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Jockey William Antongeorgi is moving from California to Kentucky this week in an effort to gain more mounts. Antongeorgi, formerly among the leading riders in Northern California, was based in Southern California in 2025. He won 21 races from 269 mounts compared to 83 wins from 463 mounts in Northern California in 2024.
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The lure of mild January weather led Hall of Fame jockey Victor Espinoza to return to his former base at Santa Anita this winter.
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Acoustic Ave and El Grande O might be stablemates for trainer Linda Rice, but as the two runners prepare for their third meeting since October, it's becoming more appropriate to call them rivals. The talented pair will square off in an $88,000 allowance at Aqueduct on Friday.
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Santa Anita filed a petition for a writ of mandate against California Attorney General Rob Bonta and the state Department of Justice in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, seeking a return of 26 slot-styled parimutuel gaming machines seized by law enforcement officials at the track late Saturday afternoon.
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Speed Boat Beach has questions to answer in Friday's featured hillside turf sprint at Santa Anita. If trainer Bob Baffert is right, Speed Boat Beach will win the allowance and reemerge as a top sprinter. But it is easy to be skeptical. After he won the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes in late 2023, Speed Boat Beach missed all of 2024, and misfired in all three 2025 start.
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Stop the Clock, a 2-year-old colt by Grade 1 winner Drain the Clock, was listed as sold for $40,000 at Tuesday’s winter mixed sale at Fairplex in Pomona, Calif. He was the most expensive hip of a one-day sale with lower business figures than the corresponding auctions in recent years.
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Trainer Jamie Ness said Tuesday that popular East Coast runner Repo Rocks has been retired after six seasons. The 8-year-old gelding is currently stabled at Ness’s barn in Chesapeake City, Md., and will remain there in retirement.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Thursday 1/22 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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Keeneland’s 15-day spring meet will offer 19 stakes worth a season-record $9.55 million in total, including a number of upgraded races.
Brad Free's Santa Anita Horses to Watch for the week of Jan. 15-19, 2026
