Santa Anita News

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN

• MALDONADO SEEKS TO TURN TABLES IN PALOS VERDES • ZUCKER HOPES TO CELEBRATE AT ‘SUPER BOWL PARTY’ • JERANIMO WORKS FOR NEXT SATURDAY’S SAN MARCOS MALDONADO EYES BETTER LUCK FOR MAJESTIC STRIDE With better racing luck, Edwin Maldonado could be unbeaten aboard Majestic Stride. His only loss in four rides on the 5-year-old Trippi […]

ZIA ZIA ZIA ZIPS TO FRONT-RUNNING WIN IN $60,000 BIG DIPPER PURSE UNDER BAZE, PUYPE TRAINEE CONTROLS PACE, WINS BY ONE LENGTH AND GETS 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN HILLSIDE TURF IN 1:12.31

WITH $589,305 IN ‘NEW MONEY,’ FRIDAY’S TOTAL PICK SIX POOL REACHED $659,747; FIVE WINNING TICKETS RETURNED $80,598 EACH, CONSO TICKETS PAID $1,000 EACH ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 31, 2014)–Breaking from the outside post in a field of 10, Zia Zia Zia was away alertly under Tyler Baze and never looked back in Friday’s $60,000 Big Dipper […]

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN

• GARCIA SITTING PRETTY ON BAFFERT FAVS THIS WEEKEND • EIGHT (POST) IS (GOOD) ENOUGH FOR NO JET LAG IN ARCADIA • PICK SIX ‘CARRYOVER KING’ REIGNS AT SANTA ANITA • TALAMO READY FOR SUPER BOWL PARTY HANDICAP FOR MARTIN GARCIA, HARD WORK PAYS OFF WITH BAFFERT Martin Garcia has paid his dues. From slinging […]

SANTA ANITA HORSEPLAYER JOSE ARIAS WINS $750,000 DRF/NTRA HANDICAPPING CHAMPIONSHIP IN LAS VEGAS, BELL GARDENS RESIDENT WILL BE SEMINAR GUEST THIS SATURDAY AT GREAT RACE PLACE

SANTA ANITA WILL ALSO BE HOSTING A SERIES OF FOUR LIVE-MONEY CONTESTS BEGINNING MARCH 1 & 2, THESE OFFERINGS ARE IN ADDITION TO THE TRACK’S $40 HANDICAPPING CONTESTS EACH WEEKEND ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 30, 2014)–Regular Santa Anita attendee Jose Arias, a 36-year-old environmental safety engineer who resides in nearby Bell Gardens, topped a field of […]

SPRINT TITANS SAHARA SKY & SECRET CIRCLE SQUARE OFF IN SUNDAY’S GRADE II PALOS VERDES STAKES AT SIX FURLONGS, MET MILE WINNER AND BREEDERS’ CUP SPRINT CHAMP HEAD FIELD OF FIVE

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 30, 2014)–Recent Eclipse Award finalists, and two of America’s top sprinters, Jerry Hollendorfer’s Sahara Sky and Bob Baffert’s Secret Circle, head a field of five older horses in Sunday’s Grade II, $200,000 Palos Verdes Stakes at six furlongs. A winner last year of both the Palos Verdes and Grade II, seven furlong […]

MAGIC CHANNEL SHINES IN FEATURED SUPERNOVA PURSE, BEJARANO, HOLLENDORFER RALLY LATE FOR HEAD WIN DOWN HILLSIDE TURF

PICK SIX CARRYOVER INTO FRIDAY OF $70,442, TOTAL POOL COULD REACH $500,000 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 30, 2014)–Magic Channel surged late under Rafael Bejarano to get up and win Thursday’s $45,000 Supernova Purse by a head, covering 6 ½ furlongs down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course in 1:12.94. < Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer and idle since […]

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN

• UNBEATEN STREAMING TRIES DIRT IN LAS VIRGENES • SUGGESTIVE BOY RETURNS IN GRADE II ARCADIA • BC SPRINT WINNER SECRET CIRCLE IN PALOS VERDES • BAEDEKER TO JOIN CALIFORNIA HORSE RACING BOARD STREAMING MAKES DIRT DEBUT IN GRADE I LAS VIRGENES Dating back to 1999 with Excellent Meeting, Bob Baffert has won the Las […]

GRADE I WINNER STREAMING HEADS COMPETITIVE CAST OF EIGHT SOPHOMORE FILLIES IN SATURDAY’S GRADE I LAS VIRGINES AT ONE MILE

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 29, 2014)–Undefeated Streaming, a winner of the Grade I Hollywood Starlet in her second start, Dec. 7, heads a competitive field of eight sophomore fillies in Saturday’s Grade I, $300,000 Las Virgenes at a flat mile. Trained by Bob Baffert, Streaming was an impressive first-out maiden winner going six furlongs on Nov. […]

COMEBACKING SUGGESTIVE BOY BACK TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AGAINST NINE RIVALS IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II ARCADIA STAKES; McANALLY RUNNER, IDLE SINCE MARCH 2, FACING DEEP & COMPETITIVE FIELD AT ONE MILE ON TURF

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 29, 2014)–Hall of Fame conditioner Ron McAnally, who has been training for more than 50 years in Southern California, will call upon a good measure of that experience when sending out Argentine-bred Suggestive Boy in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 Arcadia Stakes for older horses at one mile on turf. A winner of […]

SANTA ANITA PICK SIX CARRYOVER OF $430,875 SPAWNS $2.2 MILLION IN ‘NEW MONEY,’ CREATING MASSIVE TOTAL SUNDAY POOL OF $2.6 MILLION

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 26, 2014)–With $2,202,874 in “new money” wagered on Sunday, Santa Anita’s total Pick Six pool reached an astronomical $2,633,749 by fourth race post time, leg one in the track’s popular two dollar wager. A two-day carryover from Saturday of $430,875 served as the catalyst, and bettors again responded to deep and competitive […]