Santa Anita News

GRADE I WINNER EGG DROP HEADS OUTSTANDING FIELD OF 10 IN MONDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 BUENA VISTA STAKES AT ONE MILE ON TURF

FIVE OUT OF THE 10 RUNNERS COME OFF STAKES WINNING EFFORTS IN WIDE OPEN AFFAIR ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 14, 2014)–In what shapes up as one of the most competitive races of the meet, Grade I winner Egg Drop heads a talent-laden cast of 10 older fillies and mares in Monday’s Grade II, $200,000 Buena Vista […]

PEACE AND JUSTICE OPENS UP AND HANGS ON TO WIN ONE MILE TURF QUASAR PURSE UNDER BLANC, SHIRREFFS TRAINEE WINS BY HEAD

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 14, 2104)–With the temporary rail set at 30 feet, Peace and Justice erupted on the front end around the Club House turn and despite staying on his left lead in deep stretch, held on to take a hard-earned head victory in Friday’s $65,000 Quasar Purse under Brice Blanc, getting one mile on […]

SINGLE WINNING PICK SIX TICKET PAYS $59,808 AND IS PURCHASED ON-TRACK AT SANTA ANITA FOR JUST $16.00

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 14, 2014)–For an extremely modest investment of just $16.00, one lucky fan walked home with a Pick Six jackpot of $59,808 on Friday at Santa Anita. Initiated at Santa Anita in October of 1980, the popular $2 wager requires players to select the winners of the final six races on each day’s […]

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN

• GRADE II SAN VICENTE ‘TOUGH RACE’ FOR PAPA TURF • STEADY IOTAPA ON COURSE FOR GRADE II SANTA MARIA • DANCINGTOTHESTARS IN TUNE FOR MONDAY’S BUENA VISTA • ROUTE RIGHT DOWN THE ALLEY FOR VENERABLE MENSA HEAT KASPAROFF LOOKS FOR IMPROVEMENT IN SAN VICENTE Papa Turf takes on the heavyweights again when he runs […]

SANTA ANITA TO OFFER $150,000 GUARANTEED PICK SIX POOLS EACH SATURDAY & SUNDAY THROUGH JUNE 29

< ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 13, 2014)–Santa Anita Park has announced it will offer $150,000 guaranteed Pick Six pools each Saturday and Sunday beginning this Feb. 15 and 16, through Sunday, June 29. The track had been offering $150,000 pool guarantees on Saturdays, resulting in significantly increased average Saturday pools of $262,000 since the guarantee was […]

UP AND COMING CHERUBIM HEADS SUNDAY’S GRADE II, $200,000 SAN VICENTE STAKES, IMPORTANT STEPPINGSTONE TO $1 MILLION SANTA ANITA DERBY

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 13, 2014)–Cherubim, an up and coming colt by Henny Hughes, heads a competitive field of six 3-year-olds going seven furlongs in Sunday’s Grade II, $200,000 San Vicente Stakes, an important steppingstone to the $1 million Santa Anita Derby on April 5. An impressive 3 ¼ length maiden winner going six furlongs Dec. […]

BAYERN TAKES FEATURED $58,000 TAURUS PURSE BY 15 LENGTHS; RIDDEN BY STEVENS, BAFFERT TRAINEE HAS LOOK OF DERBY PROSPECT

EBLOUISSANTE, HALF SISTER TO ZENYATTA, RUNS DISAPPOINTING SECOND EARLIER IN THE DAY; ONE WINNING PICK SIX TICKET, PURCHASED THROUGH TWINSPIRES.COM, PAYS $72,639 ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 13, 2014)–In a race that could have Derby implications, Bob Baffert’s Bayern, ridden by Gary Stevens, stretched out to a mile and dominated Thursday’s $58,000 Taurus Purse, an allowance for […]

STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN

• MITCHELL, GARCIA, EGG DROP: IT’S ALL IN THE FAMILY • CALLAGHAN ‘EXCITED’ ABOUT CHERUBIM FOR SAN VICENTE • NAKATANI HAS ‘FAITH’ IN FILLY FOR GRADE II SANTA MARIA • DESORMEAUX STILL HAS ‘THE TOUCH’ WITH LIMITED RIDES • FORMER OWNER/TRAINER CURRIN PASSES AT AGE 77 EGG DROP ON HOLIDAY MENU MONDAY IN BUENA VISTA […]

IOTAPA, LET FAITH ARISE & FIFTYSHADESOFHAY HEAD COMPETITIVE GRADE II SANTA MARIA STAKES SATURDAY; SADLER, HOLLENDORFER & BAFFERT REPRESENTED

ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 12, 2014)–Iotapa, second in the seven furlong, Grade II Santa Monica Stakes Jan. 25, and Let Faith Arise and Fiftyshadesofhay, second and fourth respectively in the Grade II, mile and a sixteenth La Canada Stakes, head a competitive field of seven older fillies and mares in Saturday’s Grade II, 1 1/16 miles […]

SKY HIGH GAL, WITH NAKATANI UP, PREVAILS IN BLANKET FINISH TO TAKE $75,000 WISHING WELL, SADLER WINS FOUR RACES, THREE STAKES ON WEEKEND

ONE WINNING PICK SIX TICKET, PURCHASED FOR JUST $16.00 AT PENN NATIONAL, PAYS $119,476 ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 9, 2014)–Trainer John Sadler, off to a slow start at the current meet, won his third stakes of the weekend on Sunday, as his Sky High Gal prevailed in a four-horse blanket photo to win the $75,000 Wishing […]