Santa Anita News

Bochombo Speeds To 1 ¼ Length Win In $69,000 Santa Anita Allowance Feature

BOCHOMBO SPEEDS TO 1 ¼ LENGTH WIN IN $69,000 SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE AS HE HOLDS OFF FAVORED SMUGGLER’S RUN LATE ARCADIA, Calif. (March 18, 2022)–Idle since June 20 of last year, trainer Ruben Alvarado’s Bochombo outfooted fellow longshot Highland Ghost early and never relinquished command in his first race on turf, taking Friday’s $69,000 […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Friday, March 18, 2022

UNDEFEATED BECCA TAYLOR HEADS IRISH O’BRIEN FORBIDDEN KINGDOM MISSES DRILL DUE TO FEVER BRINKERHOFF HOPEFUL WINNIPEG IMPORT RUNS WELL MANDATORY JACKPOT POOL COULD HIT $4 MILLION HESS, PUYPE & MANDELLA GUESTS OF QUIGLEY BECCA TAYLOR IN DOWNHILL DEBUT FOR ALEXANDER Nick Alexander nominated two horses for Saturday’s $100,000 Irish O’Brien Stakes, Alice Marble and […]

Ultra Quick Brickyard Ride Heads Sunday’s $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes

ULTRA QUICK BRICKYARD RIDE HEADS SUNDAY’S $100,000 SENSATIONAL STAR STAKES AS CAL-BREDS SPEED 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN HILLSIDE TURF RACE IS PART OF CTBA SPONSORED GOLDEN STATE SERIES FOR CAL-BRED OR SIRED RUNNERS ARCADIA, Calif. (March 17, 2022)–With the prospect of a sub-20 second opening quarter a possibility, Alfred Pais’ homebred Brickyard Ride […]

Unbeaten Becca Taylor Heads Saturday’s $100,000 Irish O’Brien Stakes

UNBEATEN BECCA TAYLOR HEADS SATURDAY‘S $100,000 IRISH O’BRIEN STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN HILLSIDE TURF COURSE; ALEXANDER HOMEBRED FILLY SEEKS SEVENTH CONSECUTIVE WIN RACE IS PART OF CTBA-SPONSORED GOLDEN STATE SERIES FOR CAL-BRED OR SIRED RUNNERS ARCADIA, Calif. (March 16, 2022)–Nick Alexander’s unbeaten homebred Becca Taylor heads a field of seven older fillies […]

With A $4 Million Pool Likely, Santa Anita Announces Mandatory 20 Cent Rainbow Pick Six Payout On Saturday, March 19

WITH A $4 MILLION POOL LIKELY, SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES MANDATORY 20 CENT RAINBOW PICK SIX PAYOUT ON SATURDAY, MARCH 19 ARCADIA, Calif. (March 13, 2022)–Providing there is no Single Ticket winner in Friday’s 20 cent Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot at Santa Anita, track officials project the likelihood of $4 million pool, with a mandatory payout […]

$100,000, LAS FLORES STAKES QUOTES-SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES JOHN VELAZQUEZ, EDGEWAY, WINNER: “She broke so good, and I saw Bob’s (Baffert) horse (Private Mission) and I saw that she broke really really fast the other day, so I knew she was going to come out running. So I kind of sat off of her on the backstretch, once I […]

Heavily Favored Edgeway Waltzes To Seven Length Score In Grade III, $100,000 Las Flores Stakes

HEAVILY FAVORED EDGEWAY WALTZES TO SEVEN LENGTH SCORE IN GRADE III, $100,000 LAS FLORES STAKES AS SHE GETS SIX FURLONGS IN 1:10.22 ARCADIA, Calif. (March 13, 2022)–Pressured early by Private Mission, Hronis Racing’s Edgeway sat a close second to the far turn and asserted her superiority approaching the quarter pole en route to a […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Sunday, March 13, 2022

HALL OF FAME NOMINEE O’NEILL HAS FULL PLATE SHE’S DEVOTED BACK SPRINTING IN IRISH O’BRIEN FASHIONABLY FAST COULD HAVE RARE TURF RACE HIRSCH’S HOMEBRED CE CE EARNS 92 BEYER ‘BLESSED’ O’NEILL A HALL OF FAME NOMINEE “Before my opponent moves, I already am moving.”–Old Chinese saying. Assuredly that applies to Doug […]

California-Bred Acclimate Goes Gate To Wire To Take Marathon Grade III, $125,000 San Luis Rey Stakes

FRESH & READY AT AGE 8, CALIFORNIA-BRED ACCLIMATE GOES GATE TO WIRE TO TAKE MARATHON GRADE III, $125,000 SAN LUIS REY STAKES BY A HALF LENGTH ARCADIA, Calif. (March 12, 2022)–A California-bred joy to behold, 8-year-old gelding Acclimate made his 31st career start and he had his running shoes on Saturday at Santa Anita, […]

$125,000, SAN LUIS REY QUOTES-SATURDAY, MARCH 12, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES RICARDO GONZALEZ, ACCLIMATE, WINNER: “I sound like a broken record, but that’s what he likes to do. He likes to go out there and be happy on the lead. I just let him do what he likes to do. He was just playing around the whole time and as soon as […]