Calumet Farm’s Bal a Bali charged down the stretch at Santa Anita Park on Saturday to collar pacesetting favorite Heart to Heart and just hold Farhaan in the $400,690 Shoemaker Mile (G1) under jockey Mike […]
Multiple champion Songbird worked six furlongs in 1:13.80 around 6:30 a.m. (PT) over Santa Anita Park’s fast main track on Thursday with jockey Mike Smith aboard. Songbird clocked splits of :24, :48.20 and 1:01. The […]
After a pair of bad losses in the Santa Anita Derby (G1) and Rebel Stakes (G2), American Anthem found the perfect spot for a confidence-builder while cutting back to a 7-furlong sprint in Saturday’s $100,000 […]
John Velazquez, Always Dreaming (1st) “This is the best horse (trainer) Todd (Pletcher) and I have ever come to the Kentucky Derby with. Nothing against all the others, but this was the best horse. I […]
Arklow woke up dramatically when trying turf for the first time at Keeneland last month, and parlayed that 3 1/2-length maiden with a game, one-length score in Saturday’s $300,000 American Turf (G2) for three-year-olds at […]
Abel Tasman gained a measure of revenge on Friday when flying past tiring pacesetter Paradise Woods to prevail in the $1 million Kentucky Oaks (G1) at Churchill Downs. The pair met up in the Santa […]
Mike Smith, Abel Tasman, first “Immediately after her second-place finish in the Santa Anita Oaks (G1), we (Smith and trainer Bob Baffert) both realized she probably needed a slight blinker. She broke OK that day, […]
by Scott Shapiro While little changes with the start of the new meeting at Santa Anita Park this weekend, the extra day off and the fresh start gives us an opportunity to look back at […]
With nearly all of the preps in the books, now is the time for the Kentucky Derby (G1) news cycle to ramp up. Monday witnessed several significant developments: Southwest (G3) winner One Liner, who was […]
All-conquering Arrogate has come out of his Dubai World Cup (G1) adventure in fine fettle, judging by his appearance and attitude when arriving back home at Santa Anita Saturday. North America’s new all-time earnings leader […]
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