ARCADIA, Calif. (June 11, 2014) – Multiple stakes winner Unusual Way is the lone California-bred entered in Saturday’s $300,000 Grade I Vanity Stakes for fillies and mares at Santa Anita.
Unusual Way is by Unusual Heat, out of the Great Above mare Way Up, was bred by Thomas Bachman, is owned by Edward Brown, Jr. and Philip Lebherz and is trained by Jeff Bonde.
She has five wins in 17 starts, earnings of $691,960 and is coming off a fourth in the Apr. 26 Fran’s Valentine.
Also entered is Let Faith Arise, a Kentucky-bred daughter of California stallion Kafwain with earnings of $470,240.