Current Tag: Santa Anita
A Santa Anita Experiment: No Whips
POSTED: April 6, 2019
Despite world renowned Hall of Fame riders like Gary Stevens and Mike Smith publicly expressing concerns about riding in a horse race with no whips...
Bob Baffert Shows Patience
POSTED: April 5, 2019
Bob Baffert is not only masterful at getting a horse to be at their best for a targeted race, he is also equally masterful at...
Justify Going to Australia
POSTED: April 4, 2019
Coolmore is sending two Triple Crown winners to Australia for the upcoming Southern Hemisphere breeding season. The unbeaten Justify will join American Pharoah at Jerrys...
2019 Kentucky Derby Points Up For Grabs
POSTED: April 4, 2019
Three major 2019 Kentucky Derby prep and points races will be run Saturday. The Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, the Blue Grass at Keeneland, and the...
Coincidences at Santa Anita? No Thank You
POSTED: April 1, 2019
A very pricey and savvy lawyer once told me "coincidences are for romance novels" and I believe for the most part he was right. Yesterday...
It Can't Get Worse at Santa Anita
POSTED: March 31, 2019
The situation at Santa Anita went from bad to worse, and now worse than that. After re-opening Friday they were able to run two cards...
Secret Spice Upsets Marley's Freedom in Beholder Mile
POSTED: March 31, 2019
Secret Spice and Geovanni Franco easily held off a late charge from heavily favored Marley's Freedom to take the Grade 1, $400,000 Beholder Mile at...
