23-year-old jockey Drayden Van Dyke recently met with Santa Anita’s Zoe Cadman and Alexis Garske for observations from one of So-Cal’s brightest young stars, well on his way to becoming one of racing’s signature riders.   Much has been made of the mentors who have guided you, but what have you learned on your own? […]

SADLER GOES FOR SPRINT UPSET WITH TWO ON SATURDAY WHERE THERE’S SHARP SAMURAI, THERE’S ALWAYS ‘HOPE’ OWNING SHORTENS UP IN ‘WIN AND YOU’RE IN’ SPEAKEASY TRAINER ALFREDO MARQUEZ IS HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT SANTA ANITA RAINBOW PICK SIX JACKPOT FIRM AT $500,000 STRONACH 5 STARTS IN FIRST RACE AT SANTA ANITA TODAY   SADLER […]

BAFFERTS’ MUCH BETTER & BONDE’S KING OF SPEED MAY RATE TOP BILLING   ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 5, 2018)–In what appears to be a completely wide open contest, Monday’s $100,000 Zuma Beach Stakes at Santa Anita has attracted a field of eight juveniles, with Bob Baffert’s Much Better, Jeff Bonde’s King of Speed, Jerry Hollendorfer’s More […]

$1 MILLION JACKPOT POOL TO BE GUARANTEED ON SUNDAY AS WELL   ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 5, 2018)–A guaranteed $1 million Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot pool will await fans on both Saturday and Sunday at Santa Anita Park.  With first post time for an 11-race card on Saturday set at 12:30 p.m., Saturday’s Pick Six will […]

Stronach 5 Returns $1,161.10 on Friday, Oct. 5, 2018  LAUREL, MD – Bettors with all five winners in Friday’s Stronach 5 were rewarded with $1,161.10. There were 74 winners in the Stronach 5 and $97,003 bet into the second edition of the national Pick 5 with an industry-low 12-percent takeout. The third and fourth legs […]

ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 5, 2018)–In a performance that will no doubt merit a return to stakes competition, trainer Phil D’Amato’s Irish-bred Andesh unleashed an impressive turn of foot in taking Friday’s $51,000 Santa Anita allowance feature by 1 ½ lengths as he negotiated a mile and one eighth on turf under Flavien Prat in 1:46.79. […]

‘RANSOM’ IS SHARP FOR SA SPRINT CHAMPIONSHIP STEVENS REUNITES WITH MAE NEVER NO SATURDAY LE KEN DEBUTS FOR McANALLY IN THE CITY OF HOPE RAINBOW PICK SIX TO OFFER HUGE GUARANTEED POOLS   RANSOM THE MOON ‘READY TO GO’ SATURDAY Two-time Grade I winner Ransom the Moon worked four furlongs Monday in a bullet 47 […]

ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 4, 2018)–Hard hitting fillies Yuvetsi and Anonymity head a field of five fillies and mares three and up in Sunday’s Grade III, $100,000 LA Woman Stakes at Santa Anita. Trained by Richard Mandella, Anonymity had a sparkling resume heading into the Grade III Rancho Bernardo Stakes at Del Mar Aug. 12 and […]

ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 4, 2018)–Santa Anita Park will guarantee $500,000 in Friday’s 20 cent Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot pool and with 61 horses eligible to run in the Rainbow Six sequence, field size stands at just over 10 runners per race. Instituted for the first time at Santa Anita this past Friday, opening day of […]

ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 4, 2018)–Trainer Peter Miller’s El Huerfano, who was hustled to engage for the early lead, repelled a late bid by favored Shivermetimbers to take Thursday’s $53,000 Santa Anita allowance feature by one length, providing Flavien Prat with his third win in a row on the day as he covered 1 1/16 miles […]