71-1 shot Generosidade wins San Luis Rey in huge upset

71-1 shot Generosidade wins San Luis Rey in huge upset

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 12:31 p.m. ET

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) Generosidade rallied late to win the $200,000 San Luis Rey Stakes for older horses by 1 1/2 lengths in a huge upset Sunday at Santa Anita.

Ridden by Tiago Pereira, Generosidade ran 1 1/2 miles on turf in 2:28.80 and paid $144.80, $45.60 and $7.60 at 71-1 odds.

Chile-bred Quick Casablanca returned $11 and $5.60, while Energia Fribby was another neck back in third and paid $12 to show.

Bred in Uruguay, Generosidade was making her third U.S. start in the Grade 2 race for trainer Paulo Lobo, who like Pereira is Brazilian.

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''I was so excited because this is my second graded win in North America,'' Pereira said. ''We sat behind, we let the pace go and the last three-eighths, I was able to get outside and get up to win it.''

The victory, worth $120,000, increased Generosidade's career earnings to $206,894, with five wins in 16 starts.

In the $75,000 Pasadena Stakes for 3-year-olds, Dressed in Hermes rallied three-wide turning for home and overhauled pacesetter It's The Ice with a sixteenth of a mile to go to win by three-quarters of a length.

Ridden by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, Dressed in Hermes ran a mile on turf in 1:37.71 and paid $2.80, $2.10 and $2.10 as the 2-5 favorite.

It's The Ice returned $2.80 and $2.10. Sorryaboutnothing was another three-quarters of a length back in third and paid $4 to show.

The victory, worth $47,700, increased Dressed in Hermes' career earnings to $219,300, with three wins in seven starts. Trained by Janet Armstrong, all three of the gelding's victories have been on turf.

''He gives you confidence the whole time,'' Smith said. ''He's a big horse so I was able to make my way out from the rail and down the backstretch. I let him stretch his legs out a little and it worked out great.''

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