Bast repels Donna Veloce in Starlet
Saturday’s $300,000 Starlet (G1) shaped up as a clash of the placegetters from the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). So it proved, only with the order reversed, as Breeders’ Cup third Bast gained revenge on […]
Los Alamitos
Anneau d’Or, High Velocity highlight Futurity; Donna Veloce tops Starlet
Saturday’s $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) attracted only four runners, but the Kentucky Derby qualifier promises to be an exciting race. Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1) runner-up Anneau d’Or and unbeaten Bob Hope (G3) winner High […]
Los Alamitos At a Glance July 15
LOS ALAMITOS AT A GLANCE Avg. Winning Odds: 3.95 – 1 Favorite Win%: 38%, Favorite Itm%: 79% EXOTICS PAYOFF Exacta 45.34 Daily Double 56.62 Trifecta 184.71 Pick 3 254.23 Superfecta 1,112.36 Pick 6 8,239.06 […]
Game Winner back to winning ways in Los Alamitos Derby
Game Winner carried perfection to champion two-year-old male honors last year, winning all four starts including the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile (G1), but the Bob Baffert-trained colt entered Saturday’s $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby (G3) with a […]
Marley’s Freedom scores again in Great Lady M. Stakes
by J. Keeler Johnson Marley’s Freedom certainly loves Los Alamitos. For the second straight year, the daughter of Blame had little difficulty cruising to victory in the $200,000 Great Lady M. Stakes (G2) sprinting 6 […]
Marley’s Freedom faces Anonymity in Great Lady M. title defense
They were separated by a head in last year’s Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint (G1), but in losing efforts to longshot winner Shamrock Rose. On Saturday, Marley’s Freedom and Anonymity renew acquaintance in the […]
Improbable, Game Winner drill for Rebel clash
Although the San Felipe (G2) was lost in the wake of Santa Anita’s woes, the hotly anticipated clash between champion Game Winner and Improbable remains on course – just with a change of venue to […]
Santa Anita plans to resume live racing March 22; San Felipe among stakes canceled
Live racing is scheduled to return to Santa Anita March 22, The Stronach Group officials told Daily Racing Form and Blood-Horse Sunday, if all goes well with the main track under the microscope. Bill Finley […]
Nothing Improbable about Los Alamitos Futurity winner
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert entered Saturday’s $300,345 Los Alamitos Futurity (G1) with a terrific chance of racking up his 11th victory in the juvenile feature, and his 1-5 favorite Improbable lived up to […]
Chasing Yesterday overcomes wide trip in Starlet
Summer Wind Equine’s homebred Chasing Yesterday so far has been known as American Pharoah’s half-sister by Tapit, but now she’s earned the title of Grade 1 winner after an admirably resolute success in Saturday’s $300,345 […]