Hours before the new year, Santa Anita Park hosts the final graded stakes race of 2025: the $100,000 Robert J. Frankel Stakes (G3T).
Trainer Phil D'Amato has two of the seven entries in the 1 1/8-mile turf event for fillies and mares: Public Assembly, the 8-5 morning-line favorite, and Sun Of Hill, a 10-1 chance. Both are well drawn on the inside in a race void of pace.
Public Assembly, a 4-year-old More Than Ready filly owned by Abbondanza Racing, McNulty Thoroughbreds, and Medallion Racing, is 2-2-0 in seven starts since joining D'Amato's barn last winter after being acquired by her owners for $225,000 from the Keeneland November Horses of Racing Age Sale in 2024. She won the Royal Heroine Stakes (G3T) in the spring at Santa Anita and most recently was second in the Nov. 23 Red Carpet Stakes (G3T) at Del Mar.
Finishing behind her that afternoon were two other Frankel Stakes runners: C R K Stable's Paradise Lake, who showed 1 1/2 lengths behind Public Assembly; and R Unicorn Stable's Sun Of Hill, another neck back in fourth. Paradise Lake, trained by Peter Eurton, is the 2-1 second favorite in the Frankel Stakes, the seventh race on the card.
Earlier Wednesday is the $100,000 Eddie Logan Stakes, where Amerman Racing's graded stakes winner Stark Contrast returns after a last-out second in the Oct. 31 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1T) at Del Mar for trainer Michael McCarthy.
Santa Anita Park, Wednesday, December 31, 2025, Race 5Entries: Eddie Logan S.
PP Horse Jockey Wgt Trainer M/L 1 1Third Beer (CA) Antonio Fresu 120 Tim Yakteen 8/1 2 2Plutarch (KY) Juan J. Hernandez 120 Bob Baffert 2/1 3 3Iriseach (IRE) Umberto Rispoli 120 Philip D'Amato 5/1 4 4Stark Contrast (KY) Kazushi Kimura 122 Michael W. McCarthy 8/5 5 5Brigante (KY) Emisael Jaramillo 120 Doug F. O'Neill 20/1 6 6Caro Buono (FR) Armando Ayuso 118 Leonard Powell 12/1 7 7Unrivaled Time (CA) Diego A. Herrera 122 Leonard Powell 6/1
Entries: Robert J. Frankel S. (G3T)
Santa Anita Park, Wednesday, December 31, 2025, Race 7
- Grade IIIT
- 1 1/8m
- Turf
- $100,000
- 3 yo's & up Fillies and Mares
- 3:00 PM (local)
| PP | Horse | Jockey | Wgt | Trainer | M/L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1Public Assembly (KY) | Antonio Fresu | 125 | Philip D'Amato | 8/5 |
| 2 | 2Sun Of Hill (BRZ) | Kazushi Kimura | 125 | Philip D'Amato | 10/1 |
| 3 | 3Ima Joker (KY) | Emisael Jaramillo | 121 | Doug F. O'Neill | 30/1 |
| 4 | 4As Catch Can (FL) | Umberto Rispoli | 121 | Jonathan Thomas | 4/1 |
| 5 | 5Watchtower (KY) | Mirco Demuro | 125 | Richard Baltas | 5/1 |
| 6 | 6Paradise Lake (KY) | Juan J. Hernandez | 121 | Peter Eurton | 2/1 |
| 7 | 7Mahina (KY) | Joel Rosario | 125 | Patrick Gallagher | 12/1 |
