Highest Performance Figures Earned By Each Horse Coming Into the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile The Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile (G1) | Saturday, November 2, 2024 | Race #12 | Post Time 5:25 PM PST HORSE RACE DATE TRACK RACE SURFACE RACE TYPE FINISH FIRE CPR HIGHEST FNL RAT Fluffy Socks 5/18/2024 […]
Santa Park Wrap Up Santa Anita Park ended their five week fall stand on Sunday and it was a day for the long shots to come rolling in. With pretty near full fields in the second half of the race program and many just plain wide open events, this Sunday afternoon was ripe for the […]
Santa Anita Closing Week There is just one week left at Santa Anita this fall and then the circuit moves quickly down south to Del Mar for four weeks of racing starting on Thursday, October 31. Then one day later, the Breeders’ Cup World Championships of horse racing take place with the two year olds […]
By Jarrod Horak In this road to Kentucky Derby 2025 article, I will recap the Grade 1 Champagne, Breeders’ Futurity, and American Pharoah Stakes, the final three major prep races for the 2024 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. The Juvenile will be run Friday, Nov. 1 at Del Mar. In the Grade 1 Champagne Stakes at Aqueduct […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 1, $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes will be run at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, October 5, 2024, and this is Win & You’re In race for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile. The seven entrants will travel 1 1/16 miles on the main track and this is a Kentucky Derby 2025 points race. […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 2, $200,000 Oak Leaf Stakes will be run at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, October 5, 2024, and this is Win & You’re In race for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. The eight entrants will travel 1 1/16 miles on the main track and this is a Kentucky Oaks 2025 points […]
Two year old colt for Doug O’Neill made start #4 on Monday in a maiden special weight at one mile on the main. Off at 4/1 in a field of 8, he broke OK from the 7 hole under Kyle Frey but got caught 5 wide into the clubhouse turn. He lost considerable ground and […]
Three year old gelding for Steve Knapp, who he claimed for $50K two starts back, is a different horse these days. Off at 4/1 when in the gate, yet 2/1 on the far turn (Computer Assisted Wagering $$$), he went right to the lead under Baze in this maiden allowance field, 3 and up, at […]
Two year old filly for Bob Baffert made her debut on Saturday at a mile on the main in a maiden special weight event. Pounded down to 6/5 in a field of 8, she made the running right from the get go under J.J. and was third coming out of the clubhouse turn just two […]
Four year old filly bred in France made her 2nd U.S. start on Saturday in a 1st allowance condition at a mile on the grass, 3 and up. Off at 7/2 in a field of 9 and adding the blinkers for the very first time, Mike Smith sent her right to the lead from the […]
