Watchtower and Diego Herrera rallied to beat odds-on Medoro by a nose in the $100,000, Grade III Autumn Miss Stakes at Santa Anita on Sunday, giving the 20-year-old jockey his first thoroughbred graded stakes victory.
The win at 8-1 odds for trainer Richard Baltas in the 1-mile turf race for 3-year-old fillies was Herrera’s sixth in 44 starts at the Santa Anita fall meet that ended Sunday, lifting him into the top 10 of the jockey standings.
Juan Hernandez wrapped up his second Santa Anita fall meet title in a row with 25 race victories, 10 more than Umberto Rispoli.
Bob Baffert won the training title with 14 victories, one more than Phil D’Amato and two more than George Papaprodromou.
