ARCADIA, Calif. – The improving turf filly Queen Maxima is moving up in class this winter, but it’s all downhill Thursday in the featured seventh race at Santa Anita.
A sprint for fillies and mares, the second-level hillside allowance is only a minor class challenge for Queen Maxima. If she reproduces the explosive rally she unleashed winning an entry-level allowance at six furlongs last out, Queen Maxima will be tough to beat at 6 1/2 furlongs.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Tamara, the winner of the Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante in 2023, has resumed workouts after missing the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 26 because of illness.
On Sunday, Tamara worked three furlongs in 37.20 seconds.
“She went easily,” trainer Richard Mandella said. “Next week, we’ll tighten her up.”
Tamara, by Bolt d’Oro, is out of Beholder, the Hall of Fame mare who was honored with four championships in a spectacular career from 2012 to 2016.
ARCADIA, Calif. – As much as possible, jockey Mario Gutierrez is seeking normalcy these days.
Earlier this month, Gutierrez lost his Altadena, Calif., home in one of the devastating wildfires that struck Southern California. Among the immeasurable losses were his two trophies commemorating wins in the Kentucky Derby aboard I’ll Have Another (2012) and Nyquist (2016).
“They’re gone,” Gutierrez said between races at Santa Anita on Sunday. “Everything is gone.”
ARCADIA, Calif. – Journalism, the sharp winner of the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity last month, is likely to have his 3-year-old debut in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita on March 1.
Trainer Michael McCarthy said Sunday that Journalism is expected to have his first workout since the Dec. 14 Los Alamitos Futurity on “Thursday or Friday” this week, later than expected.
“He got sick after he was vaccinated,” McCarthy said, detailing the lack of recent workouts.
After a one-year absence from the podium, Southern California-based horses could win anywhere from three to five Eclipse Awards on Thursday when Thoroughbred racing’s champions for 2024 are announced at a black-tie ceremony held at the Breakers Palm Beach, a resort in South Florida.
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