No one can blame Mike Smith for being exuberant in his praise for Subsanador, who edged a pair of Bob Baffert horses in winning the $1 million California Crown (G1) on Saturday at Santa Anita Park. �...
Baffert on Justify: “He was like a comet, streaking along the sky.” A few days before Triple Crown winner Justify is formally inducted into racing’s Hall of Fame on Friday, trainer Bob Baffert c...
He’s won graded stakes named for a crooner (Bing Crosby), a Triple Crown champion (Affirmed) and a Hall of Fame conditioner (Laz Barrera). This week, he was the runaway choice as the 2023 California...
This year marks the 87th running of the San Felipe Stakes (G2), Santa Anita’s traditional prep for the winter meet’s signature sophomore event, the Santa Anita Derby (G1), which is set to be held ...
When there’s a big race for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita, trainer Bob Baffert usually has a corner on the market. On Sunday, the Hall of Famer sends out three of the five horses entered in the $400,00...
With a forecast of heavy rains, Santa Anita Park postponed racing on Saturday and said the Santa Anita Handicap (G1), the San Felipe (G2) and two other graded stakes will be run on Sunday. The decisio...
Coming off a rousing maiden win to close out his 2-year-old campaign, Better Than Gold will tackle unbeaten sensation Nysos and two other Bob Baffert trainees in Saturday’s $200,000 Robert B. Lewis ...
Santa Anita’s Classic Meet kicks off the historic track’s 88th season of racing on Tuesday with three stakes events – the $300,000 Malibu Stakes (G1), the $300,000 La Brea Stakes (G1) and the $...
The field is almost set for the $6 million Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Santa Anita Park on Saturday (Nov. 4). The 1¼-mile Classic is the centerpiece of racing’s two-day, 14-race, $31 million ch...
This year marks the sixth running of the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint (G1T), which this year is a 5-furlong dash for 2-year-olds of either sex over Santa Anita’s turf course. The distance de...
