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Win the Space faces tough crowd in San Diego Handicap
- Updated: July 20, 2016
3:59 PM ET
DEL MAR, Calif. — After a game second to Melatonin in the Grade 1 Gold Cup at Santa Anita on June 25, Win the Space will be an outsider in Saturday’s $200,000 San Diego Handicap at 1-1/16 miles at Del Mar. Typically, a second-place finish in the Gold Cup would make Win the Space a leading contender in the Grade 2 San Diego. But the race came up unusually tough this year and is led by California Chrome, the 2014 Horse of the Year, and Dortmund, a millionaire multiple stakes winner.
“This is a different area code against California Chrome and Dortmund,” Win the Space’s trainer, George Papaprodromou, said on Wednesday.
Win the Space, by Pulpit, is performing at his highest level this year. He won his first start of the year in an optional claimer at Santa Anita on May 15 and was beaten 1-1/2 lengths by Melatonin in …
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