ARCADIA — It got repetitive, but never got boring, when Bob Baffert’s horses won all three of the Grade I and Grade II stakes the Hall of Fame trainer entered at Santa Anita on Saturday and Sunday.

Nevada Beach and jockey Mike Smith gave Baffert an upset victory as the bettors’ 8-1 third choice in the Goodwood Stakes on Saturday. Imagination and Juan Hernandez gave Baffert another unexpected win as the 5-1 third choice in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship on Sunday. And in between, unbeaten Cavalieri and Hernandez came through for Baffert as 7-10 favorites in the Zenyatta Stakes on Sunday – but did it in a dramatic, unlikely way.

Cavalieri was unprepared for the start and hopped when the gates opened, spotting the leaders about four lengths in the 1-1/16-mile Zenyatta, a $200,000, Grad

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