Santa Anita News

IT’S CUSTOMER BASE BY A NOSE IN GRADE III ROBERT J. FRANKEL STAKES, SMITH & PROCTOR COMBINE TO WIN YEAR’S FINAL STAKES AT SANTA ANITA

HUMBERTO ASCANIO, LONG TIME ASSISTANT TO LATE TRAINER FRANKEL, PRESENTS TROPHY ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 29, 2013)–In a thrilling finish to both the year and its final added-money event, Customer Base, with Mike Smith aboard, got up to beat Stormy Lucy and Isaias Enriquez by a nose in Sunday’s Grade III, $100,000 Robert J. Frankel Stakes […]

ROBERT J. FRANKEL STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES MIKE SMITH, CUSTOMER BASE, WINNER: “I knew the two outside horses would have speed so I could work out a good trip from that point unless I got buried, which could have happened. I thought the main horse to follow was Stormy Lucy, or our other horse (Gulsary) who was behind me so […]

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN

• RETIREMENT AWAITS MILLIONAIRE COST OF FREEDOM • KINDLE READY TO FIRE IN GRADE II MONROVIA • EDDIE D. HAS GOOD ADVICE FOR MONROVIA RIDERS • GAME ON DUDE WORKS HALF-MILE UNDER MIKE SMITH • NORDSTROM GREETER CELEBRATES 100TH BIRTHDAY AT SANTA ANITA WELCOME RETIREMENT AWAITS MILLIONAIRE COST OF FREEDOM On Jan. 1, Cost of […]

GRADE III WINNER FULL RANSOM HEADS FIELD OF EIGHT IN $75,000 BLUE NORTHER STAKES FOR 3-YEAR-OLD FILLIES AT MILE ON TURF NEW YEAR’S DAY

ALL ON-TRACK FANS TO BE TREATED TO ONE DOLLAR BEERS, SODAS & HOT DOGS ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 28, 2013)–Santa Anita Park will ring in the New Year on Wednesday with the $75,000 Blue Norther Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at one mile on turf and the Jim Cassidy-trained Full Ransom, a recent winner of the Grade […]

GLEN HILL FARM’S ENTERPRISING FINISHES FULL OF RUN TO TAKE $75,000 EDDIE LOGAN BY THREE QUARTERS OF A LENGTH UNDER STEVENS

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 28, 2013)–In only his third career start, Enterprising got a perfect ground saving trip under Gary Stevens en route to a three quarter length score in Saturday’s $75,000 Eddie Logan Stakes for 2-year-olds going one mile on turf at Santa Anita. A Glen Hill Farm homebred trained by Tom Proctor, Enterprising got […]

UNBRIDLED’S NOTE DISPLAYS POWERFUL CLOSING KICK UNDER NAKATANI, TAKES GRADE III DAYTONA DOWN HILLSIDE TURF BY A HALF LENGTH

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 28, 2013)–Hard knocking Unbridled’s Note finished resolutely to win Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Daytona Stakes under Corey Nakatani, overhauling El Commodore and Gary Stevens late to win by a half length while covering 6 ½ furlongs down Santa Anita’s Camino Real Turf Course in 1:11.89. Third, beaten a half length down the […]

EDDIE LOGAN STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES GARY STEVENS, ENTERPRISING, WINNER: “He had no clue what he was doing in the beginning. I told Tom (Proctor) he might be like that, but the light turned on at about the eighth pole and he started sprinting. The transition from his first start to today . . . I’ve never had a […]

DAYTONA STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES COREY NAKATANI, UNBRIDLED’S NOTE, WINNER: “It was pilot error his last race. I thought he was going to be all right since there was no pace in that race but when you come out of the gate at Hollywood, after a sixteenth of a mile or so, it turns. He thought he was […]

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN

• APPEALING TRAINING WELL FOR SUNDAY’S FRANKEL • MACHOWSKY GOES TO ‘B TEAM’ FOR DAYTONA STAKES • MUCHO MACHO MAN SPECIAL AIRS ON HRTV SUNDAY • JERANIMO WORKS FOR ANOTHER RUN IN SAN GABRIEL GALLAGHER HAS ‘APPEALING’ CHANCE IN FRANKEL Even though she was 9-2 in the betting, Appealing disappointed when she finished fifth in […]

“HRTV Presents: Mucho Macho Man” on Sunday, Dec. 29

“With the curtain falling on the memorable 2013 racing season, HRTV (R), The Network for Horse Sports, will present a special half-hour show chronicling one of the sport’s enduring stars, Mucho Macho Man, this Sunday, Dec. 29 at 8:30 p.m. ET. “HRTV Presents: Mucho Macho Man” will detail the storybook career of the 2013 Breeders’ […]