Amazombie's win under the Twin Spires solidified his shot at the Eclipse Award for champion male sprinter (Breeders' Cup Ltd.)

Champion sprinter Amazombie stood like a statue in his stall at Bill Spawr's barn Friday morning, a picture of happiness and contentment. This was less than three hours after the Breeders' Cup Sprint king worked six furlongs under the cover of darkness on Santa Anita's fast main track in a bullet 1:12, with jockey Alex Bisono aboard. It was the fastest of 22 drills at the distance.

"Easy, easy, easy," is how Spawr described the drill in tones bordering on ecstatic. "When he got back to the barn, he was already cooled out. Unbelievable. He's right on schedule for the San Carlos."

The San Carlos, a Grade 2 race at seven furlongs with a purse of $200,000, is set for February 25. Amazombie had been scheduled to make his 2012 debut in the Grade 2 Palos Verdes Stakes on January 21 but an off track forced Spawr to scrap that plan.

"He'll have two more works before the San Carlos," Spawr said. "He'll work three-quarters or seven-eighths next Friday and have one more after that. We're right on schedule."

Spawr said he employed Bisono for Friday's work "because he's light and he's got a good clock (in his head). I told him to go 1:14, he went 1:12. The horse does that because he does it so easy."

Bisono, who tacks 115 pounds, called the drill "awesome."

Meanwhile, Amazombie, a  five-year-old California-bred gelding by Northern Afleet owned by Spawr and Tom Sanford, is gathering quite a fan base since his Breeders' Cup victory at Churchill Downs last November 5.