Current Tag: Phil D’Amato
Weekend Santa Anita Park Barn Notes
POSTED: September 27, 2020
A tip of the cap to assistant starter Tim Craigmyle, who Drayden Van Dyke was quick to credit following Improbable’s stirring win in Saturday’s Grade I Awesome Again at Santa Anita. Craigmyle kept...
Flavien Prat Ties Record For Most Stakes Win in a Season, Forges Past Rispoli for Title
POSTED: September 5, 2020
Rider Flavien Prat rang the bell four times Saturday afternoon at Del Mar, the last time in the $150,000 John C. Mabee Stakes. In doing...
Jockey Bejarano Enjoying Early Success Back in Bluegrass Country
POSTED: May 31, 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Rafael Bejarano, ranked No. 20 in all-time wins by a jockey at Churchill Downs with 213 victories, is finding early success in...
Cleopatra's Strike Could Be Crowned In Saturday's San Marcos Stakes
POSTED: January 30, 2020
Stable Notes: Mike Willman Most recently, beaten a neck going a mile and one eighth on turf in the Grade II San Gabriel Stakes Jan....
Cleopatra's Strike Heads Saturday's G2, $200,000 San Gabriel Stakes
POSTED: January 1, 2020
Santa Anita Press Photo Courtesy of Santa Anita ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 1, 2020)–Trainer Phil D’Amato’s Cleopatra’s Strike, a 7-year-old Ontario Canadian-bred gelding, heads a field...
Tyler Baze, Going Back To Cali
POSTED: November 10, 2019
Del Mar Press As the days during which racing was suspended at Santa Anita mounted up last winter, taking a toll on all horsemen, Tyler...
Breeders' Cup Longines Turf Updates
POSTED: October 30, 2019
Bricks And Mortar Turf Favorite photo credit Eclipse Sportswire / Breeders' Cup Photos © Acclimate – Acclimate had a 1 1/4m gallop around the Santa...
Norberto Arroyo Makes A Quiet Return
POSTED: May 24, 2019
Jockey Norberto Arroyo Jr. has made a quiet but thus far successful return to riding and winning races. Back from a broken ankle which caused...
