Majestic Harbor Seeks to Bounce Back in San Pasqual
Fresh, fit and formidable, Majestic Harbor is expected to return to the form that enabled him to win the Grade I Gold Cup at Santa Anita last June when he runs in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 San Pasqual Stakes for older horses at 1 1/16 miles.
The 7-year-old horse failed to fire in the Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 1, finishing a distant 13th in a field of 14, but Sean McCarthy is hopeful that the son of the late Rockport Harbor does his thing in the San Pasqual.
“It wasn’t his day in the Breeders’ Cup . . . He came out of the race fine and everything was good,” the trainer said. “I turned him out for a while, let him roll and play in the sand a little bit, brought him back and he’s been working really well for this race.
“Hopefully, if he runs to his works, he should go well.”
The field for the San Pasqual, race eight of nine: Quadrivium, Mike Smith, 6-1; Hoppertunity, Martin Garcia, 9-5; Majestic Harbor, Tyler Baze, 9-2; Big Cazanova, Elvis Trujillo, 5-1; Baccelo, Tiago Pereira, 30-1; Bronzo, Gary Stevens, 8-1; Salto Del Indio, Joe Talamo, 20-1; Mr. Commons, Brice Blanc, 10-1; Blue Tone, Kent Desormeaux, 12-1; Appealing Tale, Victor Espinoza, 10-1; and Tonito M., Rafael Bejarano, 10-1.
Source: Ed Golden, Santa Anita Stable Notes