OUT OF THE GATE
SANTA ANITA LEADERS Through Thursday JOCKEYS / WINS
Juan Hernandez / 13 Flavien Prat / 10
Frankie Dettori / 7 Umberto Rispoli / 7
Two tied / 6
Bob Baffert / 6
Philip D’Amato / 6
Mark Glatt / 6
Richard Mandella / 6
Steve Knapp / 4
WEEKEND STAKES SANTA ANITA
Saturday
▪ $200,000 California Cup Derby, 3-year-olds bred in CA, 1 1⁄16 miles
▪ $200,000 California Cup Oaks, 3-year-old fillies bred in CA, 1mile (turf) ▪ $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic, 4-year-olds and up bred in CA, 11⁄8 miles (turf)
▪ $150,000 Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint, 4-year-olds and up bred CA, 6furlongs
▪ $150,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf Sprint, 4-year-olds and up bred in CA, 61⁄2 furlongs downhill turf course
Sunday
▪ $100,000 Grade III Las Cienegas Stakes, fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, 61⁄2 furlongs downhill turf course
DOWN THE STRETCH
▪ One of the most interesting races of California Cup day Saturday at Santa Anita is the $150,000 Sprint, which will feature The Chosen Vron and Brickyard Ride, two of the most popular Cal-breds in recent years. In their only head-tohead matchup, The Chosen Vron got the best of Brickyard Ride by 5 1⁄2 lengths in the Thor’s Echo Stakes at Santa Anita on May 28. “These are two of the best Cal-breds we’ve seen in a long time,” The Chosen Vron’s trainer, Eric Kruljac, told Santa Anita publicity. “It should be fun.” Said Brickyard Ride’s trainer Craig Lewis: “The Chosen Vron is a beast. He is going to be difficult to beat.”
▪ The California Cup is made up of five stakes races worth a total of $900,000 restricted to horses bred or sired in California. In addition to the Sprint, the Cal Cup includes a trio of $200,000 races — the Derby, the Oaks and the
Unusual Heat Turf Classic. The fifth race on the card is the $150,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf Sprint run over Santa Anita’s famed downhill turf course. The Derby drew a short field of five, led by the Peter Miller-trained
Last Call London. The Stay Thirsty gelding goes into the 1 1⁄16-mile race off a neck victory over Stolen Treasure, also part of the field, in the King Glorious Stakes.
▪ Churchill Downs announced this week it is raising the purse for the Kentucky Derby from $3 million to $5 million, making it the second-richest thoroughbred race in North America behind only the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic. “They put it up there where it belongs, huh?” the Bloodhorse quoted Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas as saying. Lukas has won America’s most famous horse race four times. “I think that the Breeders’ Cup Classic and (Derby) should be the two largest races in the country.” This year’s Derby, the 150th running, will be held May 4.
— Art Wilson
MEN
AP TOP 25 SCORES
No. 10 Illinois 71, Michigan St. 68 Santa Clara 77, No. 23 Gonzaga 76 No. 24 FAU 85, Tulane 84
OTHER SCORES
Utah 90, UCLA 44
Cal Baptist 77, Tarleton St. 63
Grand Canyon 74, Abilene Christian 64 Idaho St. 69, Portland St. 63
Montana St. 79, N. Arizona 50 N. Colorado 98, Montana 92, OT N. Dakota St. 92, UMKC 91, 2OT Pepperdine 93, Pacific 78
Sacramento St. 71, Weber St. 69 UC Davis 95, CS Northridge 75 UC Riverside 71, Cal Poly 56
UC San Diego 88, Long Beach St. 74
Utah Tech 75, Stephen F. Austin 70 Arkansas St. 85, Texas St. 82
E. Kentucky 86, Cent. Arkansas 63 Texas-Arlington 83, Utah Valley St. 69 Lindenwood (Mo.) 74, SE Missouri 68 Morehead St. 78, E. Illinois 52
Omaha 79, North Dakota 61
Oral Roberts 84, South Dakota 66 S. Dakota St. 81, St. Thomas (MN) 80 SIU-Edwardsville 67, S. Indiana 64 Alcorn St. 74, Alabama A&M 71 Appalachian St. 70, Coastal Carolina 45 Chattanooga 109, VMI 61
Coll. of Charleston 80, Elon 62
Delaware 68, Campbell 62
Drexel 67, NC A&T 63
FAU 85, Tulane 84
Georgia St. 77, Old Dominion 70
Jackson St. 73, Alabama St. 63
James Madison 89, South Alabama 55 Louisiana Tech 60, Middle Tennessee 52 North Alabama 69, Bellarmine 53 Radford 69, Longwood 58
