Santa Anita Park | Press Release
Artislas went to the lead under Juan Hernandez and was never headed on his way to a front-running victory as the 3-2 favorite in the $80,000 Lure Stakes going one mile on turf at Santa Anita Park. Trained by Jeff Mullins, Artislas was able to set comfortable fractions of 23.62, 48.24 and 1:11.81 for six furlongs before holding off a mild challenge from 5-2 second choice Astronomer to win by comfortably by 1 ¼ lengths in a time of 1:34.30. It was another 1 ½ lengths back to Twirling Point (9-1) in third.
