Local racehorses perform well at Santa Anita’s opening day

Dec. 27 (UPI) -- Trainer Bob Baffert celebrated Christmas a day late with five winners on Santa Anita's Opening Day program Monday, likely boosting one of those horses to an Eclipse Award and perhaps setting up another for a repeat raid on the rich races in the Middle East. It was a star-studded day in front of a big crowd at Santa Anita, as Juan…

ARCADIA - Taiba will be favored when a field of nine enters the starting gate for Monday's Malibu Stakes on opening day of Santa Anita's 47-day Classic Meet. The $300000 Malibu is one of three Grade I races, along with the La Brea and the American Oaks, on the 11-race card that begins at 11 a.m. There are also three Grade II events scheduled,…

This Inside Track to the Malibu Stakes wagering guide gives you an inside look at the six stakes races running at Santa Anita Park on December 26, 2022, including the $300000 RUNHAPPY Malibu Stakes (G1). With a win in the Malibu, the Bob Baffert trained Taiba could make his case for 3-year-old Male of the Year at the Eclipse Awards in January. Can…

While much of the country is suffering through extreme cold and winter storms, officials at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif., are preparing for their traditional day-after-Christmas opening on Monday, Dec. 26. Temperatures are expected in the upper 70s and there is no rain in the forecast for Monday, though a storm is expected to roll into…

Prince Abama was the victor in the Hollywood Turf Cup Nov. 26 at Del Mar. (Benoit Photos) ARCADIA, Calif-Trainer Phil D'Amato, who has become a dominant force on turf while relying heavily on Irish-bred imports, will send out likely post time favorite Prince Abama, a 4-year-old Irish-bred gelding in Monday's Grade II San Gabriel stakes at Santa…

In addition to a full menu of world-class racing highlighted by six graded stakes, Santa Anita's Classic Meet opening day, Monday, Dec. 26, will offer fans a number of promotions, including the track's traditional wall calendar, a magnificent Flightline print giveaway and signing with jockey Flavien Prat and trainer John Sadler, a $1-million Single…

Mike Willman/Santa Anita Press Releae ARCADIA, Calif. - With an Eclipse Award for top 3-year-old male potentially at stake on opening day, Monday, Dec. 26, nominations for Santa Anita's prestigious Grade I, $300000 Runhappy Malibu Stakes and five other graded offerings closed Monday with a total of 104 horses nominated for the Malibu, Grade I La…

Mike Willman/Santa Anita Press Box ARCADIA, Calif.-Santa Anita Park's Classic Race Meeting, which opens on Monday, Dec. 26, will offer horsemen the largest purse structure in Santa Anita's storied 88-year history with significant increases in both allowance and stakes race monies. Additionally, Santa Anita will again offer fans and horsemen the…

Santa Anita Park's Classic Race Meeting, which opens on Monday, Dec. 26, will offer horsemen the largest purse structure in Santa Anita's storied 88-year history with significant increases in both allowance and stakes race monies. Additionally, Santa Anita will again offer fans and horsemen the best winter turf racing in America, as its downhill…

ARCADIA - In one of the day's most thrilling finishes, Howbeit out-bobbed the old warrior, C Z Rocket, at the wire to win the $200000 Grade II Santa Anita Sprint Championship by a nose Saturday under Mike Smith. Smith and winning trainer Mark Glatt don't team up often, but when they do they've been a lethal combination. In the past two years, Smith…

ARCADIA, Calif.- Flightline, the undefeated tour d' force who has elicited comparisons to some of racing's all-time great champions, will have his first work in preparation for the Grade I, $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic this Saturday at Santa Anita. A sensational 19 ¼ length winner of the Pacific Classic Sept. 3 at Del Mar, Flightline has taken…

From Flightline's Malibu To Taiba's Runhappy Derby, Top Performances Were The Order Of The Day Throughout 76-Day Winter/Spring Meet Closing Day Handle Of $17.1 Million Up 12.2 Percent, Average Daily Handle Up Two Percent ARCADIA, Calif.-From an 11 ½ length blitz by superstar Flightline in the opening day Malibu Stakes Dec.

As the horse racing world prepares to descend upon Churchill Downs for next week's Kentucky Derby, this weekend's horse racing action focuses on Santa Anita Park. There will be four graded stakes on Saturday's card, headlined by the return of Big'Cap winner Express Train in the Grade 2 Californian. Keeneland's closing day is on Friday, topped by…

C R K Stable's classy Beyond Brilliant will try to stretch his speed to 1 1/4 miles on turf as he heads a field of seven 3-year-olds and up in Saturday's Grade 2, $225000 Charles Whittingham Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. Sent to the front in the G1 Frank E. Kilroe Mile (turf) on March 5, Beyond Brilliant showed the way to deep…