Wonderboy defeated in Santa Anita

Kentucky Derby favourite Stevie Wonderboy suffered a surprise defeat by Brother Derek in the San Rafael Stakes at Santa Anita yesterday.

Doug O’Neill’s three-year-old, a winner of the Grade One Bessemer Trust Breeders’ Cup Juvenile on his penultimate start, stayed on strongly but could not collar the winner, who made almost every inch to score by one and a half lengths.