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Newgate wins Robert Lewis Stakes; Baffert runs 1-2-3-4

Feb 4, 2023, 1:24 AM | Updated: 3:26 pm

In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, Newgate and jockey Lanfranco Dettori, outside, hold off a stub...

In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, Newgate and jockey Lanfranco Dettori, outside, hold off a stubborn Hard to Figure (Ramon Vazquez), inside, to win the Grade III $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (Benoit Photo via AP)

(Benoit Photo via AP)


              In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, Newgate and jockey Lanfranco Dettori, outside, hold off a stubborn Hard to Figure (Ramon Vazquez), inside, to win the Grade III $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (Benoit Photo via AP)
            
              In a photo provided by Benoit Photo, Newgate and jockey Lanfranco Dettori, outside, hold off a stubborn Hard to Figure (Ramon Vazquez), inside, to win the Grade III $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. (Benoit Photo via AP)

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Newgate won the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes by a neck on Saturday, with Bob Baffert as the trainer of all four horses in the Kentucky Derby prep race at Santa Anita.

Ridden by Frankie Dettori, Newgate ran 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.11 and paid $4 and $2.60 as the even-money favorite. There was no show wagering because of the field size.

Hard to Figure returned $5.20 at 12-1 odds. Worcester was another 1 3/4 lengths back in third. Arabian Lion was fourth.

“So much improvement in all these horses,” Baffert said. “I was actually nervous before the race, worried that something weird might happen, but I can relax now.”

The Lewis was a Kentucky Derby prep race, but no points were awarded because Baffert has been banned for two years by Churchill Downs Inc. The Hall of Fame trainer was in Louisville on Friday to testify in federal court as he seeks a temporary injunction to end the suspension, which runs through the end of the upcoming spring meet. It was meted out following a failed drug test by Medina Spirit after the colt finished first in the 2021 Kentucky Derby.

Newgate earned his first graded stakes victory. The colt was second, beaten by a neck in the Sham Stakes last month in his previous start.

“Frankie Dettori has been teaching him how to just sit back, relax and come with a punch and that’s what he did today,” Baffert said.

The victory, worth $120,000, increased Newgate’s career earnings to $241,975, with two wins in six starts.

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