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 […]
Omaha Beach will make a long-awaited return to action in Saturday’s $300,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G1), a “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup Challenge prep for the November 2 Breeders’ Cup Sprint (G1) held […]
Top-level action returns to Santa Anita on Saturday with older horses competing in the $400,000 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1) on the grass and fillies and mares squaring off in the $400,000 Beholder Mile (G1). […]
Cicero Farms’ Marley’s Freedom, the 3-5 favorite in Saturday’s $200,000 Santa Monica (G2), performed up to her status by rolling past defending champion Selcourt at Santa Anita. The result was a neat reversal of last […]
An untimely loss as an odds-on favorite in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1) in November proved costly to Marley’s Freedom in her quest for an Eclipse Award title as champion female sprinter. […]
Defending champion Selcourt loomed as the class of the field in Sunday’s $76,200 Kalookan Queen at Santa Anita, but the 1-5 favorite was upstaged by 16-1 shot Spring Lily. Trained by John Shirreffs for Pam […]
Just as she distanced the competition at Royal Ascot in her heyday, Lady Aurelia (Scat Daddy) was far and away the top seller at Sunday’s record-setting Fasig-Tipton Kentucky November Sale. The former English and French […]
The 13-race Breeders’ Cup serves as Thoroughbred racing’s championship event and I will give my take on five questions to be answered in this year’s 35th edition: Will Abel Tasman rebound? I’m skeptical and will […]
Post positions and morning line odds for the 35th Breeders’ Cup were revealed at Equestricon on Monday. Here are some quick thoughts after the draw: Friday Juvenile Turf Sprint: Morning-line favorites Strike Silver (4-1) and […]
Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) threat Catalina Cruiser toured seven furlongs in 1:26.60 at Santa Anita Sunday. The only worker at that distance on the day, the unbeaten John Sadler colt posted splits of :25.40, […]
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