Stable Notes

• GAME ON DUDE’S DRILL MAKES BAFFERT HAPPY, BUT NOT WEIGHTS

• JON WHITE INSTALLS GAME ON DUDE MORNING LINE FAVORITE

• CHAMP BEHOLDER PREPS FOR GRADE I LAS VIRGENES STAKES

• SUGGESTIVE BOY SHARP FOR SATURDAY’S FRANK E. KILROE MILE

GAME ON DUDE TO CARRY HIGH WEIGHT OF 125 IN BIG ’CAP

It’s game on for Game On Dude in next Saturday’s Santa Anita Handicap after the favorite for the track’s marquee race worked six furlongs on a fast main track Sunday morning under Martin Garcia in company with stablemate Patriot’s Voyage.

• STATUS SEEKER CLUBHOUSE RIDE EYES SANTA ANITA HANDICAP

• BAFFERT AWAITS WEIGHTS, WORKOUT FOR GAME ON DUDE

• DON PIERCE REMEMBERS FIRST OF FOUR BIG ‘CAPS 53 YEARS AGO

BIG ’CAP-BOUND CLUBHOUSE RIDE PAYS HIS WAY FOR CRAIG LEWIS

Craig Lewis doesn’t put Clubhouse Ride in the same class as former stars he trained like Larry the Legend and Cutlass Reality, but if the 5-year-old Candy Ride horse wins the rich and prestigious Santa Anita Handicap on March 2, the trainer might have to reevaluate his thinking.

Larry the Legend was a rags-to-riches stakes winner that cap

• HANDSOME MIKE TRIES TO RIGHT SHIP IN SANTA ANITA HANDICAP

• CALLED TO SERVE FIRES BULLET WITH STEVENS UP FOR BIG ’CAP

• PINCAY FONDLY RECALLS FIRST BIG ’CAP WIN 40 YEARS AGO

• SAHARA SKY SEEKS SECOND STRAIGHT STAKES WIN IN SAN CARLOS

• JOCKEYS LOSE BUT CHARITY WINS IN ANNUAL BASKETBALL GAME

• MARIO PINO WINS SANTA ANITA’S GEORGE WOOLF AWARD

BIG ’CAP PACE SCENARIO IMPORTANT FOR HANDSOME MIKE

A word of caution from Team O’Neill: Handsome Mike is not a one-hit wonder.

• GAME ON DUDE’S SUCCESS: A ‘TAIL’ OF TWO SITTINGS

• THE LUMBER GUY IN SHARP MOVE FOR SAN CARLOS STAKES

• SANTA ANITA RIDERS SET FOR TONIGHT’S CHARITY GAME

• DELGADILLO, SPAWR A WINNING TEAM AT SANTA ANITA

ADJUSTMENT IN GATE AIDS BIG ’CAP FAVORITE GAME ON DUDE

In an otherwise remarkable career, Game On Dude has been known to throw in a clunker now and then, resulting mainly from occasional problems leaving the starting gate.

They should all be behind him now since Mike Smith has taken over as the gelding’s regular rider two races back, both easy victories

• STEPHANOATSEE SETTLED IN FOR SANTA ANITA HANDICAP

• THE LUMBER GUY IN FAST DRILL FOR SAN CARLOS STAKES

• BEHOLDER ‘COULDN’T LOOK BETTER’ FOR LAS VIRGENES

• POPULARITY GROWING FOR THURSDAY’S CHARITY GAME

STRUB RUNNER-UP ON COURSE FOR GRADE I BIG ’CAP ON MARCH 2

Strub Stakes runner-up Stephanoatsee has settled in nicely at Richard Mandella’s barn as he prepares for the Santa Anita Handicap on March 2.

A son of A.P.

• GAME ON DUDE DRILLS FOR SANTA ANITA HANDICAP

• CHARM THE MAKER NEEDS GOOD START IN BUENA VISTA

• EDDIE D: NEXT THURSDAY’S CHARITY GAME BENEFITS ALL

• SHOWVIVOR II STARTS AT SANTA ANITA ON FEB. 23

GAME ON DUDE ‘JUST CRUISES’ IN WORK FOR MARCH 2 BIG ’CAP

Game On Dude, in quest of his second victory in the Santa Anita Handicap, worked four
furlongs towards that goal on Santa Anita’s fast main track on a picture-perfect Sunday morning in 48.40 according to Santa Anita clockers. Rafael Bejarano was aboard.

• MORE HISTORY IN THE OFFING FOR SANTA ANITA HANDICAP?

• CABALLO DEL CIELO GETS GOOD DRAW FOR SAN VICENTE

• GOMEZ, BYRONY TEAM UP AGAIN IN MONDAY’S BUENA VISTA

• WHITE MAKES SANTA ANITA RIDERS SLIGHT PICK IN CHARITY GAME

MULTIPLE STORYLINES IN SANTA ANITA HANDICAP ON MARCH 2

The Santa Anita Handicap, a race already steeped in history, could enhance its luster when it is run this year on March 2.

If Ron the Greek faces Game On Dude as anticipated, it would mark the first time in the race’s 76 runnings that two previous Big ’Cap winners meet in the classic.

• STEVENS SET FOR HERE AND NOW IN GRADE II SANTA MARIA

• EQUIPMENT CHANGES MAY AID MUDFLATS IN SAN VICENTE

• IMPROVING IN THE STARS SET FOR MONDAY’S BUENA VISTA

• HOOVER SEES BIG THINGS FOR JOCKEYS IN CHARITY GAME

STEVENS ON ‘HIS KIND OF HORSE’ IN SATURDAY’S SANTA MARIA

Gary Stevens rides Great Hot for the first time in Saturday’s Grade II Santa Maria Stakes. By the time he gets a leg up from trainer A. C.

• MEZAS HOPE FAIRYTALE CONTINUES WITH A JEALOUS WOMAN

• BAFFERT ENTERS TRIO IN SUNDAY’S GRADE II SAN VICENTE

• HOLLENDORFER HAS THREE FOR THE MONEY IN SANTA MARIA

• BREEDERS’ CUP HOPES REMAIN FOR STALLION ACCLAMATION

• BLANC BRINGS FUN TO SANTA ANITA JOCKEYS’ CHARITY GAME

A JEALOUS WOMAN SHARP FOR MONDAY’S BUENA VISTA

The story of A Jealous Woman is one of faith, hope and charity: faith in the horse, hope
for the future, and charity to mankind.

• TAKE NOTE OF TREASURY BILL WHEN DISTANCES INCREASE

• MILE SHOULD SUIT MIZDIRECTION IN BUENA VISTA ON FEB.