San Felipe

Journalism has won four in a row, including the Santa Anita Derby, where he beat Citizen Bull and Baeza, and the San Felipe Stakes, where he beat Barnes and Rodriguez.

Journalism doesn’t have to win, or even finish second, in the five-horse field as he already has 47.5 points after wins in the Los Alamitos Futurity and San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita.

“When we decided to bring Journalism to Southern California it was with the knowledge that we were going to have to take on the Baffert behemoths. We did it in the Los Alamitos Futurity. We did it in the San Felipe, and now the waters are going to get just that much deeper having to face both Citizen Bull and Barnes, a two-headed monster from the Baffert stable on Saturday,” Wellman said.

Journalism wins in the Grade 2 $300,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita, but will it be enough for the horse to make the field for the Kentucky Derby?

The 3-year-old son of Curlin won his third straight race, beating the highly regarded Barnes, who was undefeated in two races going into the San Felipe.