Santa Anita News

D’Amato Bids For His 4th Consecutive Win In Sunday’s Grade III, $125,000 San Juan Capistrano With Turf Vets Rijeka & Red King

LEADING TRAINER D’AMATO BIDS FOR HIS 4TH CONSECUTIVE WIN IN SUNDAY’S GRADE III, $125,000 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO WITH TURF VETS RIJEKA & RED KING AS EIGHT GO A MILE AND THREE QUARTERS OVER HILLSIDE TURF SAN JUAN IS ONE OF THREE STAKES ON 11-RACE CLOSING DAY CARD WITH FIRST POST AT 1 P.M. ARCADIA, Calif. (June […]

REDDAM’S HOMEBRED FILLY ABSOLUTELY ZERO HEADS FIELD OF NINE MALES AT FIVE FURLONGS IN SATURDAY’S $100,000 FASIG-TIPTON FUTURITY

REDDAM’S HOMEBRED FILLY ABSOLUTELY ZERO HEADS FIELD OF NINE MALES AT FIVE FURLONGS IN SATURDAY’S $100,000 FASIG-TIPTON FUTURITY ARCADIA, Calif. (June 15, 2022)–A scintillating first-out maiden winner, Paul Reddam’s homebred filly Absolutely Zero looms the horse to beat as she takes on eight males going five furlongs in Saturday’s $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Futurity at Santa […]

HIGH FLYING TOM’S REGRET HEADS SATURDAY’S $100,000 FASIG-TIPTON DEBUTANTE AS JUVENILE FILLIES GO FIVE FURLONGS

HIGH FLYING TOM’S REGRET HEADS SATURDAY’S $100,000 FASIG-TIPTON DEBUTANTE AS JUVENILE FILLIES GO FIVE FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (June 15, 2022)–Unbeaten in two starts, trainer Jorge Periban’s Tom’s Regret returns to Santa Anita as she heads a field of seven juvenile fillies going five furlongs in Saturday’s $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Debutante. A California-bred filly by Tom’s […]

FRESHENED, CLASSY PRIVATE MISSION HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA MARIA STAKES AS FILLIES & MARES GO 1 1/16 MILES

FRESHENED, CLASSY PRIVATE MISSION HEADS SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA MARIA STAKES AS FILLIES & MARES GO 1 1/16 MILES ARCADIA, Calif. (June 15, 2022)–Idle since March 13, two-time graded stakes winner Private Mission heads a field of six fillies and mares going a mile and one sixteenth in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 Santa Maria […]

IN HIS PRIME AND ON THE RISE AT AGE 30, JUAN HERNANDEZ & VETERAN AGENT CRAIG O’BRYAN ENTER CLOSING WEEKEND ON TOP WITH 100 WINS

WITH THREE RACING DAYS REMAINING, HERNANDEZ ALSO LEADS WITH 22 STAKES VICTORIES ARCADIA, Calif. (June 15, 2022)–A month shy of the two-year mark as a full-time rider in Southern California, Juan Hernandez, a 30-year-year old native of Veracruz, Mexico who had been a dominant force at Golden Gate Fields, is currently on a tremendous […]

GRADE II, $200,000, SUMMERTIME OAKS STAKES QUOTES SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES JUAN HERNANDEZ, UNDER THE STARS, WINNER: “It always feels good when you win a big race like today. “I never had the opportunity to work her, but I watched her replays and she’s a really kind filly, she’s nice…you can do whatever you want with her. She can come from behind like […]

Under the Stars Breaks Cleanly And Takes Grade II, $200,000 Summertime Oaks

UNDER THE STARS BREAKS CLEANLY AND TAKES GRADE II, $200,000 SUMMERTIME OAKS BY 1 ¼ LENGTHS AS HEAVILY FAVORED DESERT DAWN STUMBLES BADLY LEAVING THE GATE LEADING JOCK HERNANDEZ RINGS UP HIS 100TH WIN, 22 OF THEM IN STAKES ARCADIA, Calif. (June 12, 2022)–In her first start for trainer Sean McCarthy, Under the […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Sunday, June 12, 2022

D’AMATO EYES 3RD STRAIGHT SAN JUAN VICTORY SHIRREFFS HOPES THE BEAT GOES ON FOR LADY T FLIGHTLINE IS ‘AN EQUINE VERSION OF ROY HOBBS’ A WINNING SATURDAY FOR CEDILLO & ALEXANDER D’AMATO SEEKS THIRD SAN JUAN WIN IN A ROW Enjoying a 55-39 lead over runner-up Doug O’Neill, Phil D’Amato’s third Santa Anita training […]

Hopper Gallops By 5 ¼ Lengths In Grade III, $100,000 Affirmed Stakes

IN HIS FIRST STAKES TRY, HOPPER GALLOPS BY 5 ¼ LENGTHS IN GRADE III, $100,000 AFFIRMED STAKES AS McCARTHY RUNNERS FINISH 1-2 PINCAY PRESENTS TROPHY FOR RACE NAMED IN HONOR OF 1978 TRIPLE CROWN CHAMP ARCADIA, Calif. (June 11, 2022)–With the legendary Laffit Pincay, Jr. on hand to present the trophy for […]

$100,000, AFFIRMED STAKES QUOTES SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES ABEL CEDILLO, HOPPER, WINNER: “I never (rode) the horse, Sean, doesn’t use jockeys to work in the mornings. I watched his last race, and he was sharp, so the key was just to get a good break and take it from there. “When I left the gate (he) was just so relaxed, I […]