American Oaks Winner Ambaya Likely to Get a Break

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 Trainer Jonathan Thomas earned a graded stakes double at Santa Anita Sunday with Augustin Stable's Ambaya (Ghostzapper), winner of the GI American Oaks, and Bob LaPenta's Hiding in Honduras (Dialed In), victorious in the GII Mathis Mile. Thomas also saddled the third-place finisher in the American Oaks, Will Then (War of Will). According to Thomas, all three horses were doing well Monday morning.Ambaya got up to win the 10-furlong American Oaks by a half-length after a ground saving trip and then splitting horses under Kazushi Kimura, who rode the filly in place of an injured Antonio Fresu. Will Then finished another neck back in third.“[Ambaya] backed up what we've seen from her in the morning,” Thomas said. “As her prior form would indicate, she's had a couple of troubled trips. But she was able to put it all together [Sunday] and got the job done.”Hiding in Honduras also used a ground-saving trip to take the Mathis Mile under Fresu.As for what's next for Ambaya, Will Then and Hiding in Honduras, Thomas said, “We'll let the dust settle. The fillies especially. They've each had a very long, hard year. They've traveled a lot, so we'll probably let them kind of get their feet underneath them and let them recover a little bit.”He added, “[As for] Hiding in Honduras, I'd run him next week if there was something for him.”The post American Oaks Winner Ambaya Likely to Get a Break appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.