Santa Anita News

SAN PASQUAL STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES MARTIN PEDROZA, BLUESKIESNRAINBOWS, WINNER: “Everybody seems to think that he has to have the lead, but he doesn’t necessarily. He’s not really quick from the gate, so you have to send him to get position. Once you get him going though, he’s OK. The reason we send him is because of that, he’s […]

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN

• McANALLY’S SOUTH AMERICAN IMPORT FITS IN PASEANA • FAMILIAR NAMES ON TOP IN SANTA ANITA STANDINGS McANALLY ANTICIPATES MARE’S U.S. DEBUT IN PASEANA It would be only appropriate should Miss Serendipity win Sunday’s $75,000 Paseana Stakes for Ron McAnally. The 80-year-old Hall of Fame trainer conditioned the Eclipse Award-winning distaff star of the early […]

MUCHO MACHO MAN TO BE PRESENTED VOX POPULI AWARD SATURDAY, STEVENS, OWNERS, TO SIGN ‘MUCHO’ POSTERS AT 11 A.M. IN EAST PADDOCK

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 10, 2014)–Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Mucho Macho Man, who will be presented with the Secretariat Vox Populi “Voice of the People” Award Saturday, will be honored earlier in the day, as his owners, Dean and Patti Reeves, along with Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens, will sign 1,000 full color posters of […]

CHANGETHECHANNEL GOES GATE TO WIRE IN $58,000 VENUS PURSE, TRAINED BY SEAN MCCARTHY, 5-YEAR-OLD MARE GIVES BAZE FIRST WIN SINCE JUNE 9TH

ONE WINNING PICK SIX TICKET PURCHASED VIA TVG ACCOUNT PAYS $62,592.80 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 10, 2014)–Changethechannel made the lead early and kept on truckin’ to take Friday’s $58,000 Venus Purse allowance gate to wire and give jockey Tyler Baze his first win since June 9. A 5-year-old Kentucky-bred mare by English Channel, Changethechannel, trained by […]

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN

• SYNTHETIC TO DIRT NO CONCERN FOR ‘HAWK’ IN SHAM • CALLAGHAN HOPES DIRT IS GREENER FOR ONTOLOGY • ‘SPUD’ TRIES TO MASH FOES FOR MORENO IN SAN PASQUAL • MALDONADO EYES NATIONAL GOALS WITH NEW AGENT SPEEDY MIDNIGHT HAWK STRETCHES OUT IN SHAM STAKES Bob Baffert seeks his third win in just 13 runnings […]

MULTIPLE STAKES WINNER HALO DOLLY HEADS SUNDAY’S $75,000 PASEANA, HOLLENDORFER CHARGE HOPES TO TRANSFER TOP TURF FORM TO DIRT

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 9, 2014)–Nine-time stakes winner Halo Dolly heads a field of seven older fillies and mares in the $75,000, 1 1/16 miles Paseana Stakes Sunday at Santa Anita as she aims to transfer her sharp recent turf form to the main track. Trained and owned in-part by Jerry Hollendorfer, Halo Dolly, a 6-year-old […]

POWER FOOT & MALDONADO PULL UPSET IN $60,000 NEPTUNE PURSE, MANDELLA TRAINEE RUNS BY ODDS ON FAVORITE MONASTIC LATE

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 9, 2014)–Second choice Power Foot hugged the rail and ran by 3-5 favorite Monastic inside the sixteenth pole to win Thursday’s $60,000 Neptune Purse allowance under Edwin Maldonado, winning by 1 ¾ lengths while covering 1 ¼ miles on turf in 1:59.56. Monastic, with Gary Stevens up, led throughout through fractions of […]

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN

• SADLER TACKLES BAFFERT IN GRADE III SHAM STAKES • PEDROZA, BLUESKIESNRAINBOWS SET FOR SAN PASQUAL • FAMILY, FUTURE BRING DESORMEAUX TO SANTA ANITA • MUCHO MACHO MAN CEREMONY TAKES PLACE SATURDAY BAFFERT, SADLER SQUARE OFF IN SHAM STAKES SATURDAY Bob Baffert has won the Sham Stakes twice and the Kentucky Derby three times, so […]

EVENLY MATCHED FIELD OF SIX SET FOR GRADE III SHAM STAKES SATURDAY, ROAD TO $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY STARTS AT FLAT MILE

GRADE II, $200,000 SAN PASQUAL DRAWS FIELD OF SEVEN OLDER HORSES AT 1 1/16 MILES ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 8, 2014)–The road to the Grade I, $1 million Santa Anita Derby begins on Saturday, as Santa Anita will present the Grade III, $100,000 Sham Stakes at a flat mile, a wide-open affair that has attracted six […]

PONTCHATRAIN OVERCOMES ROUGH START TO WIN GRADE II MONROVIA BY THREE QUARTERS OF A LENGTH, PROCTOR, STEVENS COMBINE TO WIN THIRD STRAIGHT HILLSIDE STAKES WITH GLEN HILL FARM FILLY BY WAR FRONT

PICK SIX CARRYOVER INTO THURSDAY OF $87,195, TOTAL POOL SHOULD TOP $500,000 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 5, 2014)–Favored Pontchatrain overcame a rough start to win Sunday’s Grade II, $200,000 Monrovia Stakes for older fillies and mares by three quarters of a length, overhauling pacesetter Kindle and Rafael Bejarano inside the sixteenth pole while covering 6 ½ […]