TEDDY’S BARINO SWITCHES FROM DIRT TO TURF & STRETCHES OUT TO WIN $69,000 SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE BY A NECK AS SHE GETS ONE MILE ON TURF IN 1:35.45 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 5, 2022)–Taking full advantage of a California-bred incentive program that allows horses to run at the same allowance condition they’ve already won at
CARAVA GUIDES JOCKEYS BAZE & FREY THROUGH SUCCESSFUL WINTER/SPRING MEET AS BOTH ARE AMONG SANTA ANITA’S TOP 10 WITH TWO WEEKS TO GO ARCADIA, Calif. (June 5, 2022)–Under the direction of longtime trainer and newly turned agent Jack Carava, jockeys Tyler Baze and Kyle Frey are enjoying solid meets through 69 racing days, dating
IMPROVING WAR AT SEA STALKS PACE AND TAKES $100,000 CINEMA STAKES BY THREE QUARTERS OF A LENGTH AS ELLIS & SMITH TEAM FOR 1 1/8 MILE TURF WIN IN 1:49.97 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 4, 2022)–Improving War At Sea, in his first stakes engagement, stalked the early pace, rebuffed heavily favored Balnikhov turning for home
ALEXANDER’S HOMEBRED BECCA TAYLOR WINS SPEED DUEL EN ROUTE TO 2 ½ LENGTH SCORE IN GRADE III, $100,000 DESERT STORMER STAKES SEVEN-TIME NBA CHAMP ROBERT HORRY PRESENTS THE DESERT STORMER TROPHY ARCADIA, Calif. (June 4, 2022)–In her first graded stakes appearance, Nick Alexander’s homebred Becca Taylor, a California-bred daughter of Old Topper, outdueled Grade
Inaugural Horse Racing Women’s Summit Announced, Headlined By Keynote Speaker Susan Packard Summit to be held September 28-30, 2022 at Santa Anita Park June 3, 2022 Arcadia, CA: The inaugural Horse Racing Women’s Summit (HRWS) has been confirmed for September 28-30 at Santa Anita Park. The multi-day event aims to bring together people from all
IRISH-BRED BALNIKHOV HEADS SATURDAY’S $100,000 CINEMA STAKES AS SOPHOMORES GO 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (June 1, 2022)–One of leading trainer Phil D’Amato’s seemingly endless line of talented Irish-breds, Balnikhov returns to Santa Anita and heads Saturday’s $100,000 Cinema Stakes as five sophomores go a mile and one eighth on turf.
ALEXANDER’S HOMEBRED BECCA TAYLOR HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 DESERT STORMER STAKES AT SIX FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (June 1, 2022)–A nose shy of being unbeaten in eight starts, three of them stakes, Nick Alexander’s homebred Becca Taylor tries graded stakes competition for the first time as she returns to Santa Anita to head Saturday’s...
Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Sunday, May 22, 2022
Exaulted will make his first start in a year next Sunday in the Grade II Triple Bend Stakes. By Twirling Candy and a full horse at age five, Exaulted last raced on May 29, 2021, finishing third in the very same Triple Bend Stakes.
ARCADIA, Calif. (May 22, 2022)–In a highly anticipated 2-year-old maiden special weight at 4 ½ furlongs, the Doug O’Neill-trained Tahoma did not disappoint as 2018 Triple Crown champion Justify’s first foal to race stateside, met expectations as the 4-5 favorite, winning by two lengths under Juan Hernandez in 53.89.