Sat, 03/07/2026 - 20:05

Santa Anita has $2 pick six carryover of $67,798 on Sunday

Barbara D. Livingston
The $1 sunset pick six will have a 15 percent takeout and will not have a consolation payout.

There is a carryover of $67,798 in the $2 pick six at Santa Anita on Sunday.

Stakes wins by Final Boss ($64.50) and British Isles ($16.40) in consecutive races on Saturday clinched the carryover.

Sunday’s carryover was announced with one race remaining on Saturday’s program.

Sunday’s pick six covers the fourth through ninth races on a program that begins at 1 p.m. Pacific.

The pick six races on Sunday have fields of 7, 10, 7, 8, 7 and 9 before scratches, which will be announced on Sunday morning.

Fri, 03/06/2026 - 13:14

Gulfstream, Florida HBPA putting together bonus plan for for statebreds

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The new bonus program will take effect later this year and most likely be spread out over multiple condition books.

Gulfstream Park in Hallandale Beach, Fla., and its horsemen group are expecting to add bonuses for Florida-bred horses to an array of races at the track held later this year, according to officials.

Details of the plans have not yet been hashed out, according to Tom Cannell, the president of the Florida Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association, but the two groups expect to design the program to provide bonuses for Florida-breds “across-the-board.”

“We’ve got the money,” Cannell said on Friday. “We want to spend the money.”

Wed, 03/04/2026 - 16:27

Judge allows Hawthorne to access line of credit to pay back wages, convert racing surface

Two Emmys 6-25-2022
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At Wednesday's bankruptcy hearing, Hawthorne officials said they planned to begin a Thoroughbred meet in the first 10 days of April.

A federal judge in an Illinois bankruptcy court on Wednesday approved motions that will allow Hawthorne Racecourse in Stickney to tap a line of credit to pay back wages to its employees and convert its racing surface from a Standardbred track to a Thoroughbred track, according to officials who attended the hearing.

Wed, 03/04/2026 - 13:08

Kentucky Derby: Who's hot, who's not for March 4, 2026

Commandment (right) beats Chief Wallabee in Fountain of Youth Feb 28 2026
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Commandment (right) beats Chief Wallabee by a head in the Fountain of Youth. The pair may meet again in the Florida Derby.

WHO’S HOT

Commandment and Chief Wallabee threw it down in the Fountain of Youth and put their names atop the list of Derby contenders.

Commandment, who edged Chief Wallabee by a neck in the Fountain of Youth, won for the third straight time and both horses earned triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures (101-100). Commandment and Chief Wallabee, the latter making just his second career start in the Fountain of Youth, are now co-second choices on David Aragona’s line at 8-1. A rematch is likely in the Grade 1 Florida Derby, and won’t that be fun if it happens?

Wed, 03/04/2026 - 13:01

Kentucky Derby 2026: Cox would go from lukewarm to hot with a Tampa Bay Derby win

Further Ado wins Kentucky Jockey Club at CD Nov 29 2025
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The Tampa Bay Derby will be Further Ado's first start since he won the Grade 2 Kentucky Jockey Club on Nov. 29. After a slow start to the Derby prep season, Further Ado's trainer, Brad Cox, won last Saturday's Fountain of Youth with Commandment.

After some disappointing results in several points-scoring races, trainer Brad Cox started to get concerned about his prospects of participating in Kentucky Derby 152.

“You start worrying, how good’s your group?” said Cox, who watched horses such as Cannoneer, Confessional, Quiet Mischief, Rancho Santa Fe, and My World fail to make an impact in recent Derby preps. “You start getting a little concerned because it is important to me. . . . The Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks mean a lot to me and our team.”

Wed, 03/04/2026 - 10:25

After wife's death, Glatt carries heavy heart into San Felipe

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When the unbeaten colt So Happy starts Saturday in the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita, Dena Glatt will be on the minds of many.

ARCADIA, Calif. – The last time trainer Mark Glatt and his children saw his wife, their mother, was the evening of Feb. 11. Dena Glatt, a patient at USC Arcadia Hospital, was blowing kisses from her hospital bed.

Across the street at Santa Anita, Glatt’s 3-year-old colt So Happy was safely tucked away in his stall. So Happy had won his first two starts, including the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes a month earlier. Things were looking up.

Wed, 03/04/2026 - 08:18

Canadian graded stakes: Algonquin upgraded to Grade 3 in 2026

The Jockey Club of Canada’s Graded Stakes Committee recently held its annual review of graded and listed stakes races in Canada without making many changes. The number of graded stakes in Canada will remain at 41. One graded stakes was downgraded and one listed race was upgraded.

Tue, 03/03/2026 - 15:21

Banishing in Dubai preparing for Godolphin Mile

Barbara D. Livingston
Banishing, a Grade 2 winner of $2.4 million, traveled to Saudi Arabia last month and ran eighth in the $20 million Saudi Cup on Feb. 14.

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Banishing, who is at Meydan Racecourse in Dubai preparing for a start in the Group 2 Godolphin Mile on March 28, has been able to train without incident since the recent start of the war in Iran, according to his Oaklawn-based trainer, David Jacobson.

Banishing, a Grade 2 winner of more than $2.4 million, traveled to Saudi Arabia last month and ran eighth in the $20 million Saudi Cup on Feb. 14. Jacobson said the horse then took a short flight of “less than two hours” to Meydan Racecourse and has since been there preparing for the Godolphin Mile.

Sun, 03/01/2026 - 19:36

Santa Anita Friday program will feature $45,602 carryover in $2 pick six

Barbara D. Livingston
Friday’s pick six covers the fourth through ninth races at Santa Anita.

Friday’s program at Santa Anita will start with a carryover of $45,602 in the $2 pick six.

Wins by Violences Ohr ($54) in Sunday’s sixth race and Clarina ($56.80) in the eighth race clinched the carryover. The carryover was announced after Clarina’s win, with one remaining on the program.

Friday’s pick six covers the fourth through ninth races on a program that begins at 12:30 p.m. Pacific.

The pick six races on Friday have fields of 6, 9, 7, 6, 9 and 9 before scratches, which will be announced on Friday morning.

Sun, 03/01/2026 - 17:52

Westwood's speed could be story of Santa Anita Handicap

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Westwood will start at 1 1/4 miles for the first time in the Santa Anita Handicap on Saturday.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Westwood’s speed has defined his career, and could lead to his first Grade 1 win in coming days.

Last April, Westwood finished third in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby as a maiden after disputing the pace. He won a maiden race from the front at Del Mar last August in his sixth start, and his first stakes in the Grade 2 San Pasqual Stakes at 1 1/8 miles at Santa Anita on Jan. 31 by leading throughout.