D’AMATO’S DESERT DAWN HEADS SUNDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SUMMERTIME OAKS AS SOPHOMORE FILLIES GO 1 1/16 MILES   ARCADIA, Calif. (June 9, 2022)–Desert Dawn, the unlikely winner of the Grade II Santa Anita Oaks who went on to run a solid third at 50-1 in the Grade I Kentucky Oaks, returns to Santa Anita on […]

MULTIPLE STAKES WINNING NEWGRANGE TOPS SATURDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 AFFIRMED STAKES AT 1 1/16 MILES   ARCADIA, Calif. (June 8, 2022)–A two-time graded stakes winner, trainer Tim Yakteen’s Newgrange heads an evenly matched group of six sophomores going a mile and one sixteenth in Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Affirmed Stakes at Santa Anita. A winner […]

TEDDY’S BARINO SWITCHES FROM DIRT TO TURF & STRETCHES OUT TO WIN $69,000 SANTA ANITA ALLOWANCE FEATURE BY A NECK AS SHE GETS ONE MILE ON TURF IN 1:35.45 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 5, 2022)–Taking full advantage of a California-bred incentive program that allows horses to run at the same allowance condition they’ve already won at, […]

SANTA ANITA ANNOUNCES 2022 AUTUMN MEET STAKES SCHEDULE WITH A TOTAL OF 26 STAKES, 15 GRADED & FOUR CAL-BRED STAKES INCLUDED FIVE BREEDERS’ CUP ‘WIN & YOU’RE IN’ RACES OFFERED FIRST TWO WEEKENDS, OCT. 1, 2 & 8                 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 6, 2022)–Santa Anita’s 18-day Autumn Meet, which opens Friday, Sept. 30, will be […]

JOCKEY QUOTES             MIKE SMITH, WAR AT SEA, WINNER: “He’s a real talented colt and Ron’s done a great job with him, spacing his races and giving him time. “He’s a real big horse, but I told Ron, he always seems to have an ace up his sleeve and he hasn’t had to use it yet, […]

IMPROVING WAR AT SEA STALKS PACE AND TAKES $100,000 CINEMA STAKES BY THREE QUARTERS OF A LENGTH AS ELLIS & SMITH TEAM FOR 1 1/8 MILE TURF WIN IN 1:49.97   ARCADIA, Calif. (June 4, 2022)–Improving War At Sea, in his first stakes engagement, stalked the early pace, rebuffed heavily favored Balnikhov turning for home […]

CARAVA GUIDES JOCKEYS BAZE & FREY THROUGH SUCCESSFUL WINTER/SPRING MEET AS BOTH ARE AMONG SANTA ANITA’S TOP 10 WITH TWO WEEKS TO GO                 ARCADIA, Calif. (June 5, 2022)–Under the direction of longtime trainer and newly turned agent Jack Carava, jockeys Tyler Baze and Kyle Frey are enjoying solid meets through 69 racing days, dating […]

GRADE II SUMMERTIME OAKS NEXT FOR BICAMERAL TIAGO PEREIRA RETURNS HOME ON WINNING NOTE SANTA ANITA HOSTS UPCOMING WOMEN’S SUMMIT HOT ROD CHARLIE BREEZES FOR SALVATOR MILE TRAINER ENJOYING GREAT MEET, BY GEORGE Bicameral, a 10 ½-length maiden winner going a mile on April 15, will make her stakes debut next Sunday in the Grade […]

BALNIKHOV READY FOR PICTURE IN CINEMA STAKES SEAN MCCARTHY BREEZES TWO FOR THE AFFIRMED NEW EQUINE FACES ARE LURED FOR AUTUMN MEET SPRINT ACE DR. SCHIVEL ‘DOING WELL’ FOR RETURN ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR BALNIKHOV IN CINEMA The stars seem properly aligned for Balnikhov to win his first United States added money event in today’s […]

Inaugural Horse Racing Women’s Summit Announced, Headlined By Keynote Speaker Susan Packard Summit to be held September 28-30, 2022 at Santa Anita Park June 3, 2022 Arcadia, CA: The inaugural Horse Racing Women’s Summit (HRWS) has been confirmed for September 28-30 at Santa Anita Park. The multi-day event aims to bring together people from all […]