Stable Notes

• BAFFERT HAS ‘LONG’ TERM PLANS IN SAN JUAN FOR SKY KINGDOM

• TEAM O’NEILL: DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN FOR KENTUCKY DERBY?

• MASSIVE PICK SIX PAYOFF BOILED DOWN TO TWO NUMBERS

MARATHONER SKY KINGDOM MAKES TURF DEBUT IN SUNDAY’S SAN JUAN

Sky Kingdom makes his turf debut in Santa Anita’s traditional finale Sunday, the San Juan Capistrano Stakes at about a mile and three-quarters on turf.

Little question the son of 2003 Belmont Stakes winner Empire Maker can get the distance.

• TEAM SPAWR HOPES LIME RICKEY IS THEIR CLAIM TO FAME

• SANTA BARBARA CHOICE HAS BREEDERS’ CUP AS HER GOAL

• SPEEDY OBVIOUSLY SHARP FOR SATURDAY’S SAN SIMEON

• JOCKEY STRA HAS RIGHT ELIXIR FOR PICK SIX CARRYOVER OF $370,763

DISTANCE SUITS LIME RICKEY IN SUNDAY’S MARATHON SAN JUAN

When trainer Bill Spawr claimed Lime Rickey for $25,000 at Del Mar last September, he thought he was getting a good horse.

• SMART ELLIS SET FOR MARATHON SAN JUAN ON CLOSING DAY

• VIVA CARINA SEEKS FIRST STAKES WIN IN SANTA BARBARA

• DRILL MAKES TURF DEBUT FOR BAFFERT IN SAN SIMEON

• SMITH EYES DERBY WIN, BUT IT’S GOT TO BE IN THE CARDS

• VETERAN TRAINER ROBERT WINGFIELD PASSES

SMART ELLIS SEEKS FIRST STAKES WIN IN SUNDAY’S SAN JUAN

Be advised that Smart Ellis is running in Santa Anita’s traditional closing day feature on Sunday, and the name is not a pseudonym for trainer Ron Ellis.

Smart Ellis is a 4-year-old colt by 2004 Kentucky Derby winner Smarty J

• MARATHONER INTERACTION SET FOR SAN JUAN ON CLOSING DAY

• BAFFERT GOES SOLO TO KENTUCKY DERBY WITH GOVENOR CHARLIE

• IT’S NOT UNUSUAL FOR ABRAMS RUNNER TO MAKE 10TH START HERE

TEAM McANALLY SAYS INTERACTION CAN GO THE DISTANCE IN SAN JUAN

Ron McAnally won his first San Juan Capistrano Handicap in 1980 with the immortal John Henry.

• O’NEILL SURGES IN RACE FOR SANTA ANITA TRAINING CROWN

• PINO RECEIVES SANTA ANITA’S GEORGE WOOLF AWARD SUNDAY

• STEADY MAKER OR BREAKER SET FOR SUNDAY’S SANTA LUCIA

• STUTE: NINE IS ENOUGH FOR WORKAHOLIC WORLD RENOWNED

TRAINERS’ RACE TIGHTENS AS MEET DRAWS TO A CLOSE

On Feb. 18, Doug O’Neill was stuck on 13 wins.

• ‘BETTER THAN EVER’ BEJARANO NEARS FOURTH SANTA ANITA TITLE

• CONSISTENT MARE FRESH OFF THE ‘BENCH’ FOR LAS CIENEGAS

• PINO TO ACCEPT SANTA ANITA’S GEORGE WOOLF AWARD SUNDAY

• WHITTINGHAM’S 100TH BIRTHDAY TO BE HONORED ON SATURDAY

BEJARANO RUNAWAY LEADER IN SANTA ANITA JOCKEYS’ RACE

If Santa Anita’s jockeys’ race were a political election, Rafael Bejarano would be declared the winner in a landslide.

• O’NEILL HAS ‘TEAM PITINO’ ON COURSE FOR KENTUCKY DERBY

• PUYPE HOPES TO DOUBLE HIS PLEASURE IN LAS CIENEGAS

• ROBBINS, TRAINER OF HORSE OF THE YEAR TIZNOW, CALLS IT A CAREER

TEAM O’NEILL BACK FOR ‘GOLDEN’ RUN TO KENTUCKY DERBY

While most trainers never get to run in the Kentucky Derby, let alone win it, Doug O’Neill is three weeks away from doing the former in the hopes of accomplishing the latter.

His meal ticket this year for the $2 million race at Churchill Downs on May 4 is Goldencents, who, like I’ll Have Another in 2012,

• DERBY DAY A GREAT DAY AT THE GREAT RACE PLACE

• DERBY DAY HANDLE UP SIGNIFICANTLY OVER 2012

• BC WINNER MIZDIRECTION WORKS FOR LAS CIENEGAS

• FLORES, STRA JOCKEY WINNERS IN SANTA ANITA 5K RUN

KENTUCKY AWAITS GOLDENCENTS, FLASHBACK AFTER SANTA ANITA DERBY

Santa Anita lived up to its nickname Saturday: Great Race, Great Crowd, Great Story Lines at The Great Race Place.

With the dust still settling on an overcast Sunday morning after Doug O’Neill gave Kevin Krigger a leg up on mutuelly maligned Goldencents who went on to win Saturda