A raucous winner's circle never seen this side of a race track celebrated I'll Have Another's (www.horseracingnation.com narrow win in the $750000 Santa Anita Derby (Grade I), giving trainer Doug O'Neill his first triumph in California's final step on the road to the Kentucky Derby (Grade I). "We're going to Disneyland, no we're going to Louisville, baby!" O'Neill exclaimed amidst the madness after the race. Sent off as the 4-to-1 second choice with Mario Gutierrez riding in the Santa Anita Derby for the first time, I'll Have Another edged 4-to-5 favorite Creative Cause as their noses bobbed on the wire under a glorious afternoon at The Great Race Place. The finish was a reverse of the result the last time these colts faced each other, when Creative Cause sprinted to a 1 ¾-length win over 6 1/2-furlongs in last summer's Best Pal Stakes (Grade II) at Del Mar when each horse was making their second career start. After winning the Robert B. Lewis (Grade II) at 43-to-1 two months ago in his first start around two turns, I'll Have Another was able to track in second before landing outside of Creative Cause through the stretch and getting to the wire first to push his earnings to $634000. I'll Have Another's owner, Paul Reddam, basked in the glory of the success along with a massive group of his employees from the lucrative lending business he owns, CashCall, as they rained down chants of "Reddam" and "Cash Call" in the winner's circle after the race. Bob Baffert rounded out ...
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