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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 poppy? Four days before Thanksgiving he dared to cruise to a 9½-length victory in his debut for Hall of...

Sponsored by: Anoakia Stakes winner Kalypso is one of four runners from the barn of trainer Bob Baffert entered in Sunday's 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 Sunday's Grade 2, $200,000 Santa Ynez Stakes at Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif. Baffert, who will send out a total of four fillies in the Santa Ynez, ...

Count Again Will Try To Maintain Momentum In San Gabriel Sponsored by: Count Again sweeps to victory in the Seabiscuit Handicap under Juan Hernandez Canadian-bred Count Again, fresh off the biggest win of his career in what was his first start for Phil D'Amato, will try to employ similar tactics under Juan Hernandez as he heads a field of seven older horses going a mile and one eighth on turf in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 San Gabriel Stakes at Santa Anita. A 6-year-old gelding by Awesome Again, Count Again is one of five horses exiting the G2 Seabiscuit Stakes, which was run at a ...

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 Baffert's 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 Saturday's 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 four to second, two to third and one Derby qualifying point to the fourth place finisher. Off at 1-5...

Sponsored by: Wildman Jack and jockey Mike Smith, left, nose out longshot Sparky Ville to win the Daytona Stakes W.C. Racing's homebred Wildman Jack, a graded stakes winning 5-year-old gelding by 2013 Santa Anita Derby winner Goldencents, heads a wide-open field of 11 older horses in Friday's New Year's Day feature, the Grade II, $200,000 Joe Hernandez Stakes at 6 ½ furlongs over the Santa Anita turf in Arcadia, Calif. Most recently seventh, beaten three lengths after taking the lead turning for home in the G1 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint at Keeneland on Nov. 7, Wildman Jack, who is t...