Santa Anita News

GRADE I, $400,000, GAMELY STAKES QUOTES-MONDAY, MAY 30, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES UMBERTO RISPOLI, OCEAN ROAD, WINNER: “I’m actually pleased because I knew what she did at Keeneland last time (Apr. 15) was not normal. If you watch the race, we went very slow, the first half mile of the race we went in .50 and she turned home for last. I was in […]

GRADE I, $500,000, SHOEMAKER MILE STAKES QUOTES-MONDAY, MAY 30, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES IRAD ORTIZ, JR., COUNT AGAIN, WINNER: “I just followed instructions. Phil told me to let him do his thing and don’t rush him. He has a big turnoff foot. The horse was ready to run today, was ready to win. “They went a little fast, but I wasn’t too far (back). […]

Count Again Pounces Like A Big Cat To Take Grade I, $500,000 Shoemaker Mile

COUNT AGAIN POUNCES LIKE A BIG CAT TO TAKE GRADE I, $500,000 SHOEMAKER MILE BY 2 ¼ LENGTHS; ORTIZ, JR. GETS SECOND CONSECUTIVE STAKES WIN SHOE MILE IS A BREEDERS’ CUP ‘WIN & YOU’RE IN’ CHALLENGE RACE QUALIFIER ARCADIA, Calif. (May 30, 2022)–Last early, trainer Phil D’Amato’s Count Again pounced like a big […]

There Goes Harvard Pulls Off Major Upset As Ortiz, Jr. Orchestrates One Length Win In Grade I, $400,000 Hollywood Gold Cup

THERE GOES HARVARD PULLS OFF MAJOR UPSET AS ORTIZ, JR. ORCHESTRATES ONE LENGTH WIN IN GRADE I, $400,000 HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP ARCADIA, Calif. (May 30, 2022)–Three-time Eclipse Award winning jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr., cast in the role of a hired gun, orchestrated a brilliant one length victory by longshot There Goes Harvard in […]

GRADE I, $400,000, HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP STAKES QUOTES-MONDAY, MAY 30, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES IRAD ORTIZ, JR., THERE GOES HARVARD, WINNER: “I feel great, thank God. All the fans here feels good, it reminds me of home, I enjoy it. I had a perfect trip. There Goes Harvard was fighting a little bit with me going into the first turn, they went a little fast. I […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Monday, May 30, 2022

GLATT HAS TWO FOR GRADE III DESERT STORMER MANDATORY PAYOUT TODAY IN PICK SIX JACKPOT PRAT WORKS UNBEATEN FLIGHTLINE FOR MET MILE NEW EQUINE FACES ARE LURED FOR AUTUMN MEET HERNANDEZ, PAPAPRODROMOU KEEP ON ROLLING TRAINER HOPES TO HIT THE MARK IN DESERT STORMER Mark Glatt plans to enter both his nominees to this Saturday’s […]

$5 Million 20 Cent Rainbow Pick Six Pool Likely On Memorial Day At Santa Anita

$5 MILLION 20 CENT RAINBOW PICK SIX POOL LIKELY ON MEMORIAL DAY AT SANTA ANITA, AS $588,484 CARRYOVER EXPECTED TO GENERATE HUGE POOL WITH MANDATORY PAYOUT FIRST POST FOR 10-RACE CARD AT 1 P.M. WITH THREE GRADE I STAKES AND $1 DOLLAR BEERS ARCADIA, Calif. (May 29, 2022)–With three Grade I stakes […]

Cairo Memories Stalks Pace And Takes Grade III, $100,000 Honeymoon Stakes

CAIRO MEMORIES STALKS PACE AND TAKES GRADE III, $100,000 HONEYMOON STAKES BY 1 ¼ LENGTHS, GETTING 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF IN 1:48.67 ARCADIA, Calif. (May 29, 2022)–An impressive winner at the distance in her last start, the Bob Hess, Jr.-trained Cairo Memories stalked early leader Sterling Crest, made a narrow lead turning for […]

GRADE III, $100,000, HONEYMOON STAKES QUOTES-SUNDAY, MAY 29, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES MIKE SMITH, CAIRO MEMORIES, WINNER: “If you have been blessed with the opportunity to get on her you would feel that she’s always there when you need her. As soon as competition comes to her, she just jumps right back in the bridle, which she did. It gave me the confidence to […]

Longshot American Theorem Rallies To Take Grade II, $200,000 Triple Bend Stakes

LONGSHOT AMERICAN THEOREM RALLIES TO TAKE GRADE II, $200,000 TRIPLE BEND STAKES BY A NOSE AS HEAVILY FAVORED BRICKYARD RIDE IS WELL BEATEN ARCADIA, Calif. (May 29, 2022)–Beaten 50 lengths in his last three starts, all stakes, at distances of a mile and one eighth and a mile and one quarter, trainer George Papaprodromou’s […]