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 […]

TABLE SET FOR HUGE CLOSING WEEKEND AT SANTA ANITA WITH SIX STAKES & THE POSSIBILITY OF A $3 MILLION MANDATORY PAYOUT POOL ON SUNDAY    AVERAGE FIELD SIZE FOR MANDATORY PAYOUT CLOSING DAY PICK SIX AT 10 RUNNERS PER RACE; $500,000 GUARANTEED IN 50 CENT LATE PICK 5 ON BOTH SATURDAY & SUNDAY                   […]

FRENCH-BRED NEIGE BLANCHE STRICTLY THE HORSE TO BEAT IN SUNDAY’S $100,000 POSSIBLY PERFECT STAKES AT 1 ¼ MILES ON TURF RACE IS ONE OF THREE STAKES ON 11-RACE CLOSING DAY CARD WITH FIRST POST AT 1 P.M.                 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 16, 2022)–Trainer Leonard Powell’s consistent French-bred Neige Blanche seeks her third stakes win of […]

UPSTART HONG KONG HARRY APPEARS THE HORSE TO BEAT IN SUNDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 AMERICAN STAKES AT ONE MILE ON TURF AMERICAN IS ONE OF THREE STAKES ON 11-RACE CLOSING DAY CARD WITH FIRST POST AT 1 P.M.                 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 16, 2022)–A dazzling winner of his only two stateside starts, Irish-bred Hong Kong […]

LEADING TRAINER D’AMATO BIDS FOR HIS 4TH CONSECUTIVE WIN IN SUNDAY’S GRADE III, $125,000 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO WITH TURF VETS RIJEKA & RED KING AS EIGHT GO A MILE AND THREE QUARTERS OVER HILLSIDE TURF SAN JUAN IS ONE OF THREE STAKES ON 11-RACE CLOSING DAY CARD WITH FIRST POST AT 1 P.M.                 ARCADIA, Calif. (June […]

REDDAM’S HOMEBRED FILLY ABSOLUTELY ZERO HEADS FIELD OF NINE MALES AT FIVE FURLONGS IN SATURDAY’S $100,000 FASIG-TIPTON FUTURITY   ARCADIA, Calif. (June 15, 2022)–A scintillating first-out maiden winner, Paul Reddam’s homebred filly Absolutely Zero looms the horse to beat as she takes on eight males going five furlongs in Saturday’s $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Futurity at Santa […]