Cezanne entered for second career start on Thursday
Cezanne, the 3-year-old Curlin colt trained by Bob Baffert and a $3.65 million purchase at auction, is entered for his second career start in an allowance optional claiming race at Los Alamitos Race Course on Thursday, July 2.
The first-out winner was installed as the 4-5 morning line favorite for Thursday’s fifth race at Los Alamitos, a $40,000 optional claiming race that drew five entries.
Cezanne also is nominated to the July 4 Grade 3 Los Alamitos Derby, a prep race on the "Road to the 2020 Kentucky Derby."
For Thursday's allowance race, set to go a mile on the dirt with a purse of $45,000, Cezanne drew the No. 5 post and would face stablemate Bronn (No. 4).
Purchased and owned by a group consisting of Michael Tabor, Michael B. Smith, Elias Stable and Mrs. John Magnier for $3,650,000 at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton Select 2-Year-Olds in Training sale, Cezanne won on debut at Santa Anita in a maiden special weight race on June 6.
Cezanne’s debut win at Santa Anita was at 6 1/2 furlongs on the main track. His victory earned the ownership group $30,000.
Never Easy (No. 2), a 4-year-old Candy Ride gelding, is the only runner in Thursday's race for the $40,000 claiming tag.
Having won two of his 11 career starts, the Andrew Lerner-trained gelding has earned $84,229 in his career.
Flavien Prat will get the call for Baffert on Cezanne, while Drayden Van Dyke will be in the irons aboard Bonn.
LRC AlwOC (7/2/2020-R5)
| # | Silks | Horse / Sire | Rank | Rating | Trainer / Jockey | Last Start | HRN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itsthattime Strong Mandate | J. Bonde H. Figueroa | 4-1 | |||||
| 2 | Never Easy Candy Ride | A. Lerner A. Espinoza |
| 10-1 | ||||
| 3 | Mongolian Legend Fastnet Rock | E. Ganbat R. Fuentes |
| 15-1 | ||||
| 4 | Bronn Conveyance | B. Baffert D. Van Dyke |
| 2-1 | ||||
| 5 | Cezanne Curlin | B. Baffert F. Prat |
| 4-5 |