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You, Habibti to Renew Rivalry in Saturday's Santa Anita Oaks
Date Posted: 3/3/2002 7:42:37 PM
Three-year-old fillies You and Habibti, who have taken turns defeating each other in their last two starts, are likely to renew their rivalry in the $300,000 Santa Anita Oaks (gr. I) on Saturday.In December at Hollywood Park, Habibti edged You by a head in the 1 1/16-mile Hollywood Starlet Stakes (gr. I) before You took the one-mile Las Virgenes Stakes (gr. I) by a length over Habibti at Santa Anita last month. In the Oaks, the pair will stretch back out to 1 1/16 miles.
Oak Leaf Stakes (gr. I) winner Tali'sluckybusride, the third-place finisher in both the Hollywood Starlet and Las Virgenes, is also likely to return in the Oaks.Santa Anita lists the following fillies, with riders, as probable for the Oaks: Adoration, Mike Smith; Farda Amiga, Chris McCarron; Habibti, Victor Espinoza; Redmond, no rider; Tali'sluckybusride, Jose Valdivia Jr.; and You, Jerry Bailey.
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