Santa Anita News

California-Bred Mucho Unusual Back To Defend Her Title In Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Robert J. Frankel Stakes

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 29, 2021)–A dominant figure over the course, George Krikorian’s homebred Mucho Unusual is back to defend her title in Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Robert J. Frankel Stakes as seven older fillies and mares go a mile and one eighth over the Santa Anita lawn. A soon-to-be 6-year-old California-bred mare by […]

Glatt’s Beer Can Man Heads Saturday’s Grade II, $250,000 Joe Hernandez Stakes

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 29, 2021)–Trainer Mark Glatt’s red-hot Beer Can Man heads a field of seven older horses going 6 ½ furlongs down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course in Saturday’s Grade II, $250,000 Joe Hernandez Stakes. Named for the original Voice of Santa Anita, the Hernandez will return to a hillside start after being […]

Upstart Park Avenue May Rate Edge In Saturday’s Grade III, $200,000 La Canada Stakes

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 29, 2021)–In search of her third consecutive win in what will be her first stakes assignment, John Sadler’s Park Avenue rates a big look in Saturday’s Grade III, $200,000 La Canada Stakes as six older fillies and mares go a mile and one sixteenth. Fresh off a game victory in the […]

Multiple Turf Stakes Winner Mackinnon Tries Dirt In Grade III, $100,000 Sham Stakes On Saturday

NEWLY MINTED SOPHS EMBARK UPON DERBY TRAIL WITH 10 QUALIFYING POINTS TO THE WINNER ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 29, 2021)–A multiple stakes winner on turf and most recently a close third in the Grade I Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, Doug O’Neill’s Mackinnon transitions to dirt as he heads a group of five newly minted sophomores […]

Santa Anita Park Announces 2022 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award Finalists, 73rd Annual Winner To Be Announced In February

BRAVO, CORBETT, LEPAROUX, PRESCOTT & THORNTON FACE NATIONWIDE VOTE OF THEIR PEERS ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 29, 2021)–Santa Anita Park has announced a group of five finalists for the 2022 George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award, with the winner to be announced in February. One of the most prestigious awards in American racing, the […]

Lincoln Hawk Surges Late To Take $69,000 Santa Anita Allowance Feature By 1 ½ Lengths

LINCOLN HAWK SURGES LATE TO TAKE $69,000 SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE BY 1 ½ LENGTHS, GETTING 1 1/8 MILES ON GRASS IN 1:48.82 ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 27, 2021)–Unhurried while saving ground early, Irish-bred Lincoln Hawk surged late to take Monday’s $69,000 Santa Anita allowance feature by 1 ½ lengths under a hand ride from […]

Santa Anita Stable Notes Monday, December 27, 2021

FLIGHTLINE EARNS ASTRONOMICAL 118 BEYER IN RUNHAPPY MALIBU DIRT TURNS GREEN FOR McCARTHY DUO IN OAKS DESPITE NO TURF RACING, OPENING DAY A BIG SUCCESS FORECAST OF RAIN CANCELS THURSDAY RACES FLIGHTLINE REMAINS PERFECT AS HE REGISTERS 118 BEYER IN RUNHAPPY MALIBU OK, so he wasn’t beating Knicks Go, Essential Quality or Medina Spirit, but […]

$300,000, GRADE I, AMERICAN OAKS QUOTES-SUNDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2021

JOCKEY QUOTES JUAN HERNANDEZ, QUEEN GODDESS, WINNER: “She showed me a lot today. She broke really sharp. She came to run today because out of the gate, I felt that she was trying to run to get the lead and she got comfortable there and (the other horses) let me go. She held on to […]

Queen Goddess Makes Every Pole A Winning One As She Takes $300,000 American Oaks

QUEEN GODDESS MAKES EVERY POLE A WINNING ONE AS SHE TAKES $300,000 AMERICAN OAKS BY 2 ¾ LENGTHS IN HER FIRST TRY ON DIRT ONE OF SIX TURF RACES SHIFTED TO DIRT BECAUSE OF HEAVY RAINS, GRADED STATUS TO BE DETERMINED BY THE AMERICAN GRADED STAKES COMMITTEE IN THE COMING DAYS ARCADIA, Calif. […]

Flightline Freakish In Taking Grade I, $300,000 RUNHAPPY Malibu Stakes By 11 ½ Lengths

FLIGHTLINE FREAKISH IN TAKING GRADE I, $300,000 RUNHAPPY MALIBU STAKES BY 11 ½ LENGTHS; UNBEATEN IN THREE STARTS, HE’LL GO TWO TURNS IN NEXT START ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 26, 2021)–In a performance that lived up to the hype and then some, John Sadler’s freakishly good Flightline waltzed to an 11 ½ length victory […]