Samford 79, UNC-Greensboro 70 Southern Miss. 71, Louisiana-Monroe 58 UNC-Wilmington 69, Monmouth (NJ) 56 W. Illinois 73, UT Martin 64
William & Mary 73, Hampton 61
Bryant 77, Binghamton 69
Maryland 64, Michigan 57
Mass.-Lowell 70, NJIT 62
New Hampshire 79, Maine 74 Northeastern 71, Hofstra 68
Towson 73, Stony Brook 64, OT
Vermont 77, UMBC 72
WOMEN
AP TOP 25 SCORES
No. 1 South Carolina 81, Missouri 57
No. 6 NC State 93, Virginia 66
No. 7 LSU 87, Texas A&M 70
No. 11 Virginia Tech 76, Miami 52
No. 15 Louisville 74, Pittsburgh 44
No. 16 Gonzaga 87, Santa Clara 49
No. 17 Ohio St. 90, Rutgers 55
No. 18 Notre Dame 98, Boston College 48 No. 21 Florida St. 70, No. 20 N. Carolina 62
OTHER SCORES
FIU 57, New Mexico St. 52
Hawaii 56, UC Irvine 49
Idaho St. 79, Portland St. 43
N. Arizona 88, Montana St. 73 N. Colorado 67, Montana 57
Pacific 75, Loyola Marymount 54 Portland 65, San Diego 54
San Francisco 83, Pepperdine 64
Texas Rio Grande Valley 84, Seattle 77 Texas-Arlington 72, Utah Valley St. 64 UC Davis 55, CS Northridge 45 UC Riverside 64, Cal Poly 53
UC San Diego 45, Long Beach St. 30 UC Santa Barbara 75, CS Bakersfield 54 Weber St. 81, Sacramento St. 61 Arkansas St. 73, Texas St. 48
Cal Baptist 89, Tarleton St. 59
Charlotte 61, Rice 54
Grand Canyon 64, Abilene Christian 55 Mississippi St. 66, Arkansas 63
Green Bay 85, Youngstown St. 47 Milwaukee 73, Robert Morris 58 Missouri St. 94, Bradley 66
Murray St. 75, Indiana St. 63
Nebraska 56, Illinois 48
SE Missouri 80, Lindenwood (Mo.) 63 Wright St. 74, IUPUI 64
Alabama 81, Georgia 63
Georgia Tech 70, Clemson 62
James Madison 81, Southern Miss. 76 Louisiana-Monroe 67, South Alabama 51 Marshall 90, Georgia St. 78
Mississippi 58, Auburn 55
New Orleans 69, Nicholls 63
SMU 91, Memphis 86, 2OT
Syracuse 77, Wake Forest 56
Tennessee 88, Florida 81 UNC-Greensboro 67, Wofford 58 Vanderbilt 95, Kentucky 73
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
(Through Wednesday)
Scoring Average
Embiid, PHI 27 Doncic, DAL 34 Antkonmpo, MIL 36 G-Alexandr, OKC 35 Durant, PHO 30 Tatum, BOS 34 Fox, SAC 31 Young, ATL 34 Mitchell, CLE 27 Curry, GS 35 Edwards, MIN 34 Maxey, PHI 35 Booker, PHO 28 Davis, LAL 36 Brunson, NY 37 Jokic, DEN 38 James, LAL 35 Lillard, MIL 34 Bane, MEM 36 Randle, NY 37 Leonard, LAC 33 Haliburton, IND 33 Markanen, UTA 29 Brown, BOS 35 George, LAC 35
Rebounds per game
Sabonis, SAC Davis, LAL Gobert, MIN Jokic, DEN Embiid, PHI Antkonmpo, MIL Capela, ATL Vucevic, CHI Adebayo, MIA Nurkic, PHO Wembanyama,SA Allen, CLE Claxton, BKN Valnciuns, NO Zubac, LAC Randle, NY Towns, MIN Sengun, HOU Smith, HOU
G FG
G Off Def Tot Avg
37 36 36 38 27 36 34 34 27 35 32 31 27 38 37 37 36 36 35 314 388 420 395 311 321 309 292 255 294 308 316 251 349 334 374 328 250 327 320 294 278 231 315 288 124 115 124 106 73 96 169 91 60 97 68 108 87 93 120 74 57 92 65
Assists per game
Haliburton, IND Young, ATL
Jokic, DEN
Doncic, DAL VanVleet, HOU Harden, LAC
Booker, PHO
Sabonis, SAC
James, LAL Cunningham, DET Paul, GS
Lillard, MIL
Maxey, PHI
Schroder, TOR Brunson, NY Gilgeous-Alxndr, OKC Conley, MIN Dinwiddie, BKN Russell, LAL
Embiid, PHI
G
33 34 38 34 35 32 28 37 35 36 32 34 35 38 37 35 36 35 34 27
FT Pts Avg
276 935 34.6 231 1142 33.6 277 1132 31.4 266 1099 31.4 203 889 29.6 198 951 28.0 147 866 27.9 248 946 27.8 141 735 27.2 189 935 26.7 191 894 26.3 177 917 26.2 172 732 26.1 212 924 25.7 177 949 25.6 181 969 25.5 146 879 25.1 252 855 25.1 115 889 24.7 200 895 24.2 128 792 24.0 112 780 23.6 130 685 23.6 116 823 23.5 123 821 23.5 345 324 309 342 245 318 197 262 220 262 258 200 180 277 239 269 268 232 243 469 12.68 439 12.19 433 12.03 448 11.79 318 11.78 414 11.5 366 10.76 353 10.38 280 10.37 359 10.26 326 10.19 308 9.94 267 9.89 370 9.74 359 9.7 343 9.27 325 9.03 324 9.0 308 8.8
Ast
411 375 348 311 298 270 219 286 264 261 230 233 233 254 236 224 228 222 207 163
Avg
12.5 11.0 9.2 9.1 8.5 8.4 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.3 7.2 6.9 6.7 6.7 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.1 6.0