The undefeated Flightline stole the spotlight in the older-horse division in 2022, but Country Grammer grabbed the cash. The well-traveled Country Grammer has earned more than $10.7 million this year compared to more than $4.2 million by Flightline. While Flightline has been retired, Country Grammer will remain in training in 2023. Next year essentially begins on Monday for Country Grammer in the Grade 2 San Antonio Stakes at 1 1/16 miles at Santa Anita. Earlier this year, Country Grammer had an outstanding two-race campaign in the Middle East, finishing second by a half-length in the $20 million Saudi Cup in February and winning the $12 million Dubai World Cup in March. :: Get ready for Santa Anita racing with DRF Past Performances, Picks, and Clocker Reports.  Country Grammer’s trainer, Bob Baffert, envisions the $200,000 San Antonio Stakes as a prep for the Saudi Cup on Feb. 25, and has built Country’s Grammer late-season campaign around it. Baffert held Country Grammer out of the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Keeneland last month after he finished second to stablemate Defunded as the 11-10 favorite in the Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita on Oct. 1. “I think he needed a little freshening,” Baffert said. Country Grammer has won 4 of 13 starts, with all the wins at 1 1/8 miles or 1 1/4 miles. He figures to stalk the pace set by stablemate Hopkins in the San Antonio. “I’m happy with the way he’s coming into it,” Baffert said of Country Grammer. “He’s been solid. Distance is his friend.” Country Grammer drew the outside post in a field of six in the San Antonio. Frankie Dettori, riding at Santa Anita this winter, has the mount on Country Grammer. Dettori rode the colt in Dubai in March. Defunded is scheduled to make his first start since the Awesome Again in the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational at Gulfstream Park on Jan. 28, Baffert said. The San Antonio will be the stakes debut for the improving colt Breakfast Ride, a winner of three of his last four starts. It also will be the first start since Labor Day weekend for Stilleto Boy, the winner of the Grade 2 Californian Stakes at Santa Anita last April. Breakfast Ride, trained by John Sadler, who trained Flightline, won a $40,000 claimer for maiden sprinters at Santa Anita in May, and has won at a mile or 1 1/16 miles three times since late July. Breakfast Ride went wire to wire in his first two victories, but came from just off the pace in his last two wins. He is best suited as a stalker, from Sadler’s perspective. “Distance isn’t an issue,” Sadler said. “He showed some versatility when he came from off the pace. He’s an improving horse.” :: Get Santa Anita Clocker Reports straight from the morning workouts at the track. Available every race day.  Stilleto Boy was rested after he finished last of six behind Flightline in the Grade 1 Pacific Classic at Del Mar on Sept. 3. Last January, Stilleto Boy was third in the Pegasus World Cup, and the same race next month is likely to be on the 4-year-old gelding’s schedule, said trainer Ed Moger Jr. “He needs to run a decent race,” Moger said. “He’s got good weight, happy, and he’s working well. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages. “He might need a race.”