Santa Anita News

Breakpoint Overcomes Eight-Month Layoff To Take Marathon Grade III, $125,000 San Juan Capistrano Stakes

FRONT RUNNING BREAKPOINT OVERCOMES EIGHT-MONTH LAYOFF TO TAKE MARATHON GRADE III, $125,000 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO STAKES AS DRYSDALE GETS FOURTH WIN IN TRADITIONAL CLOSING DAY FEATURE ARCADIA, Calif. (June 19, 2022)–Idle since Oct. 22 and in his first start for Neil Drysdale, Chilean-bred Breakpoint set the pace and survived a late surge from […]

GRADE III, $125,000, SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO QUOTES SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES TYLER BAZE, BREAKPOINT, WINNER: “I worked him a couple of times and I told Neil, the further we can run him the better. He asked, ‘The San Juan Capistrano?’ and I said, ‘Yeah, great!’. He will go two miles, he’ll go all day long. He’s just a big plodder and we learned […]

French-Bred Neige Blanche Goes Gate To Wire In Winning $100,000 Possibly Perfect Stakes

FRENCH-BRED NEIGE BLANCHE GOES GATE TO WIRE IN WINNING $100,000 POSSIBLY PERFECT STAKES BY ONE LENGTH AS SHE NOTCHES HER THIRD STAKES WIN OF THE WINTER/SPRING MEET ARCADIA, Calif. (June 19, 2022)–Winless in six turf tries at the distance, trainer Leonard Powell’s Neige Blanche was all business as the 1-2 favorite in Sunday’s […]

$100,000, POSSIBLY PERFECT QUOTES SUNDAY, JUNE 19, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES JUAN HERNANDEZ, NEIGE BLANCHE, WINNER: “Leonard told me that I knew the filly and she was feeling a little fresh today. In the warm-up I took her off the pony and I was galloping by myself, and I felt that she was really strong. I was thinking that she was going […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Sunday, June 19, 2022

RED BARON’S & TEMESCAL NEAR OWNERS’ TITLE D’AMATO ADDS TO TRAINING MARK WITH 3 WINS BIG MANDATORY EXOTIC PAYOUTS LOOM TODAY AUTUMN MEET HAS PREPONDERANCE OF STAKES OWNERS’ TITLE GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE With two wins on the penultimate day of the Winter/Spring Meet Saturday, Red Baron’s Barn LLC and Rancho Temescal LLC […]

Horseplayer Bob Ike Takes $5,000 On-Track Bonus & Bags Total Winnings Of $11,238 As He Wins $500 Betting Challenge Hosted By Santa Anita & Xpressbet

HORSEPLAYER BOB IKE TAKES $5,000 ON-TRACK BONUS & BAGS TOTAL WINNINGS OF $11,238 AS HE WINS $500 BETTING CHALLENGE HOSTED BY SANTA ANITA & XPRESSBET IKE ALSO GETS A FREE ENTRY INTO $1,500 CLOSING DAY CHALLENGE ARCADIA, Calif. (June 18, 2022)–Longtime Southern California horseplayer Bob Ike got the money on Saturday at Santa […]

Closing Day Mandatory Payout Rainbow Six Pool Expected To Reach $3 Million On Sunday

CLOSING DAY MANDATORY PAYOUT RAINBOW SIX POOL EXPECTED TO REACH $3 MILLION ON SUNDAY WITH AVERAGE FIELD SIZE AT 10 HORSES PER RACE 20 CENT RAINBOW PICK SIX COVERS RACES SIX THROUGH 11 WITH FIRST POST TIME AT 1 P.M.; $500,000 GUARANTEED POOL IN 50 CENT LATE PICK 5, MANDATORY PAYOUTS ON ALL WAGERS […]

Reddam’s Homebred Filly Absolutely Zero Takes On The Boys And Wins $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Futurity

REDDAM’S HOMEBRED FILLY ABSOLUTELY ZERO TAKES ON THE BOYS AND WINS $100,000 FASIG-TIPTON FUTURITY BY ONE LENGTH IN 59.09 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 18, 2022)–Reddam Racing’s Absolutely Zero opted to take on the boys Saturday at Santa Anita and she answered the call, turning back a determined effort from her stablemate Tahoma to take the […]

$100,000, FASIG-TIPTON FUTURITY QUOTES SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES MARIO GUTIERREZ, ABSOLUTELY ZERO, WINNER: “She’s not the fastest horse out of the gate so today, she broke really well. She broke with them, and I tried to maintain my position and find my way to keep her in there, she responded really well. “She’s very gutsy. She definitely is a fighter […]

$100,000, FASIG-TIPTON DEBUTANTE QUOTES SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES RAMON VAZQUEZ, STONE SILENT, WINNER: “First I’d like to thank the trainer and the owners for the opportunity. I worked her three times in the morning, and I knew she was a nice filly. She broke good and got a good position and she responded really well. “I wasn’t surprised (to be […]