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Baffert, Hernandez, Dettori dominate Santa Anita 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…
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Weekend Lineup: Malibu On Santa Anita's Opening Day Could Decide 3-Year-Old Title
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…
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San Gabriel Stakes Betting Preview
Happy Holidays to all, and a happy Boxing Day of racing will be coming to us live as the Santa Anita winter meet begins with a bang with
numerous graded stakes.
One of the graded stakes will be run on the turf early in the card, with the San Gabriel Stakes being a Grade 2 going 1 ⅛ miles.
This stakes will take place as Race 3, going to post at 3:03…
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Prince Abama was the victor in the Hollywood Turf Cup Nov. 26 at Del Mar. (Benoit Photos)
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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…
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Flightline wins his third straight race in style in Sunday's Grade 1 Malibu at Santa Anita. Benoit photo, courtesy of Santa Anita
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