Taiba romps in Malibu; Fun to Dream lands La Brea
Trainer Bob Baffert pulled off a Grade 1 double on opening day of the Santa Anita meet, nabbing the Malibu with Taiba and the La Brea with Fun to Dream. […]
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Packs a Wahlop delivers Zuma Beach knockout; Comanche Country up in time in Surfer Girl
Santa Anita’s Grade 3 events for turf juveniles on Sunday produced Breeders’ Cup contenders, as heavy favorites Packs a Wahlop and Comanche Country remained unbeaten on the Southern California circuit. […]
Howbeit, Whatmakessammyrun give Glatt Santa Anita sprint double
Trainer Mark Glatt swept both of the graded sprint stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday. Howbeit held on by a pixel in the Santa Anita Sprint Championship (G2), and a half-hour later, Whatmakessammyrun upset the Eddie D. (G2) on turf. […]
Taiba puts it all together in Pennsylvania Derby romp
After inexperience arguably cost him in his Haskell (G1) near-miss, Zedan Racing Stables’ Taiba was a savvier operator in Saturday’s $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1). […]
Cave Rock blitzes to stakes record in Del Mar Futurity
Cave Rock conquered Sunday’s $302,000 Del Mar Futurity in stakes-record time, completing the second half of a juvenile Grade 1 double for late sire Arrogate. […]
Royal Ship sails past Country Grammer in San Diego
Dubai World Cup (G1) hero Country Grammer was sent off as the 2-1 favorite in his comeback in Saturday’s San Diego H. (G2), but his old archrival Royal Ship was too sharp in the 1 1/16-mile test. […]
American Theorem springs Triple Bend upset; Bran, Cairo Memories take turf stakes
American Theorem nipped an ultra-game Principe Carlo in the Triple Bend (G2), as the 3-10 favorite Brickyard Ride faded at Santa Anita. […]
Taiba floors Messier in Santa Anita Derby
It was no surprise that trainer Tim Yakteen won Saturday’s $750,500 Santa Anita Derby (G1). Less expected was the fact that it was Taiba. […]
Going Global, Brooke Marie, Cairo Memories star on Santa Anita turf
In the trio of graded turf stakes on Santa Anita Derby Day, Going Global made it look easy in her Royal Heroine (G2) comeback, Kentucky invader Brooke Marie plundered the Monrovia (G2), and Cairo Memories wired the Providencia (G3). […]
Corniche takes them all the way in Breeders’ Cup Juvenile
DEL MAR, Calif. — They say that anything can happen in a horse race, but every so often the results play out exactly how it looks on paper. […]