Casino Drive, the Japan-based half-brother to two Belmont Stakes (gr. I) winners, cruised to an easy victory in a Santa Anita allowance race Oct. 12 to prepare for the Oct. 25 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I). With jockey Victor Espinoza giving the colt what amounted to a guided tour of the Santa Anita oval, Casino Drive won by three-quarters of a length in the 1 1/16-mile race over the synthetic ...

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Simon Goodman