You Wins Santa Anita Oaks, Gains Upper Hand In Rivalry With Habibti

Edmund Gann's You gained the upper hand in her rivalry with The Thoroughbred Corp's Habibti as the Bobby Frankel-trained daughter of You and I scored a half-length victory over her Bob Baffert-trained foe in Saturday's $300,000 Santa Anita Oaks (GI).

Jerry Bailey rode the winner, who had earlier beaten Habibti in the Las Virgenes (GI) at Santa Anita. Habibti had won their matchup in the Hollywood Starlet (GI) after both had finished off-the-board in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (GI) at Belmont Park. Both trainers said their fillies will be pointed to the $500,000 Kentucky Oaks (GI) at Churchill Downs on May 3.

Select Stable's Take Charge Lady scored another dominating victory in New Orleans as she lead from the start to win the Fair Grounds Oaks (GII) by five lengths under jockey Tony D'Amico. She covered the 1 1/16-mile distance on a "fast" track in 1:43.30, which marked the second consecutive race in which she recorded a faster winning time than stablemate Repent managed against colts at the same distance on the following day.

Bedanken earned a trip to the $200,000 Fantasy (GII) on April 12 with a win in Saturday's 1 1/16-mile Honeybee at Oaklawn. The Donnie Von Hemel-trained daughter of Geri has a record of 4-1-0 in five starts.

Undefeated Belterra, an easy winner over Take Charge Lady in the Golden Rod (GII) at Churchill Downs, makes her 3-year-old debut for trainer Carl Nafzger in Friday's Bonnie Miss (GII) at Gulfstream Park.