Santa Anita News

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Sunday, May 15, 2022

BLINKERS BACK ON HAPPY JACK FOR PREAKNESS MONSTER MEMORIAL DAY IS SET FOR SANTA ANITA POWELL HOPES TO KEEP WINNING IN MIZDIRECTION MALIBU WINNER FLIGHTLINE TO WORK MONDAY HAPPY JACK ‘IN GOOD SHAPE’ FOR PREAKNESS Happy Jack, who finished 14th by 19 lengths behind upstart 80-1 winner Rich Strike in the Kentucky Derby, is […]

Long Fused Neige Blanche Rallies To Win Grade III, $125,000 Santa Barbara Stakes For Second Consecutive Year

LONG FUSED NEIGE BLANCHE RALLIES TO WIN GRADE III, $125,000 SANTA BARBARA STAKES FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR AS SHE WINS BY 1 ¼ LENGTHS WHILE GETTING 1 ½ MILES ON TURF IN 2:27.55 ARCADIA, Calif. (May 14, 2022)–Long fused Neige Blanche, who like her trainer, was born in France, overhauled favored Queen Goddess in […]

$125,000, GRADE III, SANTA BARBARA STAKES QUOTES-SATURDAY, MAY 14, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES JUAN HERNANDEZ, NEIGE BLANCHE, WINNER: “My filly loves the distance. You know, she loves running behind horses and that helps her to relax pretty well. Sometimes, when she’s on the outside, in the clear, she tries to run off a little bit. Today, we sat behind the pace and she relaxed well […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Saturday, May 14, 2022

SMOOTH LIKE STRAIT EYES A SHOEMAKER REPEAT MONSTER MEMORIAL DAY IS SET FOR SANTA ANITA WONG HAS FOUR OPTIONS FOR THE MIZDIRECTION BREEDER LOVINGER DOMINATES JUVENILE EVENT SMOOTH LIKE STRAIT TO DEFEND SHOEMAKER WIN Smooth Like Strait will seek to become only the sixth back-to-back winner of the Grade I Shoemaker Mile when the prestigious […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Friday, May 13, 2022

• YAKTEEN MULLS NEXT MOVE FOR TAIBA, MESSIER • D’AMATO AIMS FOR A SANTA BARBARA SURPRISE • BELHOLDER THE NEWEST HALL OF FAME MEMBER • ECLIPSE CHAMPION CE CE BREEZES A HALF MILE • MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY OFFERS GREAT RACING & MORE YAKTEEN REGROUPING AFTER DERBY DEFEATS Taiba and Messier are back home at Santa […]

Queen Goddess Bids For Third Stakes Win Of Meet As She Heads Saturday’s Grade III, $125,000 Santa Barbara

McCARTHY’S QUEEN GODDESS BIDS FOR THIRD STAKES WIN OF MEET AS SHE HEADS SATURDAY‘S GRADE III, $125,000 SANTA BARBARA AT 1 ½ MILES ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (May 11, 2022)–A Grade I winner on opening day, Dec. 26, the Michael McCarthy-trained Queen Goddess bids for her third graded stakes win of the meet as […]

Little Red Feather’s Elm Drive Cruises To 2 ¼ Length Win In $75,000 Angel’s Flight Stakes

LITTLE RED FEATHER’S ELM DRIVE CRUISES TO 2 ¼ LENGTH WIN IN $75,000 ANGEL’S FLIGHT STAKES AS D’AMATO & GONZALEZ TEAM FOR SEVEN FURLONG SCORE IN 1:23.97 ARCADIA, Calif. (May 8, 2022)–The Phil D’Amato train not only rolls on, it’s picking up steam, as the San Pedro, CA native knocked down his second stakes […]

$75,000, ANGEL’S FLIGHT STAKES QUOTES-SUNDAY, MAY 8, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES RICARDO GONZALEZ, ELM DRIVE, WINNER: “I’ve been working her, and we knew she was going to be a little sharp, so the main thing for her was to get a breather in between. She broke really fast, so I just took the lead and I let her settle a little bit. Once […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Sunday, May 8, 2022

DERBY SHOCKER LEAVES RACING BREATHLESS NEIGE BLANCHE EYES SANTA BARBARA REPEAT RICH STRIKE EARNS 101 BEYER IN DERBY WIN HERNANDEZ & D’AMATO TEAM FOR SENORITA WIN GRADE I WINNER HIT THE ROAD BACK AT SANTA ANITA KENTUCKY DERBY PRODUCES RICH STRIKE INDEED That whoosh in the air is merely exhaling from the lungs of […]

Irish-Bred Island Of Love Rallies To Win Grade III, $100,000 Senorita Stakes

IRISH-BRED ISLAND OF LOVE RALLIES TO WIN GRADE III, $100,000 SENORITA STAKES BY 2 ¼ LENGTHS AS SHE GETS ONE MILE ON TURF IN 1:35.35 ARCADIA, Calif. (May 7, 2022)–The beaten favorite in two previous stakes, Irish-bred Island of Love put it all together in Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Senorita Stakes at Santa Anita, […]