JOCKEY QUOTES TYLER BAZE, ESCAPE CLAUSE, WINNER: “I had a beautiful trip, I wasn’t sure really what the other two (horses) were gonna do and they went and I just sat there and when I said, ‘GO,’ man… she took off with me. When she got the lead she kind of pulled up a little […]

FAVORED BELVOIR BAY HANDLES SWITCH IN SURFACE WITH APLOMB AS SHE TAKES $100,000 LAS CIENEGAS STAKES BY 1 ¼ LENGTHS UNDER PRAT; TRAINED BY MILLER, SHE GETS 6 ½ FURLONGS ON WET FAST MAIN TRACK IN 1:15.06 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2019)–In a race reduced by five scratches to a field of four runners due […]

ACCELERATE IN BULLET BREEZE FOR PEGASUS VICTOR ESPINOZA’S NEXT WORKOUT IS ON HOLD BALTAS SEEKS LA CANADA WIN WITH LEMOONA THE ONE DOLLAR STRONACH 5 OFFERED TODAY SINGLE TICKET RAINBOW SIX JACKPOT: $662,871 ACCELERATE BEATS EXPECTED RAIN, BREEZES IN 1:27.20 Horse of the Year finalist Accelerate had his penultimate workout at Santa Anita Friday morning for the […]

38 Winners in Friday’s Stronach 5 Each Take Home $3,864 LAUREL, MD – There were 38 winners in Friday’s Stronach 5, each receiving $3,864.50.                The Stronach 5, a national Pick 5 with a $50,000 guaranteed pool and industry-low 12-percent takeout, started with Tiger Eyes ($11) winning the ninth race at […]

SANTA ANITA SINGLE TICKET PICK SIX JACKPOT CARRYOVER OF $733,991 INTO SATURDAY AS $310,651 IN ‘NEW’ MONEY HELPS CREATE TOTAL FRIDAY POOL OF $973,522 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 11, 2019)–With a nine-race card on tap for Saturday, a 20 cent Single Ticket Jackpot carryover of $733,991 will await fans at Santa Anita, with first post time […]

DANUSKA’S MY GIRL BATTLES BACK TO TAKE $59,000 SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE BY THREE QUARTERS OF A LENGTH AS FRANCO & HOLLENDORFER TEAM FOR MILE WIN IN 1:38.81 ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 11, 2019)–In an extra game effort, Jerry Hollendorfer’s Danuska’s My Girl battled back to deny heavily favored Mo See Cal what seemed like a […]

ACCELERATE TO WORK FRIDAY FOR RICH PEGASUS STUTE TRIES BAFFERT-FREE LA CANADA STAKES RACE HORSE OHTANI TRIES TO TOP HIS NAMESAKE TWO DEBUT WINNERS NOT A FIRST FOR HOFMANS ONE DOLLAR STRONACH 5 STARTS TOMORROW RACING MOURNS THE PASSING OF BOB FLETCHER WEATHER ALTERS BREEZE DAYS FOR ACCELERATE, CITY OF LIGHT With rain forecast starting […]

SHOW IT N MOE IT ROLLS TO 3 ¼ LENGTH WIN IN THURSDAY’S $67,000 SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE; RIDDEN BY BEJARANO & TRAINED BY SHERLOCK, LOVINGIER HOMEBRED GETS 6 ½ FURLONGS IN 1:17.17   ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 10, 2019)–Winless in her last seven starts, Terry Lovingier’s homebred Show It N Moe It got back on […]

MILLER’S 1-2 PUNCH OF BELVOIR BAY & PAINTING CORNERS & SADLER’S SELCOURT, HEAD FIELD OF NINE DISTAFFERS IN SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 LAS CIENEGAS STAKES AT 6 ½ FURLONGS DOWN SANTA ANITA’S HILLSIDE TURF ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 9, 2019)–Trainer Peter Miller appears to be holding a pair of aces at 6 ½ furlongs down Santa […]

CANADIEN-BRED ESCAPE CLAUSE, TRUE ROYALTY, LEMOONA & K P WILDCAT  ALL PROMINENT IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 LA CANADA STAKES AT 1 1/16 MILES ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 9, 2019)–A Cinderella story from the plains of western Canada, Owner/trainer Don Schnell’s Escape Clause, a winner of nine consecutive races from June 8 through Nov. 9 of […]