Santa Anita News

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Saturday, June 11, 2022

WHITE HAS ALL LINES OPEN WITH TWO-YEAR-OLDS ‘BERTIE’ BREEZES, IS POSSIBLE FOR SANTA MARIA SMITH RIDES HOT ROD CHARLIE IN SALVATOR MILE WHAT’S MY LINE IS ODDSMAKER’S QUANDARY A total of 32 two-year-olds have been nominated to next Saturday’s two Fasig-Tipton Stakes, 12 to the $100,000 Debutante for fillies and 20 to the $100,000 […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Friday, June 10, 2022

TRAINER LOOKS TO FUTURE IN GRADE III AFFIRMED FLIGHTLINE & BELMONT STAKES ON CENTER STAGE STAKES SATURATE SANTA ANITA’S AUTUMN MEET D’AMATO, O’NEILL HAVE SIMILAR NUMBERS AGAIN PROMISING SOPHS FOR SEAN McCARTHY IN AFFIRMED Trainer Sean McCarthy sends out two promising three-year-olds in Saturday’s Grade III Affirmed Stakes at 1 1/16 miles, High Connection […]

D’Amato’s Desert Dawn Heads Sunday’s Grade II, $200,000 Summertime Oaks

D’AMATO’S DESERT DAWN HEADS SUNDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SUMMERTIME OAKS AS SOPHOMORE FILLIES GO 1 1/16 MILES ARCADIA, Calif. (June 9, 2022)–Desert Dawn, the unlikely winner of the Grade II Santa Anita Oaks who went on to run a solid third at 50-1 in the Grade I Kentucky Oaks, returns to Santa Anita on […]

Multiple Stakes Winning Newgrange Tops Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Affirmed Stakes

MULTIPLE STAKES WINNING NEWGRANGE TOPS SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 AFFIRMED STAKES AT 1 1/16 MILES ARCADIA, Calif. (June 8, 2022)–A two-time graded stakes winner, trainer Tim Yakteen’s Newgrange heads an evenly matched group of six sophomores going a mile and one sixteenth in Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Affirmed Stakes at Santa Anita. A winner […]

Santa Anita Announces 2022 Autumn Meet Stakes Schedule With A Total Of 26 Stakes

SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES 2022 AUTUMN MEET STAKES SCHEDULE WITH A TOTAL OF 26 STAKES, 15 GRADED & FOUR CAL-BRED STAKES INCLUDED FIVE BREEDERS’ CUP ‘WIN & YOU’RE IN’ RACES OFFERED FIRST TWO WEEKENDS, OCT. 1, 2 & 8 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 6, 2022)–Santa Anita’s 18-day Autumn Meet, which opens Friday, Sept. 30, will be […]

Teddy’s Barino Switches From Dirt To Turf & Stretches Out To Win $69,000 Santa Anita Allowance Feature

TEDDY’S BARINO SWITCHES FROM DIRT TO TURF & STRETCHES OUT TO WIN $69,000 SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE BY A NECK AS SHE GETS ONE MILE ON TURF IN 1:35.45 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 5, 2022)–Taking full advantage of a California-bred incentive program that allows horses to run at the same allowance condition they’ve already won at, […]

Carava Guides Jockeys Baze & Frey Through Successful Winter/Spring Meet

CARAVA GUIDES JOCKEYS BAZE & FREY THROUGH SUCCESSFUL WINTER/SPRING MEET AS BOTH ARE AMONG SANTA ANITA’S TOP 10 WITH TWO WEEKS TO GO ARCADIA, Calif. (June 5, 2022)–Under the direction of longtime trainer and newly turned agent Jack Carava, jockeys Tyler Baze and Kyle Frey are enjoying solid meets through 69 racing days, dating […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Sunday, June 5, 2022

GRADE II SUMMERTIME OAKS NEXT FOR BICAMERAL TIAGO PEREIRA RETURNS HOME ON WINNING NOTE SANTA ANITA HOSTS UPCOMING WOMEN’S SUMMIT HOT ROD CHARLIE BREEZES FOR SALVATOR MILE TRAINER ENJOYING GREAT MEET, BY GEORGE Bicameral, a 10 ½-length maiden winner going a mile on April 15, will make her stakes debut next Sunday in the Grade […]

$100,000, CINEMA STAKES QUOTES SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES MIKE SMITH, WAR AT SEA, WINNER: “He’s a real talented colt and Ron’s done a great job with him, spacing his races and giving him time. “He’s a real big horse, but I told Ron, he always seems to have an ace up his sleeve and he hasn’t had to use it yet, […]

Improving War At Sea Stalks Pace And Takes $100,000 Cinema Stakes

IMPROVING WAR AT SEA STALKS PACE AND TAKES $100,000 CINEMA STAKES BY THREE QUARTERS OF A LENGTH AS ELLIS & SMITH TEAM FOR 1 1/8 MILE TURF WIN IN 1:49.97 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 4, 2022)–Improving War At Sea, in his first stakes engagement, stalked the early pace, rebuffed heavily favored Balnikhov turning for home […]