Cupid Wins Gold Cup at Santa Anita Park

Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California was the scene of the $500,000 G1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes on Saturday, May 27. Horses three years old and upward took to Sant Anita's dirt track and raced 1 1/4 miles. After an eight-month layoff, Michael Tabor, Mrs. John Magnier, and Derrick Smith's Cupid looked superb and posted the impressive 3 1/4 length victory at 7-1 odds. Holly and David Wilson's 7-2 second betting choice Follow Me Crev closed well to finish second in the field of seven with 12-1 shot Hard Aces checking in third, another 2 3/4 lengths back. 5-2 favorite Midnight Storm tired to finish fourth, followed by American Freedom, Big John B and Prime Attraction. Accelerate and Texas Ryano scratched.