Perfectly timed rally carries Stilleto Boy to Santa Anita Handicap upset
A driving finish in the $500,000 Santa Anita H. (G1) on Saturday at Santa Anita saw Stilleto Boy edge Proxy and Defunded to win the 1 1/4-mile prize. […]
Kent Desormeaux
Beyond Brilliant flips the script in Hollywood Derby
Favorites were overturned in all three stakes at Del Mar Saturday, with the biggest upset furnished by the 10.90-1 Beyond Brilliant in the $404,500 Hollywood Derby (G1). […]
Say the Word delivers irresistible closing argument in Hollywood Turf Cup
In contrast to his luckless passage in the Del Mar H. (G2), Say the Word saw nothing but daylight in the stretch as he swooped to a last-to-first verdict in Friday’s Hollywood Turf Cup (G2). […]
Private Mission books Breeders’ Cup spot in Zenyatta
The Breeders’ Cup “Win and You’re In” Zenyatta S. (G2) anchored a five-stakes Sunday card at Santa Anita. […]
Pappacap lives up to billing in Best Pal; Princess Grace stylish in Yellow Ribbon
East Coast shippers swept both graded stakes at Del Mar Saturday, Pappacap in the Best Pal S. (G2) and Princess Grace in the Yellow Ribbon H. (G2). […]
Ollie’s Candy digs deep in Clement L. Hirsch Stakes
by J. Keeler Johnson By all accounts, Ollie’s Candy should not have prevailed in Sunday’s $300,000 Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar. The four-year-old daughter of Candy Ride was switching from dirt to […]
Air Strike swoops on Cistron in Triple Bend
If Saturday’s $201,053 Triple Bend (G2) were held at the same 6 1/2-furlong distance as the April 20 Kona Gold (G2), Cistron would have been home free again at Santa Anita. But the Triple Bend […]
Sparky Ville nails Dessman in San Vicente upset
Hall of Famer Bob Baffert appeared to have Sunday’s $200,000 San Vicente (G2) surrounded, only to see his 3-5 favorite Coliseum beaten turning into the stretch and his 2-1 Dessman nabbed on the wire by […]
Ollie’s Candy remains perfect with close victory in Summertime Oaks
Paul and Karen Eggert’s homebred filly OLLIE’S CANDY moved her record to a perfect three-for-three by capturing her stakes debut in Saturday’s $200,345 Summertime Oaks (G2) at Santa Anita Park. With jockey Kent Desormeaux aboard, […]
Sophie P nips Madam Dancealot in Gamely thriller; Itsinthepost resumes service in Whittingham
The complexion of Saturday’s $300,690 Gamely S. (G1) changed twice before it had barely begun, and the drama concluded with an epic three-way photo that went to 14-1 Sophie P by a pixel over Madam […]