Authentic erupts to win Sham Stakes at Santa Anita

ARCADIA — They honored the winner of the 1973 Santa Anita Derby on Saturday with the 20th running of the Sham Stakes, the first local Kentucky Derby prep that awarded 10 qualifying points to the winner.
It was supposed to be a three-horse race, but it turned out to be anything but as Authentic, the 6-5 favorite, ran away from his five rivals to win the $100,000 Grade III race by 7 3/4 lengths.
Authentic, 2-0 in his brief career, ran the one mile over a fast main track in 1:37.57 as jockey