June 13, 2024 — Anisette, Stronghold and The Chosen Vron are among the big winners in a season that ends Sunday and whet the appetite for the second half of the Southern California thoroughbred racing year.
Stronghold and Antonio Fresu put trainer Phil D’Amato on the national stage with a gritty win in the Santa Anita Derby on April 6 and a solid seventh in the Kentucky Derby. The colt will cut back to 1⅛ miles for the Haskell.