From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, Calif. (April 11, 2014)—Longshot California-bred Uzziel took full advantage of her early speed and coasted to a stunning 42-1 front-end upset in Friday’s $75,000 Santa Paula Stakes for 3-year-old fillies, getting 6 ½ furlongs in 1:17.19 while providing Tyler Baze with his third win on the afternoon. Trained by Mike Puype and owned by her breeders, James and Tammy McKenney, Uzziel, a California-bred daughter of Harlington, won by a comfortable 2 ¼ lengths while besting eight rivals and providing the McKenney’s with their first-ever stakes victory. “This is our first-ever stakes win,” said James McKenney. “We’ve been breeding horses for 10 years now and we’ve never really had much luck at Santa Anita. You couldn’t believe how excited we are. We’ve got a full sister to this filly who’s a yearling and we’ve got the mare (Pretti Woman, by Lord At War) in Florida to be bred back to Harlington.” Second-longest shot in the field, Uzziel set fractions of 21.78, 44.48 and 1:10.14. She paid... ...
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