Pioneerof The Nile - 2009 Robert Lewis Stakes

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Triple Crown contender Pioneerof the Nile, overcoming traffic problems on the final turn, charged from the back of the pack to win the $200000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) in the final strides over 17-1 shot Papa Clem at Santa Anita Feb. 7. Ridden by Garrett Gomez for owner/breeder Zayat Stables, the favored son of Empire Maker has winning trainer Bob Baffert thinking about the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). "I'm just excited to be in the position where I can even think ...