Cutlass Reality and Cherokee Colony Top Field for Today’s San Antonio ‘Cap

A field of 10 headed by Cutlass Reality and Cherokee Colony are entered to run in today’s $250,000-added San Antonio Handicap at Santa Anita.

Cutlass Reality, who will be ridden by Gary Stevens, was assigned high weight of 124 pounds for the 51st running of the 1 1/8-mile race for 4-year-olds and up.

Cherokee Colony will be ridden by Rafael Meza and was assigned 120 pounds.

Others entered were Super Diamond, who will be ridden by Laffit Pincay and was assigned 121 pounds; Payant, Bill Shoemaker, 118 pounds; Frankly Perfect, Eddie Delahoussaye, 115 pounds; Stalwars, Chris McCarron, 115 pounds; Good Taste, Sandy Hawley, 113 pounds; Mark Chip, Russell Baze, 113 pounds; Stylish Winner, Corey Black, 112 pounds, and Crimson Slew, Alex Solis, 111 pounds.

If all 10 entries go to the post, the total purse will be $279,600 and the winner will earn $167,100.

Cutlass Reality, who will be making his first start of 1989, won six stakes races last year including the Hollywood Gold Cup at Hollywood Park in June. In that race, Cutlass Reality finished far ahead of Horse of the Year Alysheba.

Cherokee Colony is coming off an impressive victory in the seven-furlong San Carlos Handicap last month. In that race, he caught and passed On The Line in the late going. The start will be only the second for Cherokee Colony since last April, when he suffered a fractured cannon bone.