Current Tag: Santa Anita
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...
Nicholas Vaccarezza talks new blood in the Sport of Kings and where we are and where we need to be
POSTED: April 7, 2021
Nicholas Vaccarezza is the perfect example of what the future of horse racing should be. He has passion for the sport with his love of...
Rock Your World punches ticket to Kentucky Derby and gives Umberto Rispoli his first US Grade 1
POSTED: April 3, 2021
FROM TURF TO DIRT, ROCK YOUR WORLD IS A STAR IN GRADE I, $750,000 RUNHAPPY SANTA ANITA DERBY AS HE WINS BY 4 ¼ LENGTHS...
Geo Sette digs down deep in the Santa Anita Derby
POSTED: April 1, 2021
By now Geo Sette should need no introduction. A few years ago he crushed the Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs right here on Past the...
