As Time Goes By, Luck romp on Prat’s six-win day at Santa Anita
Jockey Flavien Prat kicked off 2022 by riding six winners at Santa Anita on Saturday, including Grade 3 romps aboard odds-on bluebloods Luck and As Time Goes By. […]
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Bob and Jackie, Law Professor, Queen Goddess upset off-the-turf Santa Anita stakes
Upsets were the theme of the afternoon in a trio of off-the-turf graded stakes on opening day at Santa Anita. […]
None Above the Law rides rail in Del Mar Derby
J. Kirk and Judy Robison bred both winners of Saturday’s Grade 2 turf features at Del Mar, None Above the Law and Going to Vegas. […]
Pat O’Brien becomes slam dunk for Ginobili
Finally poised to fulfill his early promise, Ginobili scored a stakes breakthrough in Saturday’s $202,000 Pat O’Brien (G2) and booked his spot in the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) at Del Mar. […]
Idol, Brickyard Ride, Hit the Road earn signature victories on Santa Anita Handicap Day
Santa Anita H. Running 1 1/4 miles has long been considered the classic test of the American Thoroughbred. Brilliant milers can stretch their speed over 1 1/8 miles, but handling 1 1/4 miles requires at […]
Hit the Road romps in Thunder Road; Masteroffoxhounds hunts down Acclimate in San Marcos
In a changing of the guard, up-and-coming four-year-olds swept both of Santa Anita’s graded turf stakes on Saturday. Hit the Road pretty much told his rivals just that when bolting up in the $100,500 Thunder […]
Venetian Harbor aims for Breeders’ Cup after Raven Run score
After knocking heads with the division’s best all spring and summer, Venetian Harbor took full advantage of some class relief in Saturday’s $200,000 Raven Run Stakes (G2) at Keeneland. Although winding up as the lone […]
Weston, Bodhicitta narrowly nab graded wins at Del Mar
Close finishes were the flavor of the afternoon at Del Mar, with margins of a neck or less determining the outcome of two graded stakes races on the Saturday card. The first tight battle came […]
Venetian Harbor, Lucrezia romp in Kentucky Oaks preps
Coming off a 10 3/4-length maiden win, Venetian Harbor was sent off at 3-10 in a not-overly-deep renewal of the $200,000 Las Virgenes (G2) at Santa Anita on Saturday. The expectations were great, but the […]
Authentic loses focus but much the best in Sham
Authentic dominated the $100,000 Sham (G3) at Santa Anita on the front end, stretching out to two turns with a 7 3/4-length romp in the Road to the Kentucky Derby series qualifier, and the 3-year-old […]