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Hovdey: Keeping a straight line with horses and rulings

At the rate it’s going, the 2014 Breeders’ Cup Classic could have a longer run than “The Simpsons,” at least in the tightly knit (and tightly wound) Thoroughbred racing community. It has yet to be dubbed with a media friendly hook – Starting gate-gate? Bayernapalooza? – but give it time. I can guarantee that when the Breeders’ Cup returns to Santa Anita Park in 2016, the 2014 running of the Classic will be revisited with all the prurient enthusiasm of an unsolved celebrity murder case.

Jay HovdeyFeb 20, 2015

Beyer: Brown’s patient approach both an asset, hindrance

Chad Brown may have learned from Bobby Frankel that patience is a supreme virtue for a horseman, but this is not necessarily so in the Triple Crown. In fact, he may find that the best strategy is closer to the aggressiveness of a trainer like Wayne Lukas than to the prudence of his mentor Frankel.

Andrew BeyerFeb 20, 2015

Sunland: Suva Harbor invades for Island Fashion

Suva Harbor invades for Island Fashion Stakes

Tryouts for the $200,000 Sunland Park Oaks are being held Sunday in New Mexico. The featured $50,000 Island Fashion Stakes is the local stepping-stone to Sunland Park’s richest race for the division, and the one-mile stakes has drawn a significant Southern California shipper in Suva Harbor.

Mary RampelliniFeb 20, 2015

Santa Anita: Winning Prize preps for Kilroe

Winning Prize preps for Kilroe Mile

Spring training begins at Santa Anita on Sunday for Winning Prize, a six-time stakes winner in Argentina and California. Winning Prize will have his 2015 debut in the $75,000 Joe Hernandez Stakes at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course.

Steve AndersenFeb 20, 2015

Illman: Gulfstream pick four play for Saturday, Feb. 21

Let’s take a look at the 50-cent late pick four at Gulfstream on a huge afternoon of racing.

Dan IllmanFeb 20, 2015

Tom’s Tribute retired following ankle injury

ARCADIA, Calif.-Tom’s Tribute, the winner of the Grade 1 Eddie Read Stakes at Del Mar in 2014 and three other stakes in his career, has been retired because of an ankle injury, trainer Jim Cassidy said on Friday.T

Steve AndersenFeb 20, 2015

Patrioticandproud may get shot at Santa Anita Handicap

Patrioticandproud, a stakes winner at Woodbine who was seventh in the Grade 2 San Marcos Stakes on Feb. 7, is a candidate for the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap on March 7, trainer Mark Casse said.

Steve AndersenFeb 20, 2015

Three Californians may run in Golden Shaheen

Big Macher, Conquest Two Step headed to Golden Shaheen

Three Southern California-based sprinters – Big Macher, Conquest Two Step and Secret Circle – are candidates for the $2 million Golden Shaheen at six furlongs at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai on March 28.

Steve AndersenFeb 20, 2015

Santa Anita: Daddy D T seeks to regain confidence

Daddy D T looks to regain confidence

Third-place finishes in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf last October and the minor Eddie Logan Stakes on Dec. 27 have led Daddy D T to a first-level optional $80,000 claimer on turf in Sunday’s sixth race at Santa Anita.

Steve AndersenFeb 20, 2015

TVG deal could lead to coordinated post times

Racetracks in the U.S. are more likely to coordinate their live racing schedules to avoid overlapping post times due to the recent acquisition by Television Games Network of its only broadcast competitor, HRTV, according to officials involved in the deal.

Matt HegartyFeb 20, 2015

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