The American Oaks candidates are gathering at Santa Anita and bettors will have a full variety of options. The Grade 1 vehicle for 3-year-old fillies will be renewed on grass on New Year’s Eve at the classic distance of a mile and a quarter. As in all races, pace makes the race and for stone-old […] More
The Malibu Stakes opens Santa Anita on December 26 and there may not be a better post-Christmas present for horseracing fans. Along with the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes, Santa Anita will also offer the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes. Both events go at 7 furlongs with purses of $300,000. A total of $180,000 will be […] More
Trainer Lacey Gaudet has a classy pedigree and she did not get to this point of her career by missing out of any of her lessons. Growing up in a racing family has given her the foundation to succeed and with the help of her loved ones, Lacey is seeing the fruits of her labor. […] More
Succeeding at Santa Anita takes work, a lot of luck, being in the right spot at the right time and of course, having the right horse. Let’s start right there with the ‘horse for the course’ angle about runners that have shown an affinity for Santa Anita. What a View certainly fits that bill. The […] More
Santa Anita offers 58 stakes this winter with nine Grade 1s attached to the 72-day fan fest and the meeting will be followed by a shorter spring meeting. That meeting will go from April 14 to July 4 and it will continue to bring the quality to Southern California. Santa Anita offers a classy stakes […] More
Santa Anita workouts tell a story especially right now when connections try to get their horses primed for the opening of the meeting. The winner stand starts the day after Christmas. Some of the main players in Southern California skipped the action at Los Alamitos to re-energize and get focused. Traditionally, early in the Santa […] More
Beating California Chrome is never easy but nine brave souls will try to do just that Saturday at Los Alamitos. The vehicle is the $180,000 Winter Challenge at a mile and a sixteenth. The race was basically invented to give California Chrome a prep for his final race, the Pegasus World Cup. Two horses are […] More
The Sugar Swirl Stakes sweetens the Gulfstream Park card on Saturday and a competitive six-pack of talented fillies and mares will put their skills. The Grade 3 six-furlong event is a $100,000-guarateed race and 62% of that cash will go to the winner. The Sugar Swirl Stakes has been won by some fast horses over the years. […] More
The inner strip style dictates success at Aqueduct and for those that are trying to pad that Christmas bankroll, they have to get on board early and often. Recently it has not mattered what the track surface has been as the inner strip style has been consistent throughout. On December 7, the surface at Aqueduct […] More
The Starlet Stakes winner spoiled a huge Bob Baffert weekend at Los Alamitos as the talented filly Abel Tasman prevailed in the $300,000 fixture. A Grade 1 double for Baffert was thwarted in the Starlet, which is at the same mile and a sixteenth distance of the $300,000 Los Alamitos Futurity. After Mastery took that […] More
The trainers to watch at Fair Grounds are not only the high-profile conditioners that are solid year in and year out but also the teachers from some of the smaller barns. Those outfits can produce huge payoffs to bettors and must be monitored. Sure, last year’s leading trainer Steve Asmussen will win his fair share of races […] More
The Los Alamitos Futurity and the Starlet top the weekend of action in California and both races will shed light on the national champions. The Los Alamitos Futurity has been attached to the lending company CashCall and has taken its name and the $300,000-guaranteed Starlet, for fillies, stands alone. Both Grade 1 events will be […] More
