Stakes Advances

ARCADIA, Calif. (March 4, 2010) – As a contingency plan should weather on Saturday lead to a second cancellation of the $150,000 Sham Stakes at 1 1/8 miles, the Grade III event for 3-year-olds would become an additional race, the 10th, on Sunday’s Santa Anita program.

The nine-race card is due to be highlighted by its seventh race, the $55,000 Joe Hernandez Stakes at 6 ½ furlongs on turf. The Sham will be carded provisionally on Sunday and will only be run in the event of a rain out Saturday. The Sham, originally scheduled for Feb. 27, is a major prep for the Gr.

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb.

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 24, 2010) – Trainer Mike Machowsky’s Nextdoorneighbor, Bob Baffert’s The Program, Eoin Harty’s Kettle River and Richard Mandella’s Setsuko are among ten 3-year-olds who will attempt to solidify their Triple Crown aspirations Saturday in Santa Anita’s 10th running of the Grade III, $150,000 Sham Stakes.

At 1 1/8 miles, the Sham, a comparative newcomer on the nation’s extensive list of Kentucky Derby preps, already has proven a useful tool in the advancement of promising youngsters.

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb.

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 11, 2010) – Stardom Bound, whose up and down career regained a measure of luster when a solid second in the Jan. 17 Gr. II El Encino Stakes, will attempt to complete the redemptive process in Sunday’s 36th running of the Grade II, $150,000 La Canada Stakes for 4-year-old fillies over 1 1/8 miles at Santa Anita.

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb.

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 4, 2010) – Richard’s Kid and Mast Track, victorious respectively in a pair of signature stakes races at Del Mar and Hollywood Park, target the March 6 Santa Anita Handicap on Sunday when contesting the 72nd running of Santa Anita’s Grade II, $150,000 San Antonio Handicap at 1 1/8 miles.

In deference to the Super Bowl, Sunday’s eight-race program will get underway at 11 a.m. with the final race due to be run just after 2:30 p.m., well in advance of the Big Game’s scheduled kickoff at 3:25 p.m.

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 3, 2010) – American Lion and Tiz Chrome, consensus picks among this year’s top dozen Kentucky Derby prospects, make their 3-year-old debuts Saturday as Santa Anita presents a ten-race card that includes five stakes races, three of them graded and abundant in tradition.

Both sons of 2000 Horse of the Year Tiznow, American Lion and Tiz Chrome will gain their baptism around two turns among seven Triple Crown hopefuls in the 72nd running of the Grade II, $150,000 Robert B.