Santa Anita News

STREET ICON, WITH NAKATANI UP, TAKES SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE; HOLLENDORFER TRAINEE TAKES DOWNHILL TURF TEST BY 3/4s OF A LENGTH

PICK SIX CARRYOVER OF $48,053 INTO FRIDAY, TOTAL POOL SHOULD EXCEED $250,000 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 16, 2014)–Street Icon split horses a furlong out and won Thursday’s seventh race at Santa Anita, a first-condition, $58,000 allowance for 3-year-olds, prevailing by three quarters of a length under Corey Nakatani while negotiating 6 ½ furlongs down the hillside […]

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN

• GALLAGHER ROLLS THE ‘DICE’ IN STRUB STAKES • LET FAITH ARISE STRETCHES OUT IN LA CANADA • McANALLY HOPES MEGAHERTZ GRASS IS GREENER DICE FLAVOR TRIES DIRT FOR FIRST TIME IN STRUB Dice Flavor has won himself out nearly three times over since he was purchased for $100,000 at the Barretts 2-year-olds in training […]

HEAR THE GHOST, ZEEWAT & SHAKIN IT UP, GOVERNOR CHARLIE, HEAD GRADE II STRUB ON SATURDAY AS HOLLENDORFER, BAFFERT CLASH

RESTRICTED TO 4-YEAR-OLDS, PRESTIGIOUS STRUB ATTRACTS FIELD OF EIGHT AT 1 1/16 MILES ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2014)–Two of America’s top trainers, Jerry Hollendorfer and Bob Baffert, each send out a pair of highly talented 4-year-olds in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 Strub Stakes at 1 1/16 miles: Hollendorfer will be represented by Hear The Ghost […]

GULSARY, MOONE’S MY NAME HEAD WIDE OPEN $75,000 MEGAHERTZ STAKES, SEVEN OLDER FILLIES AND MARES SET TO RUN MILE ON TURF SATURDAY

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 15, 2014)–Irish-bred Gulsary, trained by Tom Proctor, and English-bred Moone’s My Name, conditioned by John Sadler, head a field of seven older fillies and mares in Saturday’s $75,0000 Megahertz Stakes at one mile on turf Saturday at Santa Anita. A 5-year-old Galileo mare, Gulsary was a sharp mile turf winner in her […]

XPRESSBET, SANTA ANITA PARTNER TO UNVEIL ‘WATCH AND WAGER’ PAGE

Fans Can Watch Free, High Quality Live Video, Wager on Santa Anita Races January 14, 2014 (Washington, PA) – Leading online wagering provider, Xpressbet, and Santa Anita Park have partnered to provide visitors to Santa Anita’s website with enhanced access to live racing video and wagering. The ‘Watch and Wager’ page – available at http://santaanita.com/xpressbet-watch-and-wager […]

LONGSHOT GOLDEN PRODUCTION TAKES $75,000 PASEANA STAKES UNDER PEDROZA, MILLER TRAINEE BATTLES BACK IN DEEP STRETCH TO WIN BY HEAD

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2014)–Claimed three starts back for $40,000, Golden Production stretched out to take Sunday’s $75,000, 1 1/16 miles Paseana Stakes at Santa Anita by a head under Martin Pedroza in 1:44.34–her fourth win in-a-row. Off as the second-longest price in a field of six older fillies and mares at 9-1, 5-year-old Golden […]

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN

• CONSISTENT HEAR THE GHOST SET FOR STRUB STAKES • SHARED BELIEF MISSES WORK BUT ON COURSE FOR LEWIS • STEVENS READY TO REUNITE WITH MUCHO MACHO MAN • IT’S NEVER TOO EARLY FOR KENTUCKY DERBY FEVER HOLLENDORFER HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY IN STRUB With three wins Saturday including the Grade II San Pasqual […]

BAFFERT’S MIDNIGHT HAWK STAMPS HIMSELF AS DERBY ‘A-LISTER’ WITH IMPRESSIVE 1 ¾ LENGTH VICTORY IN GRADE III SHAM UNDER SMITH

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 11, 2014)–In a performance befitting the race’s namesake, the Bob Baffert-trained Midnight Hawk stretched out to two turns in style, winning Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Sham Stakes by 1 ¾ lengths under Mike Smith, thus stamping himself as a leading contender for the Grade I, $1 million Santa Anita Derby on April […]

PEDROZA GUIDES BLUESKIESNRAINBOWS TO FRONT-RUNNING WIN IN GRADE II SAN PASQUAL STAKES, HOLLENDORFER TRAINEE WINS BY 1 ¼ LENGTHS

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 11, 2014)–Favored Blueskiesnrainbows was sent from the gate and dictated the pace throughout to take Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 San Pasqual Stakes by 1 ¼ lengths under Martin Pedroza, getting 1 1/16 miles in 1:43.17. Trained by Jerry Hollendorfer, 5-year-old Blueskiesnrainbows came off a similar gate to wire win going 1 1/8 […]

SHAM STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES MIKE SMITH, MIDNIGHT HAWK, WINNER: “It kind of turned into a match race today. Today, more so than winning I wanted to find out if he could go long. If you can’t go long, there’s no use worrying about anything else. He proved he could go long. “He was much better in the […]