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By City News Service Photo: Getty Images North America ARCADIA (CNS) - A 3-year-old filly has been euthanized after fracturing an ankle while training at Santa Anita, horse racing officials said today. Gutz, who had one race in her career -- a fifth-place finish at Santa Anita on June 4 -- broke her right front ankle on Sunday. The horse “was triaged by track veterinarians and a diagnostic examination determined that it was an unrecoverable injury, according to Santa Anitas website. She was ...

February 6, 2021 02:22 AM (Note: updated after Saturday’s early scratches, including picks added by Duane Colucci.) Team Tuley continues to look for value from coast to coast. Granted, Sunday’s Super Bowl is the focus of this weekend, but we need something to keep our minds occupied on Saturday in addition to college and pro basketball (and hockey and golf and UFC, etc.). OK, so there’s a lot going on in the sports world, but always a place for some spot plays on Saturday’s horse ra...

Las Vegas There is a term that I learned living in Australia that applies well in so many facets of life. It is the tall-poppy syndrome, based on a flower that outgrows others in a field. It must not be allowed to stand out, so it is cut down. It is like the show-biz saying that Hollywood eats its young. The behavioral condition known as schadenfreude. Or mom’s declaration that we can’t have anything nice in the house. Speaking of Life Is Good … Is he not the quintessence of the tall popp...

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...