Current Tag: Santa Anita
At age 100, Santa Anita’s beloved paddock caption John Shear retires
POSTED: July 29, 2021
Track to honor more than 60 years of dedicated service on 2021 Fall Meet Opener, Friday, Oct. 1 ARCADIA, Calif.—The news came in a twitter...
Del Mar opening day Celebrates a ‘real’ Del Mar summer
POSTED: July 14, 2021
Coming in hot: Jockey, trainer champions of Santa Anita; Overflow crowd of 14 entered for Opening Day Oceanside; Mandella has Royal Ship for San Diego...
Cal-bred At the Spa has a cool breeze in Fasig-Tipton Debutante win
POSTED: June 21, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—A seven-length first-out maiden winner versus statebreds on May 7, Terry Lovingier’s homebred At the Spa made it look easy in open company on...
Restrainedvengence has grudge match with Neptune’s Storm for the win in the G3 American Stakes
POSTED: June 21, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—Owner/trainer Val Brinkerhoff’s consistent 6-year-old gelding Restrainedvengence kept to his task and overhauled favored Neptune’s Storm late to notch his first-ever graded stakes victory,...
Big City Lights victory in $100K Fasig-Tipton Futurity wasn’t dimmed by inquiry
POSTED: June 21, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—Although much the best, heavily favored Big City Lights had to survive a lengthy steward’s inquiry in winning Sunday’s $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Futurity at Santa...
Jimmy Blue Jeans shows heart in Snow Chief victory under Kent Desormeaux
POSTED: June 20, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—Attentive to the pace throughout, longshot Jimmy Blue Jeans was all heart late as he held off heavily favored None About the Law by...
Stalwart Acclimate takes a romp to the finish for a repeat in the San Juan Capistrano
POSTED: June 20, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—As Yogi Berra once famously noted, “It’s déjà vu all over again.” Such was the case in the 81st running of the Grade III, $100,000...
Fi Fi Pharoah gets a late roll to battle her way to exciting Melair win
POSTED: June 20, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—Unexpectedly last early, Terry Lovingier’s homebred Fi Fi Pharoah battled through the lane with Eddie’s New Dream to win by a half length in...
Under new trainer Dr. Schivel runs the rail for 2021 debut win in Santa Anita Allowance Feature win
POSTED: June 19, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—Idle since winning the Grade I Del Mar Futurity on Sept. 7, Dr. Schivel overcame significant adversity from his rail post position to win...
