Om N Joy, Kent Desormeaux Rally for Santa Anita Upset

Om N Joy, Kent Desormeaux rally for Santa Anita upset

Om N Joy surged from a distant last with jockey Kent Desormeaux to score a career-best victory in the Grade II Santa Margarita Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday, regaining her mid-2025 form while Seismic Beauty couldn’t. Four-year-old Om N Joy, a California-bred filly trained by Aggie Ordonez, won for the first time in five starts since a five-race win streak ended last summer. She paid $19.20. “She chose today to show up,“ Ordonez said. “It was…

Om N Joy pulls off upset in Santa Margarita Stakes

A week after a last-place turf flop, Om N Joy rewarded trainer Aggie Ordonez's quick turnaround with a last-to-first rally, running down pacesetting Simply Joking to a 3 3/4-length win Saturday in the Grade 2, $200,000 Santa Margarita Stakes at Santa Anita. Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux rode the 4-year-old California-bred filly for owners Baker Stables, Michael Golovko and Terrence Scanlan in the 1 1/8-mile dirt race for fillies and mares.…

Cal-Bred Om N Joy Upsets Heavy Favorites in Santa Margarita

She raced just seven days ago and was dismissed at 8-1, but California-bred Om N Joy (f, 4, Om-Margie's Minute, by Hard Spun) turned out to be the star of the show in Saturday's GII Santa Margarita Stakes at Santa Anita. A GIII Torrey Pines Stakes winner last year, Om N Joy let 9-5 choice and last-out GIII Santa Maria Stakes winner Simply Joking (Practical Joke) and 2-5 Seismic Beauty (Uncle Mo)–defending winner of the Santa Margarita and a Grad…