Santa Anita apprentice Flores enjoying his leap year
ARCADIA, Calif. − Two days after he rode three consecutive winners, the fourth-ranked jockey at Santa Anita was in a much different competitive setting − staring down an Algebra II test at nearby Fernando Ledesma High School in El Monte, Calif.
Santa Anita: ‘Luck’ trainers getting stable ready for close-ups
ARCADIA, Calif. – Although HBO announced only last week that the horse racing drama “Luck” will have a 10-program second season in 2013, work has been going on behind the scenes at Santa Anita for much longer to prepare the 45 ex-racehorses used in racing scenes.
Santa Anita: Princess Arabella looks like short price against four foes
ARCADIA, Calif. – The filly Princess Arabella is well-regarded enough to have been nominated to the Triple Crown by owner Peachtree Stable. Whether she runs in such historic races will not be known for a few months.
Horse Racing
Today at Santa Anita Park By Richard Eng Post Time 1 p.m. Race 1 - 1 mile (turf, rail at 30 feet), Purse $40,000, Claiming $40,000, 4-year-olds 2 Red Sharp Humor - Joel Rosario had choices and opted to ride for Hector Palma; this is the cheapest class
Santa Anita: Game On Dude the big horse in San Antonio; $353K carryover on Sunday
ARCADIA, Calif. – Santa Anita will roll out the red carpet Sunday for Game On Dude, the top handicap horse in California and lone speed in the Grade 2 San Antonio Stakes.
Santa Anita: Mr. Commons survives inquiry to take Arcadia
ARCADIA, Calif. - Mr. Commons confirmed his status as California’s top miler, won for the first time against older horses, and survived an inquiry with his victory in Saturday’s $150,000 Arcadia Stakes at Santa Anita.
Jeff Scott: Ultimate Eagle surprises at Santa Anita
If the older-male (or handicap) division is to be part of the racing conversation in 2012, it needed to grab a few headlines early in the year. One 4-year-old did just that Saturday at Santa Anita. Free-running Ultimate Eagle, a Mizzen Mast colt making his first start on dirt, sailed away from a field that included odds-on Tapizar (4-5) to win the Strub Stakes by 7-1/4 widening lengths.
Three Grade II stakes on Santa Anita card Saturday
Trainer Bob Baffert has two Kentucky Derby prospects — Liaison and Sky Kingdom — entered in the Grade II Robert B. Lewis Stakes. Also on the card are the Strub Stakes and the Arcadia Stakes. One of the best racing days of the Santa Anita meeting is set for Saturday, when three Grade II stakes will be on the 10-race card. They include the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes, a race for 3-year-olds at ...
Santa Anita: Setsuko returns as a gelding in optional claimer
ARCADIA, Calif. – Setsuko made a career of running well, but not winning, top races as a 3- and 4-year-old. Among his five stakes placings, Setsuko was second in the 2010 Santa Anita Derby and second in a roughly-run Santa Anita Handicap last year.