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'Gitano' shocks 'em in Goodwood

By Steve Andersen
Daily Racing Form

Saturday, October 10, 2009

ARCADIA, Calif. -- The 3-year-old colt who had never won a stakes and made his last start at one of England's smallest racecourses pulled an upset in Saturday's $305,000 Goodwood Stakes at Santa Anita. Gitano Hernando ($38), making his first start in a Grade 1, rallied from fifth in the final quarter-mile to outfinish 5-2 favorite Colonel John. Richard's Kid, the winner of the Pacific Classic at Del Mar last month, rallied late to finish third. Mine That Bird, the Kentucky Derby winner, could ...

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