Santa Anita News

Undefeated Santa Anita-Based Corniche Named Eclipse Champion Two-Year-Old Male

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 10, 2022)–Unbeaten in three starts, Speedway Stables’ Corniche was named Eclipse Award Champion Two-Year-Old Male Thursday evening at an Eclipse Award Gala hosted by Santa Anita Park. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Mike Smith, Corniche, who won all three of his starts in gate to wire fashion, culminated his […]

Urban Heads Field Of 10 Sophomore Fillies Going 6 ½ Furlongs Down Hillside Turf In Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Sweet Life Stakes

URBAN HEADS FIELD OF 10 SOPHOMORE FILLIES GOING 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN HILLSIDE TURF IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 SWEET LIFE STAKES ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 9, 2022)–In a race in which all 10 entrants will be trying Santa Anita’s unique hillside turf course for the first time, the Simon Callaghan-conditioned Urban, fresh off an […]

Messier Sensational In Taking Grade III, $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes By 15 Lengths

MESSIER SENSATIONAL IN TAKING GRADE III, $200,000 ROBERT B. LEWIS STAKES BY 15 LENGTHS AS BAFFERT & VELAZQUEZ TEAM FOR 1 1/16 MILE WIN IN 1:42.89 ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2022)–In an absolutely sensational performance, Messier served notice to the racing world that he will be a major player in any Derby, anywhere in […]

$200,000, ROBERT B. LEWIS STAKES QUOTES-SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES JOHN VELAZQUEZ, MESSIER, WINNER: “I got to work him three weeks ago, just one time though, and actually I got a good feel of him. But today, Bob said to me, ‘We got two really good chances and I think these two horses are going to impress you today.’ I […]

Heavily Favored Adare Manor Romps By 13 Lengths In Grade III, $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes

HEAVILY FAVORED ADARE MANOR ROMPS BY 13 LENGTHS IN GRADE III, $200,000 LAS VIRGENES STAKES, GETTING ONE MILE IN 1:37.11 ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 6, 2022)–In a near replica of her smashing maiden win, Michael Lund Petersen’s Adare Manor crushed three rivals in winning Sunday’s Grade III, $200,000 Las Virgenes Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at […]

$200,000, LAS VIRGENES STAKES QUOTES-SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES JOHN VELAZQUEZ, ADARE MANOR, WINNER: “Bob (Baffert) told me even when she broke her maiden that’s what she wanted to do. She wanted to go the two turns, get her stride going. Today I engaged her right from the gate and she got a little bit strong at the first […]

Santa Anita Stable Notes- By Ed Golden – Sunday, February 6, 2022

FLIGHTLINE ‘GOOD AS EVER’ FOR THE SAN CARLOS SPECHT LOOKS TO THE SWEET LIFE WITH ELLAMIRA WARD BREEZES SWEET LIFE NOMINEE HAPPY SOUL FLIGHTLINE IN EFFORTLESS BREEZE FOR SAN CARLOS Undefeated and unchallenged Flightline, a horse on everybody’s radar, continued to prepare for his four-year-old debut in Santa Anita’s Grade II San Carlos Stakes March […]

It’s Full Steam Ahead For Express Train, Who Takes Grade II, $200,000 San Pasqual Stakes

IT’S FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR EXPRESS TRAIN, WHO TAKES GRADE II, $200,000 SAN PASQUAL STAKES BY 3 ¼ LENGTHS AND WILL BE POINTED TO GRADE I, $650,000 SANTA ANITA HANDICAP ON MARCH 5 ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 5, 2022)–It’s full steam ahead for C R K Stable’s Express Train as he ran perhaps the best […]

$200,000, SAN PASQUAL STAKES QUOTES-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES VICTOR ESPINOZA, EXPRESS TRAIN, WINNER: “It got a little bit complicated out of the gate because I thought the two horses outside of me were going to go and make the pace. Then the one decided to take back, and I already next to them, so that kind of made […]

$200,000, SANTA MONICA STAKES QUOTES-SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES EDWIN MALDONADO, MERNEITH, WINNER: “It never gets old. I’m very happy. I just want to thank Bob for leaving me on her. I’m pretty sure he could have put anybody else but the fact that he put me back on her, it means a lot to me. “I […]