ARCADIA, Calif. - Questing, who was eased in the early stages of Friday's $2 million Breeders' Cup Ladies' Classic at Santa Anita, was found later that night to have suffered a contusion that caused her left eye to close.
She was treated with medication and the filly seemed to be improving Saturday morning, as her eye was open.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Politicallycorrect closed from off the pace to win his second consecutive stakes in Saturday’s $100,000 Damascus Stakes at Santa Anita.
The winner of the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby over 1 1/8 miles at Remington Park on Sept. 29, Politicallycorrect reverted to a sprint Saturday and won the seven-furlong Damascus Stakes in his first start in California.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Gabriel Charles won his turf debut in Saturday’s $100,000 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint Preview at Santa Anita, closing from just off the pace under jockey Joe Talamo.
Gabriel Charles ($11.80) ran about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside turf course in 1:12.22, finishing 3 1/2 lengths in front of Den’s Legacy. Mico Margarita, part of the early pace, finished third in the field of 10, 4 1/2 lengths behind the winner.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Unusual Way took command at the break and went on to a clear-cut victory under Ramon Dominguez in the first of 12 races Saturday at Santa Anita, the $99,500 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Filly Sprint Preview Stakes.
ARCADIA, Calif. – The end of the 2012 season is not the end of the line for the top three finishers of the Ladies’ Classic – winner Royal Delta, along with two-three finishers My Miss Aurelia and Include Me Out will return for a 2013 campaign.
Royal Delta, who earned a 108 Beyer Speed Figure for her second consecutive Ladies’ Classic win Friday at Santa Anita, will head to Florida for a rest before gearing up for another shot at the Dubai World Cup.
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Great Pass, a 4-year-old filly who began her 2012 campaign badly beaten while running for a $4,500 claiming tag, will seek to continue her climb up the class ladder when she goes for her sixth victory of the season in Tuesday’s $21,200 allowance feature at Finger Lakes.
The 1 1/16-mile race is restricted to New York-bred fillies and mares who have not won three statebred events other than maiden, claiming, or starter.
Earlier in their careers, the 4-year-old fillies Class E Holiday and Ann’s Smart Dancer were good enough to run in stakes. But when they line up for Monday’s $48,000 sprint feature at Parx Racing, both Class E Holiday and Ann’s Smart Dancer will have a claiming tag on their heads.
ARCADIA, Calif. - Grandeur won his United States debut in $150,000 Twilight Derby at Santa Anita, the last race on the Breