Week six is now completed at Santa Anita Park for their long six month venue perched just below the San Gabriel Mountains. Rain came into play this past week with about 2 inches of rain falling mid week and taking the races off the turf on Friday. But the weekend played to a fast main […]
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Big City Lights, winner of last year’s GIII, $100,000 Palos Verdes, will look to make it back-to-back successes in the six-furlong sprint when he takes on five rivals including graded winner Anarchist Saturday at Santa Anita. Big City Lights, trained by Hall of Famer Richard Mandella, got up just in time in last year’s Palos […]
Santa Anita Park will increase purses beginning Feb. 28 for the Classic Meet, which runs through April 6. The boost in prize money comes after increases in key business metrics for the Southern California landmark through the first six weeks of the season, which began Dec. 26. The purse increases are the result of collaborative […]
Malibu Stakes (Gr.I) 3 YO, 7F – $300,000 Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan is poised to get upset by the Santa Anita Derby winner Stonghold but we think there’s one more in the field that has good early speed with a solid rider that can beat them both. La Brea Stakes (Gr.I) F, 3 YO, […]
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 File could not be opened. Check the file’s permissions to make sure it’s readable by your server. […]
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 […]