Santa Anita News

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

D’AMATO LOCKED AND LOADED FOR 1/ST SATURDAY O’NEILL HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY IN SAN FELIPE 1/ST SATURDAY HAS SANTA ANITA & GULFSTREAM CENTER STAGE EXPRESS TRAIN PREPS FOR SANTA ANITA HANDICAP A BUSY, BREEZING MORNING FOR D’AMATO Phil D’Amato had a busy Sunday morning as he prepared several of his elite Thoroughbreds for […]

Alexander’s Homebred Alice Marble Stalks Pace & Wins $75,000 Wishing Well Stakes

ALEXANDER’S HOMEBRED ALICE MARBLE STALKS PACE & WINS $75,000 WISHING WELL STAKES BY A HALF LENGTH, GETTING 6 ½ FURLONGS ON TURF IN 1:15.45 LONE CAL-BRED IN THE FIELD, ‘ALICE’ BAGS $61,620, WHICH INCLUDES BONUS OF $13,500 ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 26, 2022)–The lone California-bred in the field, Nick Alexander’s Alice Marble staked […]

$75,000, WISHING WELL STAKES QUOTES-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES EDWIN MALDONADO, ALICE MARBLE, WINNER: “Phil (D’Amato) just told me that she was a very tactical filly and asked me if I had watched a couple of her replays, and of course I did. My game plan was to sit behind the three (Dynasty of Her Own) and I knew the seven (Hear […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Saturday, February 26, 2022

MOGER COULD CAP CAREER WITH BIG ‘CAP SCORE 1/ST SATURDAY MARCH 5 OFFERS 15 BICOASTAL STAKES FORBIDDEN KINGDOM SET FOR GRADE II SAN FELIPE McCARTHY ON HOLD WITH CE CE, LAW PROFESSOR STILLETO BOY BREEZES FOR SANTA ANITA HANDICAP Ed Moger Jr. seeks the biggest win of his career Saturday. Infatuated with racing at […]

Unbridled Mary Rallies To Take $69,000 Santa Anita Allowance Feature By A Head

UNBRIDLED MARY RALLIES TO TAKE $69,000 SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE BY A HEAD AS BRAVO & SADLER TEAM FOR HILLSIDE TURF WIN IN 1:13.71 ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 25, 2022)–Idle since breaking her maiden at first asking on Nov. 12, the John Sadler-trained Unbridled Mary was reserved off the early pace and rallied resolutely through […]

1/ST SATURDAY: An Unrivaled Day of Racing

15 STAKES ACROSS GSP & SAP Nonstop action every 15 minutes with racing from coast to coast. COAST TO COAST PICK 5 WAGERS 1/ST Coast to Coast ALL TURF Stakes Pick 5 1/ST Coast to Coast ALL DIRT Stakes Pick 5 $1 Minimum //Player-Friendly 12% Takeout LEARN MORE CHANCE TO WIN $5 MILLION JACKPOT Play […]

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

PAPAPRODROMOU SPELLS WINNER BY ANY NAME 1/ST SATURDAY TO BE UNVEILED MARCH 5 WITH 15 STAKES VICTORY DRINK FOR TAPWATER IN WISHING WELL? LONG OR SHORT, TRAINER LOOKS FOR BIG 1/ST SATURDAY MARCH 5 With five syllables, George Papaprodromou has the longest surname of any trainer in California, maybe the United States. That articulated, […]

ALICE MARBLE, HEAR MY PRAYER & THRILLING ALL PROMINENT AS FILLIES & MARES GO 6 ½ FURLONGS OUT OF TURF CHUTE ON SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA

RACE HONORS DAM OF 1989 WHITTINGHAM-TRAINED HORSE OF THE YEAR SUNDAY SILENCE ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 23, 2022)–In what appears to be wide-open affair at 6 ½ furlongs out of Santa Anita’s turf chute, three talented distaffers, Nick Alexander’s homebred Alice Marble, Holly and David Wilson’s Hear My Prayer and Twin Creeks Racing Stables […]

ALFRED PAIS HOMEBRED BRICKYARD RIDE IS LONG GONE ON THE LEAD AS HE TAKES ONE MILE $100,000 TIZNOW STAKES BY 7 ½ LENGTHS

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 21, 2022)–Could his incredible speed carry him a route of ground? That was the question facing Alfred Pais’ heavily favored homebred Brickyard Ride on Monday at Santa Anita as he stretched out to a flat mile in the $100,000 Tiznow Stakes. It took about a minute and a half, but the question […]

ALEXANDER’S HOMEBRED BECCA TAYLOR REMAINS UNBEATEN AS SHE TAKES $100,000 SPRING FEVER STAKES BY 1 ¼ LENGTHS

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 21, 2022)–Nick Alexander’s homebred Becca Taylor ran her unbeaten streak to six races in Monday’s $100,000 Spring Fever Stakes at Santa Anita, as she overhauled determined longshot Omg It’s Jessica to prevail by 1 ¼ lengths. Trained by Steve Miyadi and ridden by Flavien Prat, the 4-year-old California-bred daughter of Old Topper […]