Current Tag: Umberto Rispoli
Balnikhov Takes Oceanside as Del Mar Begins
POSTED: July 23, 2022
Record Opening-Day Handle Is $23.56 Million DEL MAR, Calif.— Little Red Feather Racing, Madaket Stables or Old Bones Racing’s Balnikhov came from far back with...
Ocean Road finds fair winds to unfurl a GI victory in the Gamely
POSTED: May 30, 2022
ARCADIA, Calif.—Last to the quarter pole, the Brendan Walsh-trained Ocean Road (IRE), in her third North American start, unfurled an impressive turn of foot the final three...
Classy Going To Vegas Back To Defend Her Title in Saturday's Grade III, $125,000 Santa Ana Stakes as Nine Distaffers Go 1 ¼ Miles on Turf
POSTED: March 23, 2022
ARCADIA, Calif.–Classy Grade I winner Going to Vegas is back to defend her title in Saturday’s Grade III, $125,000 Santa Ana Stakes as she heads...
Umberto Rispoli moving his tack east to NYRA, Prat follows
POSTED: March 5, 2022
Umberto Rispoli heads east, is Flavien Prat next? Umberto Rispoli is leaving the Southern California circuit where he has established himself as a top rider...
Maglev Mows Down Competition in Baffle Stakes
POSTED: January 30, 2022
ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 30, 2022)–Aggressive early in his U.S. debut going a mile on turf Jan. 2, the Mark Glatt-trained Maglev settled nicely heading into...
Heavily favored Tony Ann holds on to win Friday's featured allowance
POSTED: January 22, 2022
ARCADIA, Calif. — Heavily favored Tony Ann set sail for home three furlongs out and held off longshot Hogans Holiday at the wire to take...
Bellabel Makes it Look Easy in Blue Norther Stakes
POSTED: January 4, 2022
ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 2, 2022)–Full of run into the far turn, Irish-bred Bellabel cut a sharp figure in her U.S. debut under Flavien Prat, as...
Hit The Road a standout in Sunday's Grade II San Gabriel Stakes at Santa Anita
POSTED: December 21, 2021
Trainer Dan Blacker’s Grade I winning Hit the Road figures prominently in Sunday’s Grade II, $200,000 San Gabriel Stakes as a field of seven 3-year-olds...
The 2021 Breeders' Cup one week later, The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
POSTED: November 12, 2021
Past the Wire and Jonathan Stettin take a look at the Breeders' Cup 2021 one week later with the good, the bad, and the ugly...
