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Goal-oriented the grade 1-winning son of Not this time has retired from racing and will serve as stud at Spendthrift Farm for the 2026 breeding season, the farm announced Jan. 11. His introductory fee will be $30,000 S&N. Goal Oriented has arrived at Spendthrift and is available for breeder inspections daily from 1:30 PM to […]
A quartet of Breeders’ Cup winners –Splendor , Nysos , Super runner And Full Serrano -all recorded training sessions on January 11 at Santa Anita Park. Splendora and Nysos both worked for trainer Bob Baffert. Splendora, winner of last year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), drilled 4 furlongs in :49. It was the […]
Since Butane in only his second lifetime start he finished second in the 2025 Hopeful Stakes (G1) to the 2-year-old champion male finalist Ted Noffey he should leave as the big favorite in the San Vicente Stakes (G2) on January 10 Santa Anita Park. His chances won’t be nearly as slim as any line on […]
Opportunistic black type awaits some of the five fillies and mares competing in the $100,000 Las Flores Stakes (G3) on January 4 at Santa Anita Park. In North America, however, not one is a stakes winner Ooty captured a Group 1 in her native Argentina in 2024 before importing to the United States. Only from […]
Hill ‘n’ Dale announced the winner of the multiple stakes on December 29 Barnes a son of multiple top sires In mischief is retired and will be serving at stud at John G. Sikura’s Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa Farm near Paris, Ky. Barnes, who showed his brilliance from the sales ring Churchill Downs Unpleasant […]
The Malibu Stakes (G1) – the final ranking of the year, limited to three-year-olds on dirt – had a rather strange start. Bob Baffert declared five for the event, but one of his runners, Barnes the morning line favorite, was scratched by a strained tendon, which turned out to be a career-ending injury. His place […]
Rainy weather in California postponed opening day to Santa Anita Park from the traditional date of December 26 to Sunday December 28. The action-packed card is worth the wait. There are six stakes on the agenda, including a trio of grade 1s. Two of the most competitive races of the afternoon are the $300,000 Malibu […]
Weather could play a role in both the makeup of the field and the outcome of the December 29 Joe Hernandez Stakes (G2T). The race is scheduled for Santa Anita Park‘s downhill grass course, but heavy rain this week in Southern California that dumped more than 6 inches of precipitation has already postponed the track’s […]
Despite five from the dominating Bob Baffert stable, the December 28 Malibu Stakes (G1) for 3-year-olds was Saint Anita has drawn a field of 10 participants. The challengers to Baffert’s quintet – responsible for the top five picks on the morning line odds – include Fast Wilson a Phil D’Amato California-bred and two-time Sea stakes […]
As the only horse in the December 13 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) field with graded stakes experience, Litmus test performed exactly as expected. His victory by 1 1/4 lengths was also not surprising, as his trainer, Bob Baffert, had already won the Futurity fourteen times – six of them at the race’s original home of […]
