Santa Anita News

Santa Anita Stable Notes- By Ed Golden & Mike Willman- Friday, January 14, 2022

STRAIGHT UP G WILL TRY TO SET TONE ON SATURDAY NINE-YEAR-OLD COULD BE A ‘TEN’ IN TURF CLASSIC KORINER HAS THREE CAL-BREDS FOR THE MONEY HOPES ARE HIGH FOR MAIDEN IN CALIFORNIA DERBY 12 NOON POST SATURDAY; PICK 6 POOL $4 MILLION? SANTA ANITA LOSES ICONIC MIXOLOGIST FRANK PANZA ROME’S STRAIGHT UP G HEAVILY FAVORED […]

French-Bred Neige Blanche Heads Grade III, $125,000 Astra Stakes

FRENCH-BRED NEIGE BLANCHE HEADS GRADE III, $125,000 ASTRA STAKES AS OLDER FILLIES & MARES GO MILE AND ONE HALF ON TURF MONDAY ONE DOLLAR BEERS, SODAS, TWO DOLLAR DOGS ON MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY AT SANTA ANITA ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 13, 2022)–Trainer Leonard Powell, him self a French native, will send out like […]

Possible $4 Million 20 Cent Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot Pool With Mandatory Payout On Saturday

AVERAGE FIELD SIZE OF 9.3 HORSES ON RACES FIVE THROUGH 10, FIRST POST TIME AT 12 NOON ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022)–With the possibility of a $4 million total pool, Santa Anita will offer players a mandatory payout in Saturday’s 20 cent Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot, which will be comprised of races five through […]

Speedy Brickyard Ride Heads Saturday’s $150,000 Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint

RACE IS ONE OF FIVE RACES FOR CAL-BRED OR SIRED RUNNERS ON 10-RACE PROGRAM ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022)–Lightning quick early, the Alfred Pais homebred Brickyard Ride heads a field of eight older horses bred or sired in California going six furlongs in Saturday’s $150,000 Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint. In what shapes […]

Classy Warren’s Showtime Rates Top Billing Among 12 In Saturday’s $150,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf Sprint

ONE OF FIVE CAL CUP DAY STAKES, DOWNHILL TURF SPRINT IS PRESENTED BY JOHN DEERE ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022)–A pair of highly accomplished 5-year-old mares, Warren’s Showtime and Leggs Galore, head a competitive field of 12 older fillies and mares bred or sired in California in Saturday’s $150,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf […]

Classy Indian Peak Heads Saturday’s $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic

RACE NAMED IN HONOR OF LEGENDARY STALLION AND IS PRESENTED BY CITY NATIONAL BANK ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022)–Classy and plenty versatile, Indian Peak heads a field of eight older horses going a mile and one eighth over the Santa Anita turf in Saturday’s $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic, presented by City National Bank. […]

Professors’ Pride Looms Large In Saturday’s $200,000 Leigh Ann Howard California Cup Oaks

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022)–In one of the most competitive races on a 10-race California Cup Day program, veteran trainer Eddie Truman’s Professors’ Pride will try to transfer her scintillating dirt form to turf as she heads a field of 12 sophomore fillies bred or sired in California in Saturday’s $200,000 Leigh Ann Howard […]

Rome’s Homebred Straight Up G Towers Over Saturday’s $200,000 California Cup Derby

WON BY CALIFORNIA CHROME IN 2014, RACE IS ONE OF FIVE CAL CUP STAKES SATURDAY ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022)–A lights-out winner of his last two starts, Jungle Racing LLC’s homebred Straight Up G appears a standout versus five sophomores going a mile and one sixteenth in Saturday’s $200,000 California Cup […]

$100,000, LAS CIENEGAS STAKES QUOTES-SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES FLAVIEN PRAT, ZERO TOLERANCE, WINNER: “She was traveling super relaxed, and it does help to have a target, I think it helped her to relax. She can be a little, on her toes sometimes, but she was relaxing well today and when it was time to make a move, she responded […]

Zero Tolerance Stalks Pace And Wins By A Head In Grade III, $100,000 Las Cienegas Stakes As Alvarado Gets His First Stakes Win

ZERO TOLERANCE STALKS PACE AND WINS BY A HEAD IN GRADE III, $100,000 LAS CIENEGAS STAKES AS ALVARADO GETS HIS FIRST STAKES WIN; FILLY BY MIZZEN MAST GETS 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN HILLSIDE TURF IN 1:13.26 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 9, 2022)–Zero Tolerance stalked favored Hear My Prayer to the top of the lane en […]