The three-day racing weekend at Santa Anita from Friday through Sunday may help determine whether George Papaprodromou can remain in the top 10 of the trainer’s standings at the current winter-spring meeting. It will also dictate whether he can pull a surprise in a graded stakes.
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Thu, 02/27/2025 - 11:29
HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Gulfstream Park management has announced that effective immediately there will be an additional run up of 85 feet added to the start of all 1 1/16-mile races and 53 feet for all future races run at 1 1/8 miles over the main track.
The change will have its first significant impact with Saturday’s running of the mile and one-sixteenth, Grade 2 Fountain of Youth.
The presence of J B Strikes Back and Katonah in Saturday’s Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap is an accomplishment for trainer Doug O’Neill and two of his clients.
J B Strikes Back was claimed for $25,000 at Del Mar last August and has won his last three starts, including the Grade 2 Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 26. Since being claimed, J B Strikes Back has earned $173,960 for the Purple Rein Stable of Jeanie Buss. The Buss family is the majority owner of the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers.
The 2024 stakes winners Hang the Moon, Motorious, and One Magic Philly recently rejoined trainer Phil D’Amato’s stable after wintertime rests.
Hang the Moon, a 5-year-old mare, won a pair of Grade 2 turf stakes last summer and fall – the John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar in September and the Rodeo Drive Stakes at Santa Anita in October. She was later last of 12 in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf in November, and last of six by 1 1/4 lengths as the 7-10 favorite in the Grade 3 Robert Frankel Stakes at Santa Anita on Dec. 27.
After briefly entertaining the idea of bringing the multiple stakes winner Mo Plex back to the races in Saturday’s Grade 3, $300,000 Gotham Stakes, the decision was made to skip that race and instead run him in the $125,000 Gander Stakes for New York-breds on March 8.
Nilo’s Rose, a probable longshot in Saturday’s $200,000 Busher Stakes for 3-year-old fillies, will have to scratch from that race after being injured during a training incident Tuesday morning at Belmont Park, trainer Robert Falcone Jr. said.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Haulin Ice will be honored as the 2024 Arkansas-bred of the year during the annual banquet of the Arkansas Thoroughbred Breeders’ and Horsemen’s Association on March 28, according to the organization’s executive secretary, Deana Echols.
Haulin Ice led all registered Arkansas-breds in earnings last year with $447,350. She is a multiple stakes winner and is scheduled to run Saturday at Oaklawn in the $150,000 Downthedustyroad.
Eugenia Thompson-Benight bred Haulin Ice. She is a 4-year-old daughter of Coal Front, the same sire as Rebel winner Coal Battle.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Cornucopian made a statement on the Rebel undercard at Oaklawn Park on Sunday, when he won his career debut by more than five lengths with a Beyer Speed Figure of 101. It’s the third-best number put up by a 3-year-old so far this year in North America.
“Down the stretch there, it was a wow kind of race,” trainer Bob Baffert said.
Cornucopian broke sharply under Irad Ortiz Jr. and proceeded to set fractions of 21.86 seconds for the opening quarter and 45.50 for the half-mile before continuing on to cover six furlongs on a fast track in 1:09.02.
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – The first three finishers from the Grade 3, $500,000 Honeybee on Sunday at Oaklawn Park all intend to continue down the path toward the Kentucky Oaks, their respective trainers said Tuesday.
Quietside was a one-length winner of the Honeybee after breaking from post 12 and for the effort she picked up 50 points for the Kentucky Oaks. The multiple Grade 1-placed filly races for her breeder, Shortleaf Stable, and leads all of her peers in points with 68.
Tue, 02/25/2025 - 16:21
Hall of Fame trainers Bob Baffert and Mark Casse both would have liked to win the Rebel last weekend at Oaklawn Park, but they were quick to tip their hats to Lonnie Briley, the 72-year-old who celebrated the biggest win of his career with Coal Battle.
“I was happy for him,” said Baffert, who finished second with Madaket Road. “He was so excited to have a horse like that.”
Casse expressed the same sportsmanship towards Briley.
“I guess if we were going to lose to anybody, it was nice to see Lonnie win,” said Casse, who ran third with Sandman.