McKinzie romps in Sham
McKinzie was favored at 1-5 to keep his mark perfect on Saturday in the $100,345 Sham Stakes (G3) at Santa Anita Park, and the Street Sense colt did just that when recording an easy 3 […]
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McKinzie kicks off sophomore season in Sham
With the postponement of the Jerome Stakes at Aqueduct on New Year’s Day due to winter weather, Santa Anita Park’s $100,000 Sham Stakes (G3) will be the first Kentucky Derby points race of 2018 when […]
International invaders top contenders in Juvenile Turf
English Group 3 winner Masar has been installed as a narrow 9-2 morning line favorite and the international contingent is six-deep with several top contenders in Friday’s $1 million Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1). A […]
Beach Patrol, Lady Eli post final major moves for Breeders’ Cup on busy worktab
A slew of Breeders’ Cup hopefuls from trainer Chad Brown’s shedrow strutted their stuff at Belmont Park on Saturday one week before the November 3-4 World Championships at Del Mar. They were joined on the […]
Bevy of Breeders’ Cup hopefuls breeze around the country
Horses all over the country are gearing up for the 2017 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, which will be held November 3-4 at Del Mar in San Diego. On Saturday, a number of hopefuls took to […]
Desormeaux doubles up with My Boy Jack in Zuma Beach, Fatale Bere in Surfer Girl
Although the winners of Monday’s $100,000 juvenile turf stakes brought very different profiles into the Santa Anita co-features, the common denominator was jockey Kent Desormeaux. After steering brother Keith Desormeaux’s My Boy Jack to a […]
Zuma Beach, Surfer Girl promise Breeders’ Cup implications for turf juveniles
Although not “Win & You’re In” events, Monday’s stakes at Santa Anita should yield contenders for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) and Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1). The Zuma Beach and Surfer Girl, each worth […]
Encumbered finds post 13 no burden in Del Mar Juvenile Turf
Trainer Simon Callaghan’s two-year-olds are in such rare form at the moment that not even post 13 in Sunday’s $103,105 Del Mar Juvenile Turf could thwart his Encumbered. With jockey Mario Gutierrez engineering a fine […]