Santa Anita News

KATHLEEN ROSE TAKES SANTA ANITA’S FEATURED $58,000 JUPITER PURSE ALLOWANCE, BEJARANO & MACHOWSKY TEAM FOR VICTORY AT MILE ON TURF

OPENING DAY PICK SIX CARRYOVER GENERATES TOTAL POOL OF $1,048,093; THERE WERE 143 WINNING TICKETS, EACH WORTH $4,306.60 ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 27, 2013)–Heavily favored Kathleen Rose, ridden by Rafael Bejarano, tracked pacesetter Mangita until the top of the stretch and went on to a hard fought half length victory in Friday’s featured $58,000 Jupiter Purse, […]

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN

• ASCANIO REMEMBERS LONG-TIME FRIEND FRANKEL • ALL SYSTEMS GO SUNDAY FOR MOONE’S MY NAME • BAFFERT DEALS WITH THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY • NAKATANI, UNBRIDLED’S NOTE A SUCCESSFUL TEAM • NOBLE METAL SHARP FOR U.S. DEBUT IN EDDIE LOGAN MEMORIES, HOPE, FAMILY KEEP ASCANIO GOING Death brings finality to all but memories, […]

MUCHO MACHO MAN WINS 2013 SECRETARIAT ‘VOX POPULI’ AWARD

Coast-to-Coast Celebration Planned for Jan. 11 at Gulfstream and Santa Anita LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Dec. 26, 2013) – Mucho Macho Man, the tenacious 5-year-old winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic, has been selected to receive the 2013 Secretariat Vox Populi, or “Voice of the People,” Award. The award recognizes the horse whose popularity and racing excellence […]

COMPETITIVE FIELD OF NINE FILLIES & MARES ENGAGED FOR GRADE III ROBERT J. FRANKEL STAKES AT 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF SUNDAY

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 26, 2013)–Trainer Tom Proctor and Glen Hill Farm will send out a pair of talented 4-year-old fillies, Customer Base and Gulsary, in Sunday’s Grade III, $100,000 Robert J. Frankel Stakes at 1 1/8 miles on turf, which has attracted a wide-open field of nine fillies and mares. Multiple graded stakes-placed Customer Base […]

HEIR KITTY SPRINGS SURPRISE IN GRADE I LA BREA, STEVENS GUIDES MILLER TRAINEE TO 1 ¼ LENGTH VICTORY OVER FAVORED SWEET LULU

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 26, 2013)–A year ago, rumors were swirling that retired Hall of Fame jockey Gary Stevens was contemplating a comeback following a seven year hiatus from the saddle. On Thursday at Santa Anita, Stevens added yet another Grade I victory to his story book 2013, as he guided longshot Heir Kitty to a […]

CALIFORNIA-BRED GERVINHO CARRIED WIDE AND PROVES BEST IN GRADE II, $200,000 SIR BEAUFORT STAKES, BEJARANO, GAINES TEAM FOR HEAD VICTORY

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 26, 2013)–Although he nearly clipped heels and was carried eight-deep turning for home, California-bred Gervinho kept to his task and proved best in Thursday’s Grade II, $200,000 Sir Beaufort Stakes, winning by a head over longshot Procurement while getting one mile on turf in 1:33.47. Well back early in a field of […]

LONGSHOT SHAKIN IT UP RALLIES FROM OFF PACE WITH FLORES ABOARD TO WIN PRESTIGIOUS GRADE I, $300,000 MALIBU STAKES BY HALF LENGTH

WINNER, OWNED BY CARDOZA & PEGRAM, IS ONE OF THREE BAFFERT TRAINEES; ON-TRACK CROWD OF 30,540 BASKS IN SUNNY CONDITIONS AS THE PICK SIX CARRIES OVER TO THE TUNE OF $118,415–FRIDAY’S TOTAL POOL EXPECTED TO EXCEED $700,000 ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 26, 2013)–Bob Baffert looked as though he were loaded for bear in Santa Anita’s opening […]

LA BREA STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES GARY STEVENS, HEIR KITTY, WINNER: “Well, I was hoping I could win (a Grade I) today. I’ve got one more chance, too, on Heir of Storm for Pete (Miller in the Grade I Malibu). I mentioned on Twitter the other day that (my) year isn’t over yet. We have two more Grade I’s […]

SIR BEAUFORT STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES RAFAEL BEJARANO, GERVINHO, WINNER: “(Coming around the final turn), I was in great position, but then I saw the No. 1 horse (Outside Nashville) – he pushed the No. 10 (Si Sage) really bad, so the No. 10 crossed me completely. I almost clipped heels. So that’s why I came out – I […]

MALIBU STAKES QUOTES

JOCKEY QUOTES DAVID FLORES, SHAKIN IT UP, WINNER: “I was a expecting a good pace. The main thing was to get a good start and to place myself where he could relax and just wait for the turn, when I could get after him. And we timed it just right. We closed the year with […]