1.   Competition has been fierce to win a stake in Skoda.

2.   And Jostle, owned by Fox Hill Farms, won three stakes last year as a juvenile and the Black-Eyed Susan this year.

3.   Anet won two stakes at Lone Star Park near Dallas and was runner-up in the Ohio and Illinois Derbies.

4.   Bidders would win stakes proportional to the size of their bids.

5.   All are colts, all have won important stakes at Santa Anita this winter.

6.   Day had won six stakes at Santa Anita before Saturday.

7.   He is trained by D. Wayne Lukas, a master at developing juvenile horses, and he already had won four stakes.

8.   He won three stakes at Churchill Downs, then hit the big time with victories in the Saratoga Special and the Hopeful at The Spa.

9.   In Kentucky last spring, he won his debut at Keeneland, then won three stakes in a row at Churchill Downs by margins as great as eight lengths.

10.   In the first year he won three stakes.