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Sponsored by: Irish-bred Going Global and jockey Flavien Prat pose for pictures after winning the Honeymoon Stakes In one of the most impressive performances of the entire 64-day meeting, trainer Phil DAmatos Irish-bred Going Global split horses turning for home and rocketed to a 4 ¾-length win in Saturdays Grade 3, $100,000 Honeymoon Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.  Ridden by Flavien Prat, Going Global got 1 1/8 miles on firm turf in 1:46.37 and registered her fourth conse...

Sponsored by: The Chosen Vron wins the Lazaro Barrera Stakes under Umberto Rispoli With Laurel River and Ill Stand Taller duking it out on the front-end, trainer Eric Kruljacs The Chosen Vron flew off the turn for home and marched to an emphatic 3 ½-length win in Saturdays Grade 3, $100,000 Lazaro Barrera Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Ridden for the first time by Umberto Rispoli, the California-bred gelding by Vronsky got 6 ½ furlongs in 1:16.28. In a field of four sophom...

Save this story for later. What happened at the Breeders’ Cup World Championships in late 2019 looked like the end of horse racing in California, maybe in America. It was the twelfth and final race of a two-day series, at Santa Anita Park, the storied track near Los Angeles. Sixty-eight thousand people packed the Art Deco grandstand, the apron, the infield, the high-priced suites. The “handle”—the total betting for the day—was a healthy hundred and seventeen million dollars, but thoro...

Victor Espinoza Tabs Tom Knust As New Agent Sponsored by: Hall of Fame jockey Victor Espinoza Victor Espinoza has hired Tom Knust as his new agent. The Hall of Fame member and three-time Kentucky Derby winner who celebrates his 49 th birthday May 23 parted company last Saturday with Brian Beach after a historic eight-year run. For more than three years, Beachs priority has been maintaining vigilance on his wife Lottas recovery from an accident on a horse, which in part diminished his ...

Weekend Lineup Presented By Pimlico: Preakness Headlines Busy Weekend In Maryland Sponsored by: by NTRA | 05.14.2021 | 2:07pm The 146th Grade 1 $1 million Preakness Stakes at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore on Saturday, the second jewel of Thoroughbred racings Triple Crown, will be run at 1 3/16 miles. The Preakness is the centerpiece of nine graded stakes races to be run at Old Hilltop on Friday and Saturday. NBC Sports will broadcast the Preakness live, with coverage beginning Sa...

Brazilian-Bred Royal Ship Overtakes Country Grammer In Californian Sponsored by: Royal Ship and Mike Smith (outside) edge past Country Grammer to win the Californian In what soon developed into a match race, Richard Mandellas Royal Ship out-gamed Bob Bafferts Country Grammer by a neck following a thrilling stretch duel in Saturdays Grade 2, $200,000 Californian Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.  Ridden by Mike Smith, Brazilian-bred Royal Ship got 1 1/8 miles on a fast track in...

Beautiful Gift, Moraz Square Off Over Oaks Points At Santa Anita Sponsored by: Beautiful Gift winning the Santa Ysabel under John Velazquez Separated by a head when last they met on March 7, Bob Bafferts Beautiful Gift and Michael McCarthys Moraz will square off again as they head a field of five sophomore fillies in Saturdays Grade 2, $400,000 Santa Anita Oaks at a mile and one sixteenth. In addition to first prize of $240,000, the Santa Anita Oaks winner will receive 100 Kentucky Oa...

Sponsored by: Gamine sets a track record for seven furlongs (1:20.20) in the 2020 Breeders Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Keeneland. Idle since winning the Grade 1 Breeders Cup Filly & Mare Sprint Nov. 7 at Keeneland, Bob Bafferts brilliant 4-year-old filly Gamine towers over her competition going six furlongs in Sundays Grade 3, $100,000 Las Flores Stakes at Santa Anita. Supplemented at a cost of $2,000, owner Michael Lund Petersens Gamine will face three rival fillies and mares in wha...

Sponsored by: The Stronach 5 returns Friday with races from Gulfstream Park, Santa Anita Park and Golden Gate Fields along with an industry-low 12-percent takeout. Fridays sequence includes three turf races – two maiden turf races from Gulfstream and Golden Gate and a competitive 10-horse $32,000 claiming event from Santa Anita. The Stronach 5 begins at 4:50 p.m. with Gulfstreams eighth race, a claiming event for 3-year-olds and up going six furlongs. Five of Hearts breaks from the ...

Sponsored by: Fox Hill Farms Jolie Olimpica and jockey Mike Smith winning the Monrovia Stakes on Santa Anitas turf course In what appears to be a completely wide-open affair at six furlongs on turf, classy Bob and Jackie looks to rate a big chance cutting back in distance for Richard Baltas as he faces sharp recent winner Gregorian Chant, defending champ Cistron and Brazilian-bred Jolie Olimpica, who will be facing males for the first time in North America in Saturdays Grade 3, $100,0...