CA Racing News
KANTHAKA SEEKS KONA GOLD GOLD SATURDAY BAFFERT GOES WITH THE FLO WITH ROADSTER GIFT BOX TO BREEZE FOR GRADE I GOLD CUP KANTHAKA DRAWS OUTSIDE FOR GRADE II KONA GOLD Kanthaka, third in the March 30 San Carlos Stakes at seven furlongs after breaking from the rail, makes a relatively quick turnaround Saturday for the […]
SANTA ANITA SINGLE TICKET RAINBOW PICK SIX JACKPOT CARRYOVER OF $123,585 INTO SATURDAY; FIRST POST TIME FOR NINE-RACE CARD IS AT 1 P.M. GRADE II, $200,000 KONA GOLD STAKES HIGHLIGHTS PROGRAM ARCADIA, Calif. (April 19, 2019)–With the Grade II, $200,000 Kona Gold Stakes highlighting a nine-race card, Santa Anita fans will also be greeted with […]
LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM–TOP O’NEILL ASSISTANT LEANDRO MORA CELEBRATING 42 YEARS IN THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA RACING INDUSTRY ORIGINALLY DEVOID OF SKILLS AND MONO-LINGUAL, POPULAR MORA HAS EXPERIENCED VICTORY IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY, OAKS & FIVE BREEDERS’ CUPS WHILE RAISING A SUCCESSFUL FAMILY ARCADIA, Calif. April 19, 2019–With fifteen dollars in his pocket and not much […]
PURSES RAISED BY $10,000 ON EVERY NON-STAKES RACE AT SANTA ANITA PARK IN JOINT AGREEMENT BETWEEN TRACK & THOROUGHBRED OWNERS OF CALIFORNIA Arcadia, Calif. (April 19, 2019)–Santa Anita Park and the Thoroughbred Owners of California have announced a significant purse increase for all on non-stakes races through the next six weeks. The purse for each […]
TWO-YEAR-OLD LASIX BAN TO START IN 2020; STAKES RACES LASIX BAN IN 2021 A coalition of leading Thoroughbred racing associations and organizations announced today a new initiative committed to phasing out the use of the medication Furosemide (Lasix) beginning in 2020 and eliminating the use of Lasix in stakes races held at their racetracks beginning in […]
ARCADIA, CA – The Stronach Group applauds our national industry partners on their new commitment to phase out the use of the medication Furosemide (Lasix) beginning in 2020 and eliminate its use in stakes races held at their racetracks beginning in 2021. Last month, The Stronach Group, together with our industry partners in California, took […]
Over the past month, The Stronach Group introduced a series of changes at Santa Anita Park in the wake of catastrophic horse fatalities, with approval and implementation from the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB). Since reforms were introduced on March 15 there have been more than 53,000 training or racing sessions. There has not been […]
DR. DORR & KANTHAKA HEAD SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 KONA GOLD STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS SHAH’S HOMEBRED ALL OUT BLITZ RETURNS HOME & WILL BE RIDDEN BY BAZE ARCADIA, Calif. (April 17, 2019)–Bob Baffert’s Dr. Dorr and Jerry Hollendorfer’s Kanthaka head a field of five older sprinters in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 Kona Gold Stakes […]
CALIFORNIA DREAMIN’ IN 145TH KENTUCKY DERBY TALAMO LIKES ZATTER’S STYLE FOR KONA GOLD YOUNG CERIN TREATS HORSES WITH EQUINE SPA ‘SANTA ANITA SUPERFECTA’ HEADS FOR KENTUCKY DERBY Omaha Beach, Roadster, Game Winner, Improbable: Santa Anita’s Fab Four, all based at The Great Race Place, all in primary pouncing position to win the Kentucky Derby on May 4. […]
