Santa Anita News

GRADE II, $200,000, EDDIE D STAKES QUOTES-FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021

JOCKEY QUOTES GEOVANNI FRANCO, LIEUTENANT DAN, WINNER: “He’s a pretty fast horse and he’s very versatile. He broke sharp like he always does and put me in a nice spot where if they were going too slow, I could have gone and if they were going too fast, I could have sat back. “All […]

D’Amato’s Ain’t Easy Rolls To 4 ¾ Length Score In Grade II, $200,000 Chandelier Stakes

D’AMATO’S AIN’T EASY ROLLS TO 4 ¾ LENGTH SCORE IN GRADE II, $200,000 CHANDELIER STAKES GETTING 1 1/16 MILES IN 1:45.20 RACE IS A BREEDERS’ CUP ‘WIN & YOU’RE IN’ QUALIFIER TO BC JUVENILE FILLIES ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 1, 2021)–With favored Grace Adler in deep water around the far turn, trainer Phil D’Amato’s Ain’t […]

GRADE II, $200,000, CHANDELIER STAKES QUOTES-FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021

JOCKEY QUOTES JOEL ROSARIO, AIN’T EASY, WINNER: “It was a very good trip, she broke really sharply. It was her first time going long and she did it really easily. You don’t know how good you are until you go with tough competition like this, and she did it the right way. “She sat up […]

Chicago Invader One Timer Impressive In Taking $100,000 Speakeasy Stakes

CHICAGO INVADER ONE TIMER IMPRESSIVE IN TAKING $100,000 SPEAKEASY STAKES BY THREE QUARTERS OF A LENGTH RACE IS A BREEDERS’ CUP ‘WIN & YOU’RE IN’ QUALIFIER TO BC JUVENILE TURF SPRINT ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 1, 2021)–Chicago invader One Timer established control going into the far turn and proved best in Friday’s $100,000 […]

$100,000, SPEAKEASY STAKES QUOTES-FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2021

JOCKEY QUOTES E.T. BAIRD, ONE TIMER, WINNER: “First of all I want to say the reason that he’s name that is because Larry’s son is an excellent hockey player. He’s a hot prospect right now and that’s where his name comes from. “He broke well, I had to ask him out of […]

Santa Anita Announces Santana Mile To Be Renamed For Recently Retired 100-Year-Old Paddock Captain John Shear

SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES SANTANA MILE TO BE RENAMED FOR RECENTLY RETIRED 100-YEAR-OLD PADDOCK CAPTAIN JOHN SHEAR FOR 4-YEAR-OLDS & UP, $75,000 ‘JOHN SHEAR MILE’ TO BE RUN ON APRIL 10, 2022 ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 1, 2021)–On the day Santa Anita unveiled a plaque commemorating six decades of dedicated service to its recently retired 100-year-old […]

Santa Anita Stable Notes Friday, October 1, 2021

MANDELLA STANDS ‘UNITED’ ON A BUSY WEEKEND BAFFERT EYES 7TH AWESOME AGAIN WIN SATURDAY GLATT HAS RIGHT RX FOR STREAKING DR. SCHIVEL CLOCKERS’ CORNER WELCOMES RETURN OF FANS MANDELLA EYES STAKES GLORY THIS WEEKEND Richard Mandella could have an exciting opening weekend at Santa Anita. The Hall of Fame trainer has […]

Millionaire Ce Ce Heads Sunday’s Grade III, $100,000 Chillingworth Stakes

MILLIONAIRE CE CE HEADS SUNDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 CHILLINGWORTH STAKES AS FILLIES & MARES GO 6 ½ FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (Sept. 30, 2021)–Two-time Grade I winner Ce Ce returns to Santa Anita and heads Sunday’s Grade III, $100,000 Chillingworth Stakes as a field of six fillies and mares three and up go 6 ½ furlongs. […]

Irish-Bred Helens Well Prominent Among 11 Juvenile Fillies In Sunday’s $200,000 Surfer Girl Stakes

IRISH-BRED HELENS WELL PROMINENT AMONG 11 JUVENILE FILLIES IN SUNDAY’S $200,000 SURFER GIRL STAKES AT ONE MILE ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (Sept. 30, 2021)–Separated by less than two lengths when last they met, a trio of talented 2-year-old fillies, headed by Irish-bred Helens Well, figure prominently among a field of 11 going one mile […]

O’Neill’s Mackinnon Heads Field Of 10 Juvenile In Sunday’s $200,000 Zuma Beach Stakes

O’NEILL’S MACKINNON HEADS FIELD OF 10 JUVENILE IN SUNDAY’S $200,000 ZUMA BEACH STAKES AT ONE MILE ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (Sept. 30, 2021)–An authoritative one mile turf winner in his last two starts, Doug O’Neill’s Mackinnon comes back under the same conditions this Sunday as he heads a promising field of 10 two-year-olds in the […]