By Richard Rosenblatt The last time these two champions met, it was no contest in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (G1). Preakness (G1) winner Swiss Skydiver stumbled at the start, and lost all chance of v...
Another big weekend of stakes races is set, topped by the matchup of champions Monomoy Girl and Swiss Skydiver in the $1 million Apple Blossom Handicap (G1) at Oaklawn Park on Saturday. Oaklawn’s Sa...
By Richard Rosenblatt and Ed McNamara Essential Quality, Medina Spirit and 26 other 3-year-olds will be off and running Saturday in a trifecta of Kentucky Derby prep races with ‘win-or-run-second-an...
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...
The $1 million Rebel Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds on the road to the Kentucky Derby and the return of champions Swiss Skydiver and Whitmore top the racing action around the country on Saturday. The Reb...
By Margaret Ransom Though the days of true handicap racing seem to have gone the way of the woolly mammoth, serious props go out to the few tracks who do their best to preserve history and offer big p...
By Noel Michaels Cheers to a great day of winning wagers at The Great Race Place on Saturday. It’s Big ‘Cap Day at Santa Anita with a mandatory Pick 6 payout that kicks off with the $300,000 San F...
By Richard Rosenblatt Ten days before his 68th birthday, Bob Baffert may have a better idea where his just-turned 3-year-old Life Is Good fits in on the road to the 2021 Kentucky Derby (G1). Highly-to...
By Richard Rosenblatt It took most of opening day, but Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert saw one of his horses make a trip to the winner’s circle at Santa Anita on Saturday courtesy of a brilliant re...
By Ed McNamara and Richard Rosenblatt During the past 40 years, hundreds of columns and speeches have stressed the need for uniform medication rules in American racing. On Monday (Dec. 21) the Senate ...
