Bob Baffert's top gun in the Santa Anita, Jaycito, may have scratched out, but that didn't stop him from winning his record 6th Santa Anita Derby with 6-Midnight Interlude (13/1) in an all-out drive to the wire. Runner-up 5-Comma to the Top ran a game 2nd after setting the fractions each and every step of the way. 3-Mr. Commons got up to hold third at the wire.
Midnight Interlude paid $29.20, $12.00, and $6.00. The exacta came back at sweet $113.60 for $1.
| 1/4 | 1/2 | 3/4 | Mile | Finish | |
| Fractions | 22.81 | 47.33 | 1:11.53 | 1:36.05 | 1:48.66 |
| Internal | 22.81 | 24.52 | 24.20 | 24.52 | 12.61 |
| 1/4 | 1/2 | 3/4 | Mile | Finish | |
| Midnight Interlude | 23.17 | 24.37 | 24.35 | 24.44 | 12.34 |
| Comma to the Top | 22.81 | 24.52 | 24.20 | 24.52 | 12.63 |
| Mr. Commons | 23.34 | 24.45 | 24.18 | 24.25 | 12.84 |
Although Midnight Interlude didn't finish up as well as Toby's Corner in the Wood, he still came home in a respectable 12.34 for the final 1/8th of a mile, a final furlong that saw Comma to the Top drift out a bit in to his path. Overall, it's a pretty strong performance by a colt that broke his maiden less than a month ago.
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