By Margaret Ransom Saturday’s main event at Santa Anita is the 10th race, the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes (G1), a “Win & You’re In” Breeders’ Cup Challenge event that guarantees a winn...
By Ed McNamara Poor Medina Spirit. Through no fault of his own, he’s been the center of controversy since his postrace drug positive for betamethasone came to light eight days after he finished ...
By US Racing Team Opening weekend for Santa Anita Park’s fall meet has everything covered from A to Z – from the American Pharoah Stakes (G1) on Friday to the Zenyatta Stakes (G2) on Sunday. Both ...
By Richard Rosenblatt It’s been a busy news week in horse racing leading up to the weekend schedule, which features the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx on Saturday – a race that was sup...
By Mike Farrell Medina Spirit was set to come east Saturday to headline the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (G1) at Parx Racing. He would have arrived with a whole lot of off-track baggage. Now he’s s...
By Mike Farrell The squirrels in the Northeast are frenzied as the mature acorns come showering down and the first wave of leaves are off the trees. Fall is just around the corner, as any racing fan c...
By Ed McNamara The gates opened for the Kentucky Oaks, and within seconds John Velazquez had to abandon Plan A. “The strategy was to break well and get a good position,” he said. “When that didn...
By Noel Michaels There is a five-way battle royal atop the Santa Anita trainer standings that should continue for the rest of the season, which still has two months to go. Through mid-March, the actio...
By Richard Rosenblatt Some numbers to digest as we get ready for the first of eight Kentucky Derby preps with qualifying points of 100-40-20-10 to the first four finishers of each race … The winner ...
The current round of 50-20-10-5 Kentucky Derby-point prep races comes to an end on Saturday [March 13] with the $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) at Oaklawn Park. This key step on the road to the Derby dre...
