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Meaning rallies late in Las Virgenes Stakes
There was a good explanation why the filly Meaning was last of four on the first turn of Sunday’s $98,000 Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita.
Steve AndersenFeb 08, 2026
There was a good explanation why the filly Meaning was last of four on the first turn of Sunday’s $98,000 Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita.
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The regional stakes winners Express Kid and Daneyko will meet shippers from New York and Southern California next Sunday in the $500,000 Sunland Park Derby in New Mexico.
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Roll On Big Joe won his third consecutive stakes race on Sunday when he held off Tejano Twist by a half-length in the $150,000 King Cotton at Oaklawn Park.
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Managing the short-term race schedules of top-class 3-year-olds was on the minds of several trainers at Santa Anita on Sunday, a day after the Grade 3 Robert Lewis Stakes.
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By his own admission, jockey Florent Geroux acknowledged his decision to relocate from Fair Grounds to Santa Anita, smack in the middle of winter, was curiously timed.
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Ms. Tart, who won the Wishing Well Stakes on Friday night at Turfway Park, is likely to be bred this spring, trainer John Ennis said prior to the race. But that doesn’t necessarily mean her 2 3/4-length victory will be her last appearance on track.
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Chunk of Gold, a modest $2,500 yearling who rose as a fan favorite to start in the Kentucky Derby and become a graded stakes winner, is expected to begin legging up for his 4-year-old campaign around March 1, trainer Ethan West says.
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Graded stakes-winning millionaire Epic Ride has resumed training for a 5-year-old campaign that trainer John Ennis hopes will be the gelding’s best yet. His early-season target is the Grade 1 Maker’s Mark Mile in April at Keeneland, with a potential prep race at Turfway Park, depending on how his training unfolds.
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Numbers firmly advanced his credentials for the remainder of the Hong Kong Four-Year-Old Classic Series with a commanding victory in Sunday’s (8 February) G3 Centenary Vase Handicap (1800m) at Sha Tin.
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Touchuponastar moved into second on the all-time leading earners list among Louisiana-breds on Saturday night when he cruised to an 11 1/2-length win in the $150,000 Louisiana Premier Night Championship at Delta Downs.