JOCKEY QUOTES GEOVANNI FRANCO, JUST GRAZED ME, WINNER: “At first we were running one-two with her stablemate (favored S Y Sky) and I thought it was sweet. Then the number five (Don’t Sell) started pressuring us from the outside and I thought we were going too fast . . . So I was able to sit […]

 JUST GRAZED ME MAKES LAST RUN TO TAKE $100,000 CALIFORNIA DISTAFF HANDICAP BY 1 ¾ LENGTHS UNDER FRANCO; ALEXANDER HOMEBRED, TRAINED BY D’AMATO, GETS 5 ½ FURLONGS ON TURF IN 1:01.82 ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 12, 2019)–Patiently handled by Geovanni Franco, Nick Alexander’s homebred Just Grazed Me drew off to an impressive 1 ¾ length win […]

TWO ‘GRAZENS’ CARRY NICK ALEXANDER’S COLORS QUEEN BEE TO YOU HAS TRAINER LERNER BUZZING LISA BERNARD POSTS HER FIRST TRAINING VICTORY BACK FULL TIME AT SANTA ANITA, T. BAZE DOUBLES ALEXANDER HAS TWO FOR THE MONEY IN CALIFORNIA DISTAFF Longtime California owner/breeder Nick Alexander will be represented by another daughter of Grazen in addition to […]

GLENDORA GIRL SCOUT TROOP TO PRESENT CHECK FOR $3,300 TO BENEFIT RETIRED RACEHORSES ON SATURDAY AT SANTA ANITA; CHECK TO BE GIVEN TO CARMA IN WINNER’S CIRCLE CEREMONY  ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 11, 2019)–With horse safety and welfare of paramount concern, Glendora Girl Scout Troop 1834 has announced it will present the California Retirement Management Account […]

 SANTA ANITA 20 CENT RAINBOW PICK SIX JACKPOT CARRYOVER OF $105,306 INTO SATURDAY; SIX CONSOLATION WINNERS TODAY EACH PAY $9,149.80  ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 11, 2019)–Although there was no single ticket winner in today’s 20 cent Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot, there were six consolation tickets with six wins, each worth $9,149.80.  Accordingly, there is a Rainbow […]

LONGSHOT RICK’S DREAM TAKES $51,000 SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE BY 3 ¼ LENGTHS UNDER HERNANDEZ; TRAINED BY SALDANA, HE GETS SIX FURLONGS IN 1:11.28  ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 11, 2019)–Breaking alertly from the rail, longshot Rick’s Dream went to the front through hotly contested early fractions and stayed there under Efrain Hernandez, winning Friday’s $51,000 Santa […]

McKINZIE BREEZES FOR BREEDERS’ CUP CLASSIC OMAHA BEACH ‘LOOKS GREAT,’ ALL OPTIONS OPEN DISTANCE COULD AID GYPSY BLU IN UPSET EFFORT XPRESSBET ‘FIRST CALL’ LOOKS AT WEEKEND RACES OAK TREE STALWART CHILLINGWORTH DEAD AT 93 BAFFERT ‘COMFORTABLE’ GOING FROM SMITH TO ROSARIO Multiple Grade I winner McKinzie, tepid favorite for the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa […]

SHEDARESTHEDEVIL & ÉCLAIR RATE BIG CHANCES IN WIDE-OPEN $75,000 ANOAKIA STAKES SUNDAY AT SIX FURLONGS ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 10, 2019)–Trainer Simon Callaghan’s Shedaresthedevil and Bob Baffert’s Éclair rate big chances in a wide-open cast of six juvenile fillies going six furlongs in Sunday’s $75,000 Anoakia Stakes at Santa Anita. Shipped west to Callaghan following an […]

SANTA ANITA 20 CENT SINGLE TICKET RAINBOW PICK SIX JACKPOT CARRYOVER OF $82,759 INTO THURSDAY; FIRST POST TIME FOR 8-RACE CARD IS AT 1 P.M. TWO CONSOLATION TICKETS WITH SIX WINNERS EACH PAY $18,116 ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 10, 2019)–Santa Anita’s popular 20 cent Single Ticket Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot went unsolved on Thursday, creating a […]

MO SEE CAL SPRINGS UPSET IN $53,000 SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE AS CEDILLO & MILLER TEAM FOR 5 ¼ LENGTH WIN WHILE GETTING MILE IN 1:38.78 ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 10, 2019)–Fitted with blinkers in her last eight starts, the Peter Miller-trained Mo See Cal had them removed today and she responded with an emphatic gate […]