SANTA ANITA PARK COMPLETES SAFEST WINTER-SPRING SEASON ON RECORD   Arcadia, CA (June 20, 2022) – Santa Anita Park concluded the six-month 2021-22 Winter-Spring season on June 19th as the safest track in North America among those with a comparable volume of racing and training. Santa Anita Park’s record is highlighted by a 62.5% improvement […]

HORSEPLAYER BOB IKE TAKES $5,000 ON-TRACK BONUS & BAGS TOTAL WINNINGS OF $11,238 AS HE WINS $500 BETTING CHALLENGE HOSTED BY SANTA ANITA & XPRESSBET   IKE ALSO GETS A FREE ENTRY INTO $1,500 CLOSING DAY CHALLENGE   ARCADIA, Calif. (June 18, 2022)–Longtime Southern California horseplayer Bob Ike got the money on Saturday at Santa […]

CLOSING DAY MANDATORY PAYOUT RAINBOW SIX POOL EXPECTED TO REACH $3 MILLION ON SUNDAY WITH AVERAGE FIELD SIZE AT 10 HORSES PER RACE   20 CENT RAINBOW PICK SIX COVERS RACES SIX THROUGH 11 WITH FIRST POST TIME AT 1 P.M.; $500,000 GUARANTEED POOL IN 50 CENT LATE PICK 5, MANDATORY PAYOUTS ON ALL WAGERS […]

REDDAM’S HOMEBRED FILLY ABSOLUTELY ZERO TAKES ON THE BOYS AND WINS $100,000 FASIG-TIPTON FUTURITY BY ONE LENGTH IN 59.09   ARCADIA, Calif. (June 18, 2022)–Reddam Racing’s Absolutely Zero opted to take on the boys Saturday at Santa Anita and she answered the call, turning back a determined effort from her stablemate Tahoma to take the […]

JOCKEY QUOTES             MARIO GUTIERREZ, ABSOLUTELY ZERO, WINNER: “She’s not the fastest horse out of the gate so today, she broke really well. She broke with them, and I tried to maintain my position and find my way to keep her in there, she responded really well. “She’s very gutsy. She definitely is a fighter […]

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 […]