By Margaret Ransom The home of the 2020 Breeders’ Cup is ready to roll out a full meet on Friday, with the traditional opener, the $350,000 Alcibiades Stakes (G1) for 2-year-old fillies, featuring t...
By Margaret Ransom It’s hard to believe it’s been a decade since the great Zenyatta last won the race that would eventually bear her name – the Zenyatta Stakes (G2). The Hall of Fame mare had wo...
By Margaret Ransom A betting bonanza is set for Santa Anita on the first Saturday of the autumn meet, with seven stakes carded including five with Breeders’ Cup implications. Overall, 11 races are o...
By Margaret Ransom Santa Anita’s autumn racing season finally gets underway Friday (Sept. 25), a week later than originally scheduled due to the Bobcat Fire – the largest in Los Angeles County his...
By Margaret Ransom Del Mar has put together an outstanding 11-race card Saturday with champion Maximum Security the headliner in a six-horse field for the 30th running of the $500,000 Pacific Classic ...
By Margaret Ransom Grade 1 winners Ce Ce, Ollie’s Candy, and Hard Not to Love are among six talented distaffers entered for Sunday’s $250,000 Clement L. Hirsch (G1) at Del Mar, with the winner ear...
McKinzie Tops 10-Horse Field for Del Mar’s G1 Bing Crosby Stakes By Margaret Ransom California’s road to the Breeders’ Cup gets underway on Saturday with the $250,000 Bing Crosby Stakes (GI) at ...
Honor A.P. to Take On a Few Baffert Derby Hopefuls in Shared Belief By Margaret Ransom The Shared Belief Stakes, named for the late champion and fan favorite, this year takes a whole new spot on the ...
Champion Maximum Security Wins San Diego in First Race for Baffert By Margaret Ransom Gary and Mary West and Coolmore’s champion Maximum Security returned to his winning ways on Saturday, much to th...
Wild and Crazy World of Maximum Security Continues in San Diego Handicap By Margaret Ransom The $150,000 San Diego Handicap (G2) at Del Mar on Saturday has been the traditional prep for the track’s ...
