Flying Continental Holds Off No Marker for Oak Tree Victory
Flying Continental, owned by Jack Kent Cooke, got a battle from No Marker through the stretch but prevailed by a neck in Thursday’s $60,000 feature race of the Oak Tree meeting at Santa Anita.
The top two finishers ran in tandem throughout the 1 1/16-mile race, sitting just off the early pace of Mi Preferido and Prove Splendid.
Flying Continental and No Marker moved together to take the lead at the top of the stretch and raced head-to-head from there.
Flying Continental, ridden by Chris McCarron and trained by Jay Robbins, was clocked in 1:41 4/5 and returned $5.80, $2.80 and $2.40. No Marker paid $4.40 and $3.20.
Gaucho Alerta, who trailed the field by 12 lengths on the backstretch, finished strongly to take third as the pacesetters faded in the final quarter-mile. Gaucho Alerta paid $3.60.
It was Flying Continental’s first victory since the Santa Catalina Stakes at Santa Anita in February.
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