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Stakes Winner Greenwich Village Stretches Out In Pasadena Stakes For 3-Year-Olds Going One Mile On Turf Sunday At Santa Anita

2/17/2026

STAKES WINNER GREENWICH VILLAGE STRETCHES OUT IN PASADENA STAKES FOR 3-YEAR-OLDS GOING ONE MILE ON TURF SUNDAY AT SANTA ANITA

ARCADIA, CA (Feb. 17, 2026)—Greenwich Village, winner of the Baffle Stakes sprinting on Santa Anita’s hillside turf course in his grass debut Jan. 25, gets his first test around two turns Sunday in the $100,000 Pasadena Stakes for 3-year-olds going one mile on the lawn at Santa Anita.

Trained by Bob Baffert, Greenwich Village was a debut winner sprinting on dirt at Los Alamitos in December, then came back to finish fifth in the GII San Vicente going seven furlongs on the Santa Anita main track Jan. 25. Switched to turf for the Baffle, Greenwich Village prevailed by a neck when rallying from last under Juan Hernandez.

Greenwich Village is by Quality Road out of Houtzen, who was a star sprinter in her native Australia. Greenwich Village was bought for $350,000 at the 2024 Keeneland September yearling sale. Campaigned by SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stable and partners, Greenwich Village will again have Hernandez in the irons.

Later Than Planned, trained by Phil D’Amato, finished a length back of Greenwich Village when third in the Baffle. It was his first start since finishing sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint on Oct. 31 at Del Mar. Prior to the Breeders’ Cup, Later Than Planned broke his maiden at a mile on turf won the Speakeasy sprinting five furlongs on turf in October.

An Irish-bred son of Cotai Glory, Later Than Planned is owned by Little Red Feather Racing, Sterling Stables and Marsha Naify. He’ll be ridden by Tiago Pereira, who was also aboard in the Baffle.

Sammy Davis makes his turf debut for trainer John Sadler after being the beaten favorite in the California Cup Derby going 1 1/16 miles on Jan. 17 at Santa Anita. In the Cal Cup Derby, which was his first time around two turns, Sammy Davis set the pace and led into deep stretch before being overhauled by Start the Ride to lose by 1 ¾ lengths. This will be the first time facing open company for the California-bred

Sammy Davis is by prominent turf sire Sir Prancealot. Owned by Legacy Ranch, he’ll have regular rider Hector Berrios in the irons.

THE PASADENA STAKES WITH JOCKEYS & WEIGHTS IN POST POSITION ORDER

Race 7 of 10 Approximate post time 3:30 p.m. PT

  1. Smoovin Saturday—Ricky Gonzalez—124
  2. Greenwich Village—Juan Hernandez—120
  3. Caro Buono—Armando Ayuso—120
  4. Sammy Davis—Hector Berrios—120
  5. Later Than Planned—Tiago Pereira—120
  6. Unrivaled Time—Diego Herrera—124
  7. Brigante—Emisael Jaramillo—120
  8. Army Man—Florent Geroux—120
  9. Iriseach—Antonio Fresu—120
  10. Medici—Mirco Demuro—120 ALSO ELIGIBLE:
  11. Bust Out (AE)—Kazushi Kimura—120

First post Sunday is 12:30 p.m. PT.