OptixPLOT for Oaklawn Park Races 4, 7, and 9 on Apr. 19
RACE 4 #5 OUR GIRL ABBY presents some upside and an alternative in this claiming event for fillies and mares. She will make her third start of the Oaklawn meet and has improved with each […]
Dr. Dorr
Catalina Cruiser to be heavily favored in San Diego title defense
Catalina Cruiser opened 2019 with a solid performance in the 6 ½-furlong True North (G2) at Belmont Park, rallying determinedly to post a half-length decision, and the five-year-old chestnut looks poised to add a second […]
Catapult tops Kilroe Mile; Marley’s Freedom stretches out in Beholder Mile
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). […]
Accelerate adds Rosario for eight-horse Pacific Classic
A convincing winner of the Santa Anita H. (G1) and Gold Cup at Santa Anita (G1), Accelerate can reinforce his stranglehold upon Southern California’s older horse division and earn an expenses-paid trip to the Breeders’ […]
Catalina Cruiser easily captures stakes debut in San Diego
Trainer John Sadler originally had three Hronis Racing-owned horses in Saturday’s $200,000 San Diego H. (G2) at Del Mar, but scratched two, including stable star Accelerate, in favor of the lightly-raced Catalina Cruiser. The 13-10 […]
Accelerate defends title in San Diego; Ms Bad Behavior tops San Clemente
Accelerate attracted headlines when upsetting Arrogate in last year’s $200,000 San Diego H. (G2), dominating wire-to-wire in an 8 ½-length decision, and he returns to Del Mar for a title defense as a leading contender […]
Hoppertunity, Dr. Dorr top Suburban; Mendelssohn returns for Dwyer
One likes to come from off the pace and the other likes to race closer to the front, and both entries for trainer Bob Baffert in Saturday’s $700,000 Suburban (G2) at Belmont Park figure to […]
McCraken stretches out again for Cornhusker
After the reported withdrawal of Dr. Dorr from Friday night’s $300,000 Prairie Meadows Cornhusker H. (G3), McCraken figures to inherit the favorite’s role in the feature of Prairie Meadows’ two-day Festival of Racing. A prominent […]
Accelerate much the best in Gold Cup at Santa Anita
Worn down late following a stretch duel in last month’s Oaklawn H. (G2), Accelerate bounced back with authority in Saturday’s $500,345 Gold Cup at Santa Anita (G1), disposing of Oaklawn conqueror City of Light and […]
City of Light, Accelerate rematch in Gold Cup at Santa Anita; well-matched field of distaffers entered in Gamely
Santa Anita Park hosts a trio of graded contests on Saturday, headed by the $500,000 Gold Cup at Santa Anita Stakes (G1). The 1 1/4-mile affair attracted a field of seven, including CITY OF LIGHT […]