Last year, Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was showing some of the barns newly minted 3-year-olds to a friend when he decided to bring out one of his more recent acquisitions, a muscular bay son of Into Mischief out of the American Pharaoh mare All American Dream. “Is this a 3-year-old?” asked ...
Flavien Prat broke a 23-year-old record for most victories by a jockey in graded stakes races when he guided King of Gosford to a gate-to-wire win in the $200,000 Mathis Mile (G2) on Thursday, opening day at Santa Anita Park. Johannes wins San Gabriel; She Feels Pretty soars in American Oaks Poised ...
Look who’s back racing again ... Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan. After a 6 ½-month break at trainer Kenny McPeek’s Magdalena Farm in Kentucky and recently back in the training at the Fair Grounds in New Orleans. Mystik Dan is set to return Thursday in the $300,000 Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa ...
Ready for opening day at Santa Anita? Well Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah and onward to Thursday’s start of the 90th year of racing at The Great Race Place. The 11-race card on Dec. 26 is packed with graded stakes races – three Grade 1s (one on turf, two on dirt) and three Grade 2s (two [&helli...
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. “I truly think he’s King Kong,’’ Smith said as he led the robust Argentine-bred to with winner...
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 chuckled when he recalled his first impression of the massive chestnut colt. “It was right after th...
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-bred Horse of the Year, champion older male, and champion sprinter. Last year, he was the Cal-bred ...
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 in four weeks. Named for a popular Mexican town located on the Gulf of California, the San Felipe St...
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 $400,000 San Felipe (G2), a Kentucky Derby (G1) prep that excludes Baffert’s colts from earning qualifyin...
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 decision came Thursday morning, adding that Sunday’s card would be moved to Monday, a usual off day. Heav...
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