Current Tag: Santa Anita
Sumter Back Better than Ever in Lure
POSTED: October 19, 2024
With Hall of Fame Ride from Mike Smith. (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) Santa Anita Press Box ARCADIA, Calif.—When discussing Saturday’s $80,000 Lure Stakes, Hall of...
Seal Team Returns in Lure
POSTED: October 17, 2024
Seal Team wins the Twilight Derby (G2) Nov. 4, 2023, at Santa Anita (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) For information on Past The Wire’s annual Breeders’...
Grand Slam Smile Tackles Hillside Turf
POSTED: October 13, 2024
Grand Slam Smile. (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) Versatile 3-year-old beats older horses in Saturday’s $100,000 California Distaff Handicap at Santa Anita The race is part...
Fast Buck, Johnny Podres Ready to Fly ‘The Flag’
POSTED: October 11, 2024
Fast Buck (center) scoring the Daytona. (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) Sunday’s $100,000 California Flag Handicap Santa Anita Press Box ARCADIA, Calif.—Graded stakes winner Fast Buck...
Thought Process Dominates in Surfer Girl
POSTED: October 6, 2024
Thought Process. (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) D’Amato trainee will now target the $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf Santa Anita Press Box ARCADIA, Calif.—Thought...
Citizen Bull Redeems in American Pharoah
POSTED: October 5, 2024
Citizen Bull. (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) Trained by Bob Baffert, Citizen Bull earns an automatic berth to the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Nov. 1...
Hang The Moon Goes Last to Win in Rodeo Drive
POSTED: October 5, 2024
Hang The Moon. (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) With the win, Hang the Moon earns an automatic berth to the $2 million Breeders’ Cup Filly &...
One Magic Philly Conjures Win in Chillingworth
POSTED: October 5, 2024
One Magic Philly. (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) Grade I winner Sweet Azteca (1-9) finishes last Santa Anita Press Box ARCADIA, Calif.—Making her stakes debut for...
13-1 Pali Kitten Puts Away Rival In Speakeasy
POSTED: October 5, 2024
Pali Kitten (#3 outside) battles Dreamaway to the finish. (Ernie Belmonte/Past The Wire) Santa Anita Press Box ARCADIA, Calif.—Pali Kitten, the longest shot on the...
