to that effort in February of 2025, Rashmi won the GIII Megahertz going the same trip at Santa Anita. A 5-year-old mare by Oscar Performance, Rashmi will be ridden by Kazushi Kimura for the first time.

Miss Artois makes her stakes debut for trainer Richard Baltas and owner-breeder Pamela C. Zeibarth. A 4-year-old filly by Mucho Macho Man, Miss Artois exits a first-level allowance going one mile on turf Feb. 21 at Santa Anita. She’ll have Juan Hernandez aboard.

Stakes winner Antifona will stretch out in distance for trainer Vladimir Cerin after finishing third in the Wishing Well going six furlongs on turf Feb. 21 at Santa Anita. Bred in France, where she started her career, the 5-year-old mare by Recoletos in 2024 won the Sweet Life Stakes sprinting on Santa Anita’s hillside turf course. She is owned by David Wilson and Holly Wilson. Tiago Pereira has the call on Antifona.

Hannah Buckle, trained by Leonard Powell, made her stakes debut last month in the GIII Robert J. Frankel going 1 1/8 miles at Santa Anita. She closed willingly that day to finish fourth, beaten just 1 ¼ lengths. Bred in Ireland, Hannah Buckle is a 5-year-old mare by Bated Breath campaigned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners. She’ll have regular rider Armando Ayuso in the irons.

THE GRADE III WILSHIRE WITH JOCKEYS & WEIGHTSIN POST POSITION ORDER

Race 3 of 9 - Approximate post time 2 p.m. PT

1.    Rashmi—Kazushi Kimura—124 2.    Antifona—Tiago Pereira—120 3.    Miss Artois—Juan Hernandez—120 4.    Hannah Buckle—Armando Ayuso—120 5.    Walk’n the Beach —Ricky Gonzalez—120

First post Saturday is 1 p.m. PT.