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The Chosen Vron Jumps Into California Cup Derby Off Sharp Maiden Victory Sponsored by: The Chosen Vron winning his debut under John Velazquez A lights-out first time maiden winner going 6 ½ furlongs on Dec. 27, trainer Eric Kruljac's The Chosen Vron merits top billing among a field of nine in Saturday's $200,000 California Cup Derby at a mile and one sixteenth at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Sponsored by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association, the California Cup Derby, which is one of five Cal Cup Day Stakes on Saturday, is part of the lucrative Golden State Series for ...

Chilean-Bred Sanenus Makes Early Move A Winning One In La Canada Sponsored by: Sanenus, a Chilean-bred by Scat Daddy, wins the La Canada by six lengths under Umberto Rispoli Ridden for the first time by Umberto Rispoli, Chilean-bred Sanenus made what appeared to be a premature move, but instead, the race was over early, as she took command around the far turn en route to an impressive six-length win in Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 La Canada Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Trained by Michael McCarthy for owner/breeder Matriarca, Sanenus got 1 1/16 miles on a fast track in 1:...

Training Horses Is Still A Work Of Art For Sherman Sponsored by: Trainer Art Sherman The New Year is here and one of racing's undisputed good guys, Art Sherman, welcomed it in fine fettle as he prepares to turn 84 on Feb. 17. In 2016, Sherman was named winner of the Big Sport of Turfdom Award, awarded annually by the Turf Publicists of America honoring a “person or group of people who enhance coverage of Thoroughbred racing through cooperation with media and racing publicists.” Sherman, who gained fame and fortune most trainers can only dream about when California Chrome burst o...

Fighting Mad Will Try To Go All The Way In Contentious Edition Of La Cañada Sponsored by: Fighting Mad went to the front at the start and was never headed in the Clement L. Hirsch Stakes Idle since third as the odds-on favorite in the Grade 2 Zenyatta Stakes on Sept. 27, Bob Baffert's speedy Fighting Mad heads a field of seven older fillies and mares going a mile and one sixteenth in Saturday's G3, $200,000 La Cañada Stakes at Santa Anita. While Fighting Mad will hope to control the early pace, the John Shirreffs-trained Hard Not to Love, a G1 winner who was second in the Zenyatt...

Jolie Olimpica, Oleksandra Prepare For Rematch In Las Cienegas Sponsored by: Oleksandra winning the Grade 1 Jaipur Separated by a half length when they last met in May, Brazilian-bred Jolie Olimpica and Australian-bred Oleksandra head a field of seven older fillies and mares going six furlongs on turf in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 Las Cienegas Stakes at Santa Anita. Originally run at about 6 ½ furlongs down the track's Camino Real Hillside Turf Course, the 47th edition of the Las Cienegas will be contested for the first time ever out of Santa Anita's all-new turf chute. Idle sinc...