Secret Circle stretches out in Sham Stakes

Horseracing Betting Lines

01/06/2012 - Arcadia, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Secret Circle, winner of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Sprint, will attempt a two-turn race for the first time in Saturday's $100,000 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita Park. The early season stakes for three- year-olds will be conducted at a mile.

Owned by Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman. and trained by Bob Baffert, Secret Circle will again be ridden by Rafael Bejarano from post four in the six-horse race.

"Running the Sham at a mile and an eighth this time of year was too early," said the Hall of Fame trainer about the former distance of the stakes. "The San Vicente (at seven-furlongs on Feb. 19) used to be the first week in February and that race would sort of set it off."

Secret Circle broke his maiden in his first start by better than seven-lengths and captured the John Goodman Stakes by more than five-lengths. He took the Juvenile Sprint by a length as the 2-5 favorite to close out his two-year-old campaign. The Kentucky-bred has earned $348,990.

"The Sham at one-mile now is a good spot for horses whose potential for longer distances you're not certain of," said Baffert. "We're going to find out more about Secret Circle in this race."

Here is the complete field for the Sham Stakes in post position order: Senor Rain, Agapito Delgadillo; Out of Bounds, Garrett Gomez; Hierro, Julien Leparoux; Secret Circle, Rafael Bejarano; Longview Drive, Joel Rosario, and Handsome Mike, Corey Nakatani. All entrants will carry 118 pounds.

Post-time for the Sham is scheduled for 4:31 p.m. (et).

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Will Smith in "The Pursuit of Happyness": 16/1

Forest Whitaker in "The Last King of Scotland": 1/11

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Judi Dench in "Notes on a Scandal": 15/1

Helen Mirren in "The Queen": 1/50

Meryl Streep in "The Devil Wears Prada": 10/1

Kate Winslet in "Little Children": 20/1

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"Happy Feet": 2/1

"Monster House": 20/1

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"The Lives of Others" – Germany: 7/2

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