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Seven months off, Thinking process could rightly have needed a race. But she didn’t have to rely on that excuse and turned in a brilliant performance in the February 28 Buena Vista Stakes (G2T) on Santa Anita Park. The 4 year old Collected The filly faced five other older fillies and mares in the 1-mile […]
When Plutarch Last year, Bob Baffert needed time to grow up. He chose an unusual route for a potential Triple Crown contender. He let him run onto the grass, “just to get some racing in him.” Baffert and his staff continued to work with the royally bred colt. Still a work in progress, Plutarch took […]
It’s hard to beat trainer Bob Baffert in the stakes for 3-year-olds in Southern California, but Mark Glatt pulled it off with So happy in the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park January 10 Sure, Baffert trained Butane earned his 1-2 favoritism by a second ahead of the subsequent winner of 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 […]
Many California owners prefer to keep their horses close to home, where they can watch them race. But Justin Border and Ryan Exline know the odds of being Canadian bred and shipped successfully Gas me up Unpleasant Woodbine for multiple breeds. On December 29, Gas Me Up returned to California as a more mature five-year-old […]
Hours before the new year, Santa Anita Park will host the final graduated stakes race of 2025: the $100,000 Robert J. Frankel Stakes (G3T) on December 31. (Editor’s note: Racing at Santa Anita Park has been canceled on Wednesday and January 1 due to heavy rain expected in the area.) Trainer Phil D’Amato has two […]
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 […]
Trainer Jonathan Thomas has entered three in search of his first American Oaks (G1T), but he faces several trainers who have already won the 1 1/4 mile turf race for 3-year-old fillies. Cherie DeVaux, Leonard Powell, Phil D’Amato and Richard Baltas are veterans of this race, which started in 2002 as a summer event on […]
