JOCKEY QUOTES             RAMON VAZQUEZ, STONE SILENT, WINNER: “First I’d like to thank the trainer and the owners for the opportunity. I worked her three times in the morning, and I knew she was a nice filly. She broke good and got a good position and she responded really well. “I wasn’t surprised (to be […]

JOCKEY QUOTES             JUAN HERNANDEZ, PRIVATE MISSION, WINNER: “She broke really sharp and as soon as she saw Lady Mystify in front of me, she relaxed, and she was just waiting for me to ask her to go. “I credit everyone for these wins. I’m really happy because I’m doing really well, I just want […]

PRIVATE MISSION RETURNS TO TOP FORM AS SHE PRESSES THE PACE AND TAKES GRADE II, $200,000 SANTA MARIA STAKES BY THREE QUARTERS OF A LENGTH   RETIRED HOF JOCKEY EDDIE DELAHOUSSAYE PRESENTS THE SANTA MARIA TROPHY   ARCADIA, Calif. (June 18, 2022)–She’s back.  Well beaten in her last three starts, Baoma Corp’s Private Mission broke […]

RED BARON’S & TEMESCAL NEAR OWNERS’ TITLE D’AMATO ADDS TO TRAINING MARK WITH 3 WINS BIG MANDATORY EXOTIC PAYOUTS LOOM TODAY AUTUMN MEET HAS PREPONDERANCE OF STAKES   OWNERS’ TITLE GOES DOWN TO THE WIRE With two wins on the penultimate day of the Winter/Spring Meet Saturday, Red Baron’s Barn LLC and Rancho Temescal LLC […]

FRENCH-BRED NEIGE BLANCHE GOES GATE TO WIRE IN WINNING $100,000 POSSIBLY PERFECT STAKES BY ONE LENGTH AS SHE NOTCHES HER THIRD STAKES WIN OF THE WINTER/SPRING MEET     ARCADIA, Calif. (June 19, 2022)–Winless in six turf tries at the distance, trainer Leonard Powell’s Neige Blanche was all business as the 1-2 favorite in Sunday’s […]

JOCKEY QUOTES               JUAN HERNANDEZ, NEIGE BLANCHE, WINNER: “Leonard told me that I knew the filly and she was feeling a little fresh today. In the warm-up I took her off the pony and I was galloping by myself, and I felt that she was really strong. I was thinking that she was going […]

D’AMATO GETS RECORD 57TH TRAINING WIN AS CARPE VINUM TAKES $72,000  SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE BY 2 ¼ LENGTHS UNDER VAZQUEZ   ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 17, 2022)–A dominant force throughout Santa Anita’s Winter/Spring Meet dating back to opening day, Dec. 26, trainer Phil D’Amato won his record 57th race on day 74 Friday as his […]

AVENUE COULD STROLL IN MARATHON SAN JUAN BRINKERHOFF ‘RESTRAINED’ FOR SUNDAY’S AMERICAN POWELL PAIR PROMINENT IN POSSIBLY PERFECT D’AMATO SETS A SANTA ANITA TRAINING RECORD MASSIVE MANDATORY PAYOUTS LOOM ON SUNDAY DELAHOUSSAYE TO PRESENT SANTA MARIA TROPHY HOF JOCK STEVENS VISITS CLOCKER’S CORNER   AVENUE HOPES TO WALK THE WALK IN SAN JUAN Avenue makes […]

FLORIDA-BRED FIRST TIME STARTER STONE SILENT LEADS THROUGHOUT & TAKES $100,000 FASIG -TIPTON DEBUTANTE BY 3 ¼ LENGTHS   ARCADIA, Calif. (June 18, 2022)–With heavily favored Tom’s Regret stumbling badly at the start, John Sadler’s first time starter Stone Silent speed to the lead and never looked back, taking Saturday’s $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Debutante by 3 […]

O’NEILL DUO READY FOR FASIG-TIPTON STAKES TOM’S REGRET ‘DOING GREAT’ FOR DEBUTANTE TRAINER: TWO FOR THE MONEY IN SANTA MARIA EURTON RECALLS MAN WHO ‘OWNED’ SAN JUAN VANZY SEEKS FIRST GRADED WIN IN AMERICAN DELAHOUSSAYE IS STABLE AREA VISITOR FORMER TRAINER TIM ARTERBURN PASSES AT 62   O’NEILL JUVENILES MATURE MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY Trainer Doug O’Neill […]