Found Money Finds Winner's Circle in King Glorious

Even-money favorite Found Money welcomed a return to the California bred or sired ranks with a 1 ¼ length victory in the $101,000 King Glorious Stakes.

Never far off the pace while kept in the clear by jockey Mario Gutierrez, the 2-year-old son of Square Eddie and the General Meeting mare Chanel My Belle  won for the third time in seven starts for owner-breeder J. Paul Reddam’s Reddam Racing LLC.

Fourth in the Grade III Delta Jackpot three weeks earlier in Louisiana, Found Money completed the mile in 1:37.46 while increasing his earnings to $286,100. He paid $4, $3 and $2.60.

“All credit to Mario,’’ said trainer Doug O’Neill. “He rode him with confidence. He felt he was on the best horse and rode him accordingly. Mario’s ridden well at this track. It’s a long straightaway and you have to conserve your horse and he did just that.’’

Glory Bound, a 16-1 outsider who pressed the pace throughout, finished second, 2 ½ lengths in front of the D-Amato-trained Tough It Out. Glory Bound returned $11 and $8.40 while the show price on Tough It Out, the 5-1 second choice in the field of 10, was $3.80.

Jockey Felipe Valdez, who was unseated when Giant’s Lexis suffered a fatal injury – fractured right cannon bone - nearing the wire in Friday’s seventh race, broke his right collarbone and will be sidelined indefinitely.

According to agent Brandon O’Bryan, Valdez, 37, was kept overnight for observation at Long Beach Memorial Hospital. “He was going to meet with the doctor later today,’’ O’Bryan said Saturday morning. “He also has some knee pain.’’

Racing resumes Sunday at Los Alamitos. Post time is 12:30 p.m.