Santa Anita News

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Friday, April 1, 2022

‘KINGDOM’ BREEZES FOR RUNHAPPY DERBY ANNUAL SPRING CARNIVAL STARTS TOMORROW POPULAR RUNHAPPY 5K RUN RESUMES APRIL 9 SUMTER FINDS GRASS GREENER IN SINGLETARY BUCHDAHL PINCH HITS TODAY FOR MIRAHMADI EARLY POST TIME OF 12 NOON SET FOR DERBY DAY ‘KINGDOM’ WORKS WELL FOR RUNHAPPY SANTA ANITA DERBY Probable Runhappy Santa Anita Derby favorite Forbidden […]

Mandella’s Sumter Heads Saturday’s $100,000 Singletary Stakes

MANDELLA’S SUMTER HEADS SATURDAY’S $100,000 SINGLETARY STAKES AS THREE-YEAR-OLDS GO ONE MILE ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (March 30, 2022)–With a recent stakes win over the course, the Richard Mandella-trained Sumter looms a standout in Saturday’s $100,000 Singletary Stakes, as a field of five sophomores go one mile over the Santa Anita turf. Owned by […]

Santa Anita Runhappy Derby Day 5k Run & Walk To Be Held Derby Day, Saturday, April 9

SANTA ANITA RUNHAPPY DERBY DAY 5K RUN & WALK TO BE HELD DERBY DAY, SATURDAY, APRIL 9; BALDWIN AVE. TO BE CLOSED TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM 7:45 A.M. TO 9:45 A.M. ARCADIA, Calif. (March 30, 2022)–It’s back. Santa Anita’s popular Runhappy Santa Anita Derby Day 5K Run & Walk returns to The Great Race […]

Joe Bravo Accepts 73rd George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award Trophy At Santa Anita

JOE BRAVO ACCEPTS 73RD GEORGE WOOLF MEMORIAL JOCKEY AWARD TROPHY AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, Calif. (March 27, 2022)–In a Winner’s Circle ceremony befitting the historical significance of the honor, jockey Joe Bravo received the trophy commemorating his selection by a vote of jockeys nationwide as the winner of the 73rd George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Sunday, March 27, 2022

MESSIER DRILLS FOR GRADE I SANTA ANITA DERBY FESTIVE ANNUAL SPRING CARNIVAL ON APRIL 2-17 IRISH IMPORT DEBUTS FOR D’AMATO IN SINGLETARY MORE THAN 200 WORKERS AT SANTA ANITA SUNDAY MESSIER WORKS ‘LIGHTS OUT’ FOR YAKTEEN Triple Crown contender Messier, recently transferred from Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert to his former assistant Tim […]

Queen Goddess Upsets Defending Champ Going To Vegas By 1 ½ Lengths In Grade III, $125,000 Santa Ana Stakes

LONG FUSED QUEEN GODDESS UPSETS DEFENDING CHAMP GOING TO VEGAS BY 1 ½ LENGTHS IN GRADE III, $125,000 SANTA ANA STAKES; EMPIRE MAKER FILLY GETS 1 ¼ MILES ON TURF IN 1:59.72 ARCADIA, Calif. (March 26, 2022)–Back on turf, long-fused Queen Goddess unfurled an impressive turn of foot the final three sixteenths of […]

$125,000, SANTA ANA STAKES QUOTES-SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES VICTOR ESPINOZA, QUEEN GODDESS, WINNER: “We were very comfortable. Nice and relaxed, she was doing it so easily. I was getting a little bit excited. I knew that she was going to have plenty until the end, and they were going to have a hard time catching me. Sure enough she really […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden & Mike Willman for Saturday, March 26, 2022

COUNTRY GRAMMER TAKES $12 DUBAI WORLD CUP D’AMATO’S GREGORIAN CHANT BACK IN STYLE SUMTER FINDS GRASS IS GREENER IN SINGLETARY FESTIVE ANNUAL SPRING CARNIVAL ON APRIL 2-17 GELDING CALLS ANYPLACE HOME AT SANTA ANITA SANTA ANITA-BASED COUNTRY GRAMMER & HOT ROD CHARLIE 1-2 IN DUBAI Bob Baffert’s 5-year-old Country Grammer, who was unraced last […]

Comebacking Gregorian Chant Rallies For 1 ¼ Length Win In $73,000 Santa Anita Allowance Feature

COMEBACKING GREGORIAN CHANT RALLIES FOR 1 ¼ LENGTH WIN IN $73,000 SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE AS HE GETS 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN HILLSIDE TURF IN 1:11.58 ARCADIA, Calif. (March 25, 2022)–A winner of three consecutive sprints, two of them stakes, out of Santa Anita’s turf chute last year, the Phil D’Amato-trained Gregorian Chant proved […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Friday, March 25, 2022

FORBIDDEN KINGDOM SET FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY FESTIVE ANNUAL SPRING CARNIVAL ON APRIL 2-17 CLOSING REMARKS EYES LAST WORD IN SANTA ANA ADVANCE WAGERING TODAY ON DUBAI WORLD CUP FORMER CHRB CHAIRMAN CHUCK WINNER PASSES ‘KINGDOM’ WORKS FOR RUNHAPPY SANTA ANITA DERBY Forbidden Kingdom did not collect $200 but he did pass Go Thursday […]