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Take A Breath gets her wind up, noses Resolve in Santa Ana Stakes
Take A Breath was cruising along in sixth place on the backstretch of Sunday’s Grade 3 Santa Ana Stakes when the longshot Ima Joker loomed to her outside.
Steve AndersenMar 15, 2026
Take A Breath was cruising along in sixth place on the backstretch of Sunday’s Grade 3 Santa Ana Stakes when the longshot Ima Joker loomed to her outside.
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Hall of Fame jockey Kent Desormeaux has been fined $750 and suspended three racing days after excessive use of the whip in an allowance race on turf at Santa Anita on Saturday.
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Jockey Umberto Rispoli recently began physical therapy for what is expected to be a lengthy recovery from ankle and leg injuries sustained when he was unseated in a race at Gulfstream Park on January 24.
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More than 43 months after his first appearance in a graded stakes, the 7-year-old gelding Sumter finally had a breakthrough victory at that level in Saturday’s Grade 3 San Simeon Stakes for turf sprinters at Santa Anita.
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There was a minor element of mystery surrounding a five-furlong workout by the 3-year-old Intrepido at Santa Anita on Sunday, but only because of brief weather conditions.
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Lithe Spirit won the 2025 edition of the Queen Stakes for female sprinters, capping a four-race win streak that included a trio of wins at Turfway Park. But that was her last victory for a year. In Saturday night's renewal of the $125,000 Queen, the mare got back in the winner's circle, defeating some of her recent vanquishers with a length win on the Tapeta.
David Aragona's TimeformUS Highlight Horse for Sunday, March 15, at Aqueduct.
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Jockeys Ramon Vazquez and Cristian Torres, who are battling it out atop the standings at Oaklawn Park, will be based on different circuits after the meet wraps on May 2.
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Oaklawn Park will have a special entry date for the Grade 1, $1.5 million Arkansas Derby, which will be held on March 28, according to track racing secretary Pat Pope.
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Tammy Johns of Meridian, Idaho, leads a field of 83 entries still eligible for the title of Horseplayer of the Year heading into the final day of National Horseplayers Championship on Sunday at Horseshoe Las Vegas.