Santa Anita News

Heavily Favored Tony Ann Hangs On To Win $72,000 Santa Anita Allowance Feature By A Neck

HEAVILY FAVORED TONY ANN HANGS ON TO WIN $72,000 SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE BY A NECK AS SHE GETS 1 1/8 MILE ON TURF IN 1:47.91 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 21, 2022)–Heavily favored Tony Ann set sail for home three furlongs out and held off longshot Hogans Holiday at the wire to take Friday’s […]

Santa Anita Stable Notes- By Ed Golden – Friday, January 21, 2022

STREAKING BARRAZA LOOKS TOUGH IN CLOCKERS’ CORNER JUAN HERNANDEZ VOTED JOCKEY OF THE WEEK 10 GRADED STAKES ON BICOASTAL PEGASUS DAY JAN. 29 ECLIPSE AWARDS AWAIT ROSARIO, KNICKS GO CERIN-TRAINED BARRAZA LOOKS FOR INITIAL STAKES WIN ON SATURDAY Barraza, on the ascent for trainer Vladimir Cerin, seeks his third straight victory and his first […]

Streaking Barraza Heads Saturday’s $70,000 Clockers’ Corner Stakes

STREAKING BARRAZA HEADS SATURDAY’S $70,000 CLOCKERS’ CORNER STAKES AS OLDER HORSES GO SIX FURLONGS OUT OF SANTA ANITA TURF CHUTE ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022)–On the improve and a winner of her last two starts, Holly and David Wilson’s Barraza figures prominently among a field of eight older horses going six furlongs on turf […]

Heavily Favored French-Bred Neige Blanche Patiently Handled & Wins Grade III, $125,000 Astra Stakes By One Length

HEAVILY FAVORED FRENCH-BRED NEIGE BLANCHE PATIENTLY HANDLED & WINS GRADE III, $125,000 ASTRA STAKES BY ONE LENGTH UNDER HERNANDEZ; 1 ½ MILE TURF WIN IS SENTIMENTAL FOR TRAINER POWELL ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 17, 2022)–Bottled up at the rail as the 1-5 favorite, French-bred Neige Blanche and jockey Juan Hernandez had but one option–wait out […]

$125,000, ASTRA STAKES QUOTES-MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES JUAN HERNANDEZ, NEIGE BLANCHE, WINNER: “The trip worked out pretty good for her because she likes to run like that. Just put her up behind horses and she was happy the whole race. I was just waiting for some space to come through and make her run, because as soon as she […]

Santa Anita Stable Notes- By Ed Golden – Monday, January 17, 2022

SATURDAY’S CAL CUP NUMBERS ENCOURAGING CHAOS THEORY IS ‘LIVE’ IN CLOCKERS’ CORNER HOT ROD CHARLIE HEADS FOR RICH WORLD CUP SANTA ANITA HONORS SHEAR’S 101ST BIRTHDAY CHRB MEETING IS SCHEDULED THIS THURSDAY SATURDAY’S CAL CUP NUMBERS ENCOURAGING With all-sources pari-mutuel handle topping $17.2 million, Saturday’s California Cup Day at Santa Anita was a rousing […]

Santa Anita Stable Notes- By Ed Golden – Sunday, January 16, 2022

COMPETITIVE SPIRIT MOTIVATES NICK ALEXANDER BRICKYARD RIDE EARNS 101 BEYER IN SPRINT ‘WHITE SNOW’ VERSATILE FAIRYTALE FOR POWELL CHRB MEETING IS SCHEDULED ON THIS THURSDAY CALIFORNIA INSTITUTION STILL GOING STRONG A book could be written about Nick Alexander’s life; two, maybe three. A movie too, and a sequel. But one account either written or […]

Graded Stakes Winners Hit The Road And Bodhicitta To Work Over Santa Anita Turf In Preparation For Pegasus World Cup Invitational Day

GRADED STAKES WINNERS HIT THE ROAD AND BODHICITTA TO WORK OVER SANTA ANITA TURF IN PREPARATION FOR PEGASUS WORLD CUP INVITATIONAL DAY AT GULFSTREAM PARK JAN. 29 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 16, 2022)–Trainer Dan Blacker’s Grade I stakes winning Hit the Road and the Richard Baltas-conditioned Bodhicitta, a Grade II […]

$200,000, LEIGH ANN HOWARD CALIFORNIA CUP OAKS QUOTES-SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES FLAVIEN PRAT, ROSE DAWSON, WINNER: “We were drawn outside and Phil told me to get her to relax, so I dropped myself in and she relaxed well. She gave me a good kick down the lane. There was some early pace. Phil told me she can be a little rank sometimes, […]

$150,000, DON VALPREDO CALIFORNIA CUP SPRINT STAKES QUOTES-SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES JUAN HERNANDEZ, BRICKYARD RIDE, WINNER: “Craig told me to just let him run. He broke really sharp and he was ready today. I could tell he came to run because at the break he was trying to get the lead. Once I was in the lead that was it, I just […]