CARMAthon to Return on August 20th Online Fundraiser Aims to Raise $150,000 for Retired Racehorses DEL MAR, Calif., Aug. 5, 2022 – Just like every good movie deserves a trilogy, every successful fundraiser needs another round. California Retirement Management Account (CARMA) is revamping its summer online fundraiser which will be live on TVG on Saturday, […]

SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES 2022-23 WINTER/SPRING STAKES SCHEDULE WHICH WILL INCLUDE 10 GRADE I STAKES, LED BY THE RUNHAPPY MALIBU, LA BREA & AMERICAN OAKS ON OPENING DAY, DEC. 26   A TOTAL OF 93 STAKES, INCLUDING 58 GRADED RACES, WILL BE OFFERED THROUGH JUNE 18; POPULAR ‘SHIP & WIN’ PROGRAM AGAIN PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT MONETARY INCENTIVES […]

BREEDERS’ CUP ANNOUNCES SANTA ANITA PARK AS HOST OF 2023 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2023 World Championships to be Held at Arcadia, California Venue for Record 11th Time as Breeders’ Cup Celebrates its 40th running          LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 21, 2022) — The Breeders’ Cup, one of Thoroughbred racing’s most prestigious international events, today […]

SANTA ANITA ‘SHIP & WIN’ PROGRAM TO AGAIN OFFER SIGNIFICANT BONUSES TO OUT OF STATE HORSES AT 2022 AUTUMN MEET WHICH OPENS SEPT. 30 18-DAY MEET TO OFFER 26 STAKES, 15 OF THEM GRADED           ARCADIA, Calif. (July 18, 2022)–Santa Anita Park has announced that its highly successful “Ship & Win” […]

By Jeanne Schnell Thoroughbred Aftercare Liason & Events Manager E: jeanne.schnell@santaanita.com An equine veterinarian a former jockey and an innovation officer enter a horse show competition. While this may sound like the start of a horse joke, it is a real-life story. What started as a “hey, why don’t we…” has blossomed into Team 1/ST […]

FROM FLIGHTLINE’S MALIBU TO TAIBA’S RUNHAPPY DERBY, TOP PERFORMANCES WERE THE ORDER OF THE DAY THROUGHOUT 76-DAY WINTER/SPRING MEET   CLOSING DAY HANDLE OF $17.1 MILLION UP 12.2 PERCENT, AVERAGE DAILY HANDLE UP TWO PERCENT    ARCADIA, Calif. (June 19, 2022)–From an 11 ½ length blitz by superstar Flightline in the opening day Malibu Stakes […]

DIMINUTIVE HONG KONG HARRY RALLIES TO TAKE GRADE III, $100,000 AMERICAN STAKES AS D’AMATO REGISTERS HIS 16TH STAKES WIN ON CLOSING DAY   CLOSING DAY RAINBOW PICK SIX GENERATES $3.8 MILLION IN ‘NEW’ MONEY FOR A TOTAL MANDATORY PAYOUT POOL OF $4.1 MILLION; 493 TICKETS EACH WORTH $6,656.80   ARCADIA, Calif. (June 19, 2022)–With an […]

JOCKEY QUOTES             RAMON VAZQUEZ, HONG KONG HARRY, WINNER: “Thank you to the trainer and the owners for the opportunity. I just wanted to put my horse in the best spot I could. I had a beautiful trip and when I asked him the last quarter, I had a lot of horse and he responded well. […]

FRONT RUNNING BREAKPOINT OVERCOMES EIGHT-MONTH LAYOFF TO TAKE MARATHON GRADE III, $125,000 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO STAKES AS DRYSDALE GETS FOURTH WIN IN TRADITIONAL CLOSING DAY FEATURE                   ARCADIA, Calif. (June 19, 2022)–Idle since Oct. 22 and in his first start for Neil Drysdale, Chilean-bred Breakpoint set the pace and survived a late surge from […]

JOCKEY QUOTES             TYLER BAZE, BREAKPOINT, WINNER: “I worked him a couple of times and I told Neil, the further we can run him the better. He asked, ‘The San Juan Capistrano?’ and I said, ‘Yeah, great!’. He will go two miles, he’ll go all day long. He’s just a big plodder and we learned […]