Mo Forza returns in Del Mar Mile
One of the hottest turf horses in the country last fall, comebacker Mo Forza hopes to kick off another big second half in Sunday’s $150,000 Del Mar Mile Handicap (G2). The Peter Miller trainee graduated […]
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San Francisco Mile features Restrainedvengence, Neptune’s Storm
Restrainedvengence can handle pretty much any surface, which makes him especially dangerous in Sunday’s $250,000 San Francisco Mile (G3), the signature event of the season at Golden Gate Fields. A stakes winner on both the […]
Roadster aims to rev up in San Pasqual; United gets rematch in San Marcos
After Bob Baffert sends out current Kentucky Derby (G1) hopeful Thousand Words in Saturday’s Robert B. Lewis (G3), the Hall of Fame trainer hopes that 2019 classic runner Roadster can regain the winning thread in […]
Omaha Beach Breeders’ Cup-bound after Santa Anita Sprint Championship comeback score
by J. Keeler Johnson Saturday was a day for heart-pounding finishes at Santa Anita Park, and none quickened the pulses of horsemen and handicappers more than the tenacious comeback victory by Omaha Beach in the […]
Restrainedvengence triumphs in Oceanside
Kelly Brinkerhoff and Bob Grayson Jr.’s RESTRAINEDVENGENCE unleashed a winning late run in Wednesday’s opening day feature at Del Mar, the $120,805 Oceanside Stakes, to score a three-quarter length victory with jockey Evin Roman aboard. […]
Desormeaux doubles up with My Boy Jack in Zuma Beach, Fatale Bere in Surfer Girl
Although the winners of Monday’s $100,000 juvenile turf stakes brought very different profiles into the Santa Anita co-features, the common denominator was jockey Kent Desormeaux. After steering brother Keith Desormeaux’s My Boy Jack to a […]
Zuma Beach, Surfer Girl promise Breeders’ Cup implications for turf juveniles
Although not “Win & You’re In” events, Monday’s stakes at Santa Anita should yield contenders for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) and Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1). The Zuma Beach and Surfer Girl, each worth […]