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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...

With Goat In Tow, North County Guy Ships To Santa Anita, Captures Unusual Heat Turf Classic Sponsored by: North County Guy scores a hard-fought neck victory over Heck Yeah under Mario Gutierrez Content to sit well off the early pace, North County Guy wheeled four-wide at the top of the stretch en route to a hard-earned neck victory in Saturdays $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.  Trained by Richard Baltas and ridden by Mario Gutierrez, North County ...

Sponsored by: Anoakia Stakes winner Kalypso is one of four runners from the barn of trainer Bob Baffert entered in Sundays Santa Ynez Stakes for 3-year-old fillies In a race that as much as anything else underscores the depth of the Bob Baffert stable, his stakes winning Kalypso, who will shorten up out of a second-place effort in a Grade 1 stakes, appears the tepid choice among a field of seven sophomore fillies going seven panels in Sundays Grade 2, $200,000 Santa Ynez Stakes at San...

Sponsored by: Bob Baffert-trained Life Is Good won a Nov. 22 maiden race at Del Mar by 9 1/2 lengths A dazzling 9 ½ length maiden winner in his first start, Bob Bafferts Life Is Good will no doubt be a short priced favorite as he stretches out to a flat mile and heads a field of five sophomores in Saturdays Grade 3, $100,000 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita. Named in honor of the winner of the 1973 Santa Anita Derby, the Sham winner will receive 10 Kentucky Derby qualifying points, with fo...