Current Tag: Santa Anita
Versatile veteran Brandothebartender rallies to win $100,000 Crystal Water Stakes
POSTED: April 25, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif. (April 24, 2021)–Next to last mid-way around the far turn, veteran 8-year-old gelding Brandothebartender rallied four-deep turning for home en route to a...
Hot Rod Charlie flying under the radar to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby
POSTED: April 23, 2021
Past the Wire TV's Jeff Metz caught up with the connections of Kentucky Derby contender Hot Rod Charlie who is being put through his final...
Royal Ship catches extra wind to win thrilling stretch duel in Californian GII
POSTED: April 18, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—In what soon developed into a match race, Richard Mandella’s Royal Ship out-gamed Bob Baffert’s Country Grammer by a neck following a thrilling stretch...
Owners open wallets for $100K claims
POSTED: April 16, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—Two of California’s most successful owners each wrote checks for $100,000 this past Sunday as they claimed a pair of horses out of the...
Superstition ready for second stakes win for Mandella
POSTED: April 16, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—Superstition, never worse than third in six straight turf sprints, the third a promotion from fourth via disqualification, seeks her second straight stakes win...
Royal Ship hopes for fair winds and following seas in Californian
POSTED: April 16, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—Royal Ship has made nine of 11 career starts on turf, finishing an eventful fourth in the Grade III Native Diver Stakes last Nov. 21...
Medina Spirit looking good in Derby breeze; Concert Tour on hold
POSTED: April 16, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—Medina Spirit, a game second to undefeated Rock Your World in the Grade I Runhappy Santa Anita Derby on April 5, worked five furlongs this...
Independence Hall brings his class act to the $200K Californian
POSTED: April 14, 2021
The race is an iconic stepping stone to the Hollywood Gold Cup GI on May 31 ARCADIA, Calif. (April 14, 2021)—Trainer Michael McCarthy’s classy Independence...
It’s a showdown on the turf between Superstition & Leggs Galore in Saturday’s Mizdirection Stakes
POSTED: April 14, 2021
ARCADIA, Calif.—A pair of talented 4-year-old fillies in top form, Richard Mandella’s Superstition and Phil D’Amato’s Leggs Galore, meet for the first time as six...
