Santa Anita News

$100,000, THOR’S ECHO STAKES QUOTES-SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES JUAN HERNANDEZ, DESMOND DOSS, WINNER: “He was feeling really good, very sharp, I worked him a few times and he was really good. I knew he was going to be ready for this race and he showed up today. I watched the replays and it looked like he ran like that […]

Comebacking Desmond Doss Rallies To Take $100,000 Thor’s Echo Stakes

COMEBACKING DESMOND DOSS RALLIES TO TAKE $100,000 THOR’S ECHO STAKES BY 2 ¼ LENGTHS AS HERNANDEZ GETS HIS SECOND STAKES WIN IN A ROW RACE IS PART OF LUCRATIVE CTBA-SPONSORED GOLDEN STATE SERIES ARCADIA, Calif. (May 28, 2022)–Idle since Oct. 17, Nick Alexander’s homebred Desmond Doss came back running on Saturday at Santa […]

Favored Carmelita’s Man Rallies From Last To Take $100,000 Crystal Water Stakes

FAVORED CARMELITA’S MAN RALLIES FROM LAST TO TAKE $100,000 CRYSTAL WATER STAKES BY THREE QUARTERS OF LENGTH RACE IS PART OF LUCRATIVE CTBA-SPONSORED GOLDEN STATE SERIES ARCADIA, Calif. (May 28, 2022)–Despite a soft early pace, favored Carmalita’s Man rallied from last to take Saturday’s $100,000 Crystal Water Stakes at Santa Anita by […]

$100,000, CRYSTAL WATER STAKES QUOTES-SATURDAY, MAY 28, 2022

JOCKEY QUOTES JUAN HERNANDEZ, CARMELITA’S MAN, WINNER: “This horse tries all the time and he is such a friendly horse. He gives you whatever you want. I just took a hold of him. Once we got to the three-eighth’s pole I started to work him because he has a tendency to get lazy. […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Saturday, May 28, 2022

SEAN McCARTHY DOUBLE TEAMS GOLD CUP FOES HESS CONTINUES TO GO GREEN IN HONEYMOON BURNIN TURF MAKES STAKES DEBUT IN DAYTONA SANTA ANITA CELEBRATES HUGE MEMORIAL DAY MANDATORY RAINBOW PICK SIX PAYOUT MONDAY TRAINER DOUBLE TEAMS GOLD CUP FOES Defunded will be seeking his first stakes victory and Spielberg his second when Sean McCarthy […]

Irish-Bred Going Global Heads Monday’s Grade I, $400,000 Gamely Stakes

IRISH-BRED GOING GLOBAL HEADS MONDAY’S GRADE I, $400,000 GAMELY STAKES AS EIGHT DISTAFFERS GO 1 1/8 MILES ON TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (May 27, 2022)–Unbeaten on the Santa Anita turf, Phil D’Amato’s Irish-bred Going Global heads a field of eight fillies and mares three and up going a mile and one eighth in Monday’s […]

Smooth Like Strait Out To Defend Title In Monday’s Grade I, $500,000 Shoemaker Mile

SMOOTH LIKE STRAIT OUT TO DEFEND TITLE IN MONDAY’S GRADE I, $500,000 SHOEMAKER MILE AS PRAT SHIPS IN TO RIDE SHOE MILE IS A BREEDERS’ CUP ‘WIN & YOU’RE IN’ CHALLENGE RACE QUALIFIER ARCADIA, Calif. (May 27, 2022)–With superstar jockey Flavien Prat returning from New York to ride him on Memorial Day at […]

Moger’s Stilleto Boy Heads Monday’s Grade I, $400,000 Hollywood Gold Cup

MOGER’S STILLETO BOY HEADS MONDAY’S GRADE I, $400,000 HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP AT A MILE AND ONE QUARTER FIRST RUN IN 1938, FAMED GOLD CUP TO BE CONTESTED FOR THE 84TH TIME ARCADIA, Calif. (May 27, 2022)–A devastating winner of the Grade II Californian April 30, trainer Ed Moger’s front-running Stilleto Boy looms a […]

Stable Notes by Ed Golden for Friday, May 27, 2022

O’NEILL BUSY IN CAL-BRED STAKES ON SATURDAY FASHIONABLY FAST RETURNS IN THE THOR’S ECHO AMERICAN THEOREM SPRINTS INTO TRIPLE BEND $5 MILLION MANDATORY PAYOUT LIKELY ON MONDAY SANTA ANITA CELEBRATES HUGE MEMORIAL DAY ‘FOLDS OF HONOR’ POKER TOURNEY ON SUNDAY STAKES ACTION FOR O’NEILL STARTS SATURDAY Doug O’Neill, always a major player at the […]

Hronis Racing’s French-Bred Bran Returns To So Cal & Heads Sunday’s Grade III, $100,000 Daytona Stakes

HRONIS RACING’S FRENCH-BRED BRAN RETURNS TO SO CAL & HEADS SUNDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 DAYTONA STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN HILLSIDE TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (May 26, 2022)–An ungraded stakes winner out of Santa Anita’s turf chute on April 10, Hronis Racing’s French-bred Bran tried the deep waters of Grade II competition at Churchill […]