PRESS RELEASES
5/19/2022
Santa Anita Admission Gates Open At 7:15 A.M. On Preakness Day, Saturday
FANS REMINDED THAT MEMORIAL DAY, MONDAY, MAY 30, IS ALSO DOLLAR DAY AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, Calif. (May 19, 2022)–Admission gates will open early this Saturday, Preakness Stakes Day at Santa Anita at 7:15 a.m. in order to accommodate wagering on a sizeable undercard from Pimlico Race Course as the racing world focuses on the middle jewel in racing’s Triple Crown.
PRESS RELEASES
5/18/2022
D’Amato-Trained Leggs Galore Looms Short Priced Favorite In Saturday’s $75,000 Mizdirection Stakes
D’Amato-Trained Leggs Galore Looms Short Priced Favorite In Saturday’s $75,000 Mizdirection Stakes ARCADIA, Calif. (May 18, 2022)–A front-running win machine, William Sims’ homebred Leggs Galore looms a standout among five rival fillies and mares in Saturday’s $75,000 Mizdirection Stakes at about 6 ½ furlongs down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course.
STABLE NOTES
5/15/2022
Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Sunday, May 15, 2022
BLINKERS BACK ON HAPPY JACK FOR PREAKNESS MONSTER MEMORIAL DAY IS SET FOR SANTA ANITA POWELL HOPES TO KEEP WINNING IN MIZDIRECTION MALIBU WINNER FLIGHTLINE TO WORK MONDAY HAPPY JACK ‘IN GOOD SHAPE’ FOR PREAKNESS Happy Jack, who finished 14th by 19 lengths behind upstart 80-1 winner Rich Strike in the Kentucky Derby, is expected to show marked improvement in the second jewel of the Triple Crown, the Preakness Stakes at Pimlico this Saturday according to Doug O’Neill.
PRESS RELEASES
5/15/2022
Roman Centurian Takes $69,000 Santa Anita Allowance Feature Via DQ
Roman Centurian Takes $69,000 Santa Anita Allowance Feature Via DQ ARCADIA, Calif. (May 15, 2022)–Slammed hard leaving the starting gate by 4-5 favorite Special Ride, the Simon Callaghan-trained Roman Centurian, who finished second by three quarters of a length, was awarded first money via a stewards inquiry in Sunday’s $69,000 Santa Anita allowance feature.