INAUGURAL RUNNING OF FRANKEL STAKES TOPS NEW YEAR OUT WEST

INAUGURAL RUNNING OF FRANKEL STAKES TOPS NEW YEAR OUT WEST

The first running of the G2 $150,000 Robert Frankel Stakes is to be held at Santa Anita on Saturday, a nine-furlong grass test for fillies and mares. Among the likely players in here are multiple Grade 2-placed Lily Fa Pootz, New Zealand import Late Cuddle, G1 QEII star Harmonious, G1 Matriarch third Go Forth North and G1 Beverly D. Stakes queen Éclair de Lune.

Also on Saturday is the G3 $100,000 Daytona Handicap, while Sunday's main attraction is the G3 $100,000 Monrovia Stakes.