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Sponsored by: Maxim Rate earns her first Grade 1 victory in the Gamely with Juan Hernandez aboard for trainer Simon Callaghan With the mile and one-eighth distance taking its toll, heavily favored Charmaines Mia faltered in the final sixteenth in Mondays Grade 1, $300,000 Gamely Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., and longshot Maxim Rate, ridden for the first time by Juan Hernandez, took full advantage as she lengthened her stride when it counted to win by a half-length.  Train...

Madone Makes Impressive Return In Senorita Stakes Sponsored by: Madone and jockey Juan Hernandez win the Senorita Stakes In a roughly run race, jockey Juan Hernandez orchestrated a picture-perfect trip for comebacking Madone, as she saved ground throughout and unleashed an impressive turn of foot to take Saturdays Grade 3, $100,000 Senorita Stakes by one length at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif.  Owned by Kaleem Shah, Inc. and trained by Simon Callaghan, Madone got a flat mile on turf...

Gold Rush Weekend Features $200,000 Guaranteed Late Pick 4 At Golden Gate Fields Sponsored by: Eight stakes races, led by the $250,000 Grade 3 San Francisco Mile, highlight the second annual Gold Rush Weekend this Saturday, April 24, and Sunday, April 25, at Golden Gate Fields. Both race cards have a first post of 12:45 PM PT. A lengthy list of Southern California trainers sends horses to compete in stakes races throughout the weekend. Those names include Jeff Bonde, Val Brinkerhoff, ...

Old Friends Pensioner Slim Shadey Euthanized With Leg Fracture Following Colic Surgery Sponsored by: Slim Shadey arrives at Old Friends in 2019 Two-time graded-stakes winner Slim Shadey has died. The 13-year-old gelding had been a pensioner at Old Friends, the Thoroughbred Retirement farm based in Georgetown, Ky., since 2019. Old Friends attending veterinary, Dr. Bryan Waldridge, released this statement: “Slim Shadey showed signs of colic and was referred for further diagnostics and...

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: Swiss Skydiver, ridden by Robby Albarado, outduels Authentic, ridden by John Velazquez, to win the Preakness Stakes during Preakness Stakes Day at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland. Scott Serio/Eclipse Sportswire/CSM Last years Eclipse Champion 3-year-old Filly, Swiss Skydiver arrived at Santa Anita from her Gulfstream Park base on Tuesday and is poised to make her 4-year-old debut as she heads a field of eight older fillies and mares in Saturdays Grade 1, $300,...

Versatile Maxfield Takes On Solid Local Contingent In Santa Anita Handicap Sponsored by: Maxfield pulls away to a 3 1/4-length victory in the Mineshaft Stakes Undefeated in five starts, Goldolphins homebred Maxfield, who has been installed as the 124 pound highweight, will ship in from his New Orleans base to head Saturdays Grade 1, $400,000 Santa Anita Handicap sponsored by San Manuel Casino. The Big Cap, which has attracted a field of eight older horses and will be run for the 84th ...

Promising Baffert Trainee Life Is Good Headlines San Felipe Sponsored by: Life Is Good, by Into Mischief A winner of a Grade 3 stakes on Jan. 2, Bob Bafferts lightly raced Life Is Good heads an outstanding field of seven sophomores going a mile and one sixteenth in Saturdays Grade 2, $300,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita. A key prep for the Grade 1 Runhappy Santa Anita Derby on April 3, the San Felipe, which was won last year by Bafferts eventual Kentucky Derby and Breeders Cup C...

Photo: Liz Lamont / Eclipse Sportswire Following a weekend off, the 2021 Kentucky Derby Points Series resumed with a trio of races worth a total of 119 points to the top four finishers. Two of the three races paid out enough points for the winner to stamp an entry ticket to the Kentucky Derby, but the winner of the other one will have to keep pushing forward to earn his. Lets jump in and start analyzing the leaderboard by looking at whos in, out and whos on the 2021 Kentucky Derby poin...

Big Weekend, Milestone Net Flavien Prat Jockey Of The Week Honors Sponsored by: 1,000 career wins for jockey Flavien Prat Jockey Flavien Prat had a very good week. In addition to winning all three stakes races at Santa Anita he also registered his 1,000th North American victory. The accomplishments earned Prat the Jockey of the Week award for Feb. 15 through Feb. 21. The award, which is voted on by a panel of racing experts, is for jockeys who are members of the Jockeys Guild, the org...