Santa Anita Park

Joy Scott's raw statistics as a jockey describe a marginal player in a dangerous game, taking risks for little reward. But there are more people around the racetrack like Scott than not.

Two months into his return, Gary Stevens has pretty much dismissed all suspicions that his comeback was an ego-driven publicity stunt. The kid can ride.

For those keeping score at home, and you know who you are, the new Kentucky Derby eligibility system kicks into high gear on Saturday when the Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream and the Risen Star Stakes at Fair Grounds each offers 85 points spread ...

Neither Doug O'Neill, trainer of Richard's Kid, nor Shug McGaughey, the trainer of Point of Entry, is looking beyond Saturday's San Marcos Stakes and Gulfstream Park Turf Handicap towards a race in Dubai in March.

The highly accomplished Game On Dude is now 6, an age at which many of history’s best geldings were still in their prime.

Trainer Ron McAnally's Argentine import Suggestive Boy returns to his best game in the one-mile Arcadia Handicap on Santa Anita's turf course.

After a year full of disappointments, the 2012 racing season came to a climax in the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita on Saturday, with Game On Dude and Wise Dan trying to prove - in separate races - that they deserved the Eclipse Award as Horse of the Year.

When Game On Dude runs in the Breeders’ Cup Classic Saturday, he can probably lock up the Horse of the Year title with a victory. Yet the nation’s richest and most significant race won’t necessarily be the dramatic high point in two days of racing at ...

Declining purses and lower grades have limited the number of quality runners in California's top turf stakes, a vicious cycle that is likely to continue.