Yellow Card Runs Past Them All In The Stretch To Win The Clockers’ Corner Stakes For Older Horses Going 6 Furlongs

YELLOW CARD RUNS PAST THEM ALL IN THE STRETCH TO WIN THE CLOCKERS’ CORNER STAKES FOR OLDER HORSES GOING 6 FURLONGS ON TURF SUNDAY AT SANTA ANITA

ARCADIA, CA (Feb. 8, 2026)—Yellow Card closed with a flourish under jockey Emisael Jaramillo to win the Clockers’ Corner Stakes going six furlongs on turf Sunday at Santa Anita.

Yellow Card (3-1), trained by Michael McCarthy, rallied from dead last in the final quarter mile to prevail by 1 ? lengths. Sorrento Sky (7-1) finished second with another 1 ? lengths back to longshot Virat (22-1) in third. The Clockers’ Corner was restricted to older horses who had not a graded stakes in 2025-26.

Yellow Card, a 5-year-old horse by Lost Treasure, won in a time of 1:08.03 to earn his first stakes win. Fractions for the race were a lively 21.71, 44.02 and 55.95 seconds.

Yellow Card is owned by Jim Daniell. He improved to 12: 4-3-1 with $671,745 in earnings. Previously, Yellow Card finished off the board in the GII Joe Hernandez at about 6 ? furlongs on the hillside turf course Dec. 29. In 2024, Yellow Card notably finished second in the GI Franklin-Simpson at Kentucky Downs going 6 ? furlongs.

“He’s had a couple of tough trips and looked like he had a tough trip there today,” McCarthy said. “Going over the dirt crossing, he lost his position a little bit and found himself a little further back than I would have liked. (Jaramillo) made the right move swinging him out wide and he responded. I’m very happy for the horse. He’s had a couple of tough beats.”

Yellow Card paid $8.40, $3.60 and $2.80. Sorrento Sky, ridden by Kazushi Kimura for trainer Phil D’Amato, returned $7.00 and $4.60. Virat, with Hector Berrios up for trainer Dan Blacker, paid $8.80.

CLOCKERS’ CORNER STAKES QUOTES

TRAINER QUOTES

MICHAEL MCCARTHY, YELLOW CARD, WINNER: “He had a couple of tough trips and looked like he had a tough trip there today. Going over the dirt crossing, he lost his position a little bit and found himself a little further back than I would have liked. (Jockey Emisael Jaramillo) made the right move swinging him out wide and he responded. I’m very happy for the horse. He’s had a couple of tough trips and a couple of tough beats.”

OWNER QUOTES

JIM DANIELL, YELLOW CARD, WINNER: “That wasn’t the plan, he was going to sit close-up. But I’m glad he did close. We expected a good race. It was not as planned, but he came through. “I have been in with Michael (McCarthy) since he first started. My wife Donna worked here, we owned horses together, and she passed away last year, so it is nice to get a good stakes win with this horse. She liked this horse. So, to finally get a stakes win with him, it is great.”

NOTES: The winning jockey was Emisael Jaramillo. The winning owner is Jim Daniell.