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Brad Free's Santa Anita Horses to Watch for the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2026
Brad Free's Santa Anita Horses to Watch for the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2026
Brad FreeFeb 03, 2026
Brad Free's Santa Anita Horses to Watch for the week of Jan. 30-Feb. 1, 2026
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In the seventh instalment of The Hong Kong Jockey Club’s Road to the Derby series, we dial in on what history suggests might happen from here after Little Paradise’s stunning HK$13 million Hong Kong Classic Mile (1600m) success at Sha Tin on Sunday (1 February).
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Regal Gem (116lb) tops the DBS x Manulife Million Challenge on 42 points, and trainer Frankie Lor is eyeing overall success when the galloper lines up in the HK$2.84 million Class 2 Blue Pool Handicap (1200m) on Wednesday night (4 February) at Happy Valley.
Hong Kong selections for Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026, at Happy Valley.
Mi Saturday won his third consecutive race on Monday, darting to a length win over Spankster in the $50,000 Highland Ice at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Okla.
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Not all horses are born for greatness. Some are born to be racehorses, but all too often find themselves caught up in the grueling aspect of hard training and hard races. It comes as no surprise that many careers are cut short by injuries suffered on and off the track and the inability to recover from them. This is no different in other sports where even the most gifted and talented succumb regularly to the wear and tear of competition.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Wednesday 2/4 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Tom Morley hopes a midsummer break does for Paula's a Star what it apparently has done for her male counterpart in the barn, One Nine Hundred.
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Bella Ballerina, a debut sprint winner at Keeneland in October before landing the 1 1/16-mile, Grade 2 Golden Rod on Nov. 29 at Churchill, remains very much on track to make her 3-year-old debut Feb. 14 in the Rachel Alexandra.
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Liberty National might be the value play of the Grade 3, $1 million Southwest Stakes on Friday at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark. He's listed at 10-1 on the morning line for the Kentucky Derby points race, one start after finishing a troubled second as the favorite in the Gun Runner at Fair Grounds.