Among the notables on a massive work tab March 9 at Santa Anita Park were Getaway Car, who is entered in the March 15 Virginia Derby (G3) at Colonial Downs, and a pair of runners trained by Doug O'Neill—Raging Torrent and Mixto—who are ticketed for starts on the Dubai World Cup (G1) program April 5.
Getaway Car worked three furlongs in :36 3/5 for trainer Bob Baffert. By Curlin , Getaway Car won the Sunland Park Derby Feb. 16 in his 3-year-old debut. Last year, he won the Best Pal (G3) at Del Mar, was second in both the American Pharoah (G1) at Santa Anita and Los Alamitos Futurity (G2), and finished fourth in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile (G1) at Del Mar.
Raging Torrent, winner of the Dec. 26 Malibu (G1) at Santa Anita, worked six furlongs in 1:12 1/5. The Maximus Mischief colt is slated to run next in the Godolphin Mile (G2) in Dubai. Mixto worked five furlongs in :59 2/4, which was the second-fastest of 86 works at the distance. Winner of last year's Pacific Classic (G1), Mixto finished fourth in the Pegasus World Cup (G1) at Gulfstream Park in his only start this year. The 5-year-old Good Magic horse is set to go in the Dubai World Cup.
Also working for Baffert were Nysos and Fort Bragg. Unbeaten Nysos, who hasn't started since February 2024 when winning the Robert B. Lewis (G3), drilled five furlongs in 1:00. It was the sixth work since Jan. 30 for the 4-year-old Nyquist colt. Grade 3 winner Fort Bragg, off since an allowance win in December at Santa Anita, worked five furlongs in 1:00 2/5.
There were a combined 273 workouts between the main track and training track.
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