Five year old gelding for Len Powell tried a starter allowance race for non winners of three on Wednesday at a mile on the turf. Off as the 5/2 second choice in a field of 9, he broke slowly under Flavien Prat and was 8th into the clubhouse turn 7 back of the leaders. Prat […]
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Three year old filly for Ron Ellis tried an optional starter allowance race for non winners twice at ¾ on the main Wednesday. Off at 7/1 in a field of 7, she unfortunately drew the rail and broke running with the bug boy Orantes. She was pinned on the rail fighting for the lead and […]
Two year old filly for Simon Callaghan made her debut in Sunday’s finale, a maiden special weight event for Cal bred fillies at ¾ on the turf. Off at 4/1 in a field 9, she missed the start completely when she dwelt in the gate and didn’t break with the field. She was instantly last, […]
Two year old filly for Len Powell tried the Blue Norther stakes at a mile on the turf Saturday. Off at 4/1 in a field of 8, she broke ok and then for some unknown reason, Dettori rode her hard to make the lead from the outside, which she did. She came out of the […]
Three year old colt for Bob Baffert, who had been off for one full year, made just his 2nd career start on Friday at 3/4 on the main in a maiden special weight event. Off as the 6/5 choice in a field of just five after two late scratches, he broke OK under J.J. but […]
Three year old filly for John Sadler made her 1st start with winners after finally breaking her maiden in her 9th try. Off at 7/2 in a field of 7 going ¾ on the turf, she broke running in this starter allowance race for non winners twice under Joel Rosario and was second down the […]
Two year old colt for Mark Glatt made his debut on opening day in the second race for maiden special weights at ¾ on the main track. Off at 8/1 in a field of 7 under Flavien Prat, he broke OK but then was pretty much void of speed early and fell five lengths off […]
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, […]
Two year old filly for Andy Mathis made start #2 on Friday in a maiden special weight event for Cal breds at 5/8 on the turf. Off at 6/1 in a field of 9, she broke running under Aguilar and sat third down the back side, just two lengths off the pace. She went after […]
Three year old filly for Doug O’Neill tried the 2nd allowance condition on Sunday in the opener. Off at 18/1 in a field of six and the longest price on the board in this 5/8 turf sprint, she broke running under Fresu and laid 4th down the back side just 3 back of the leaders. […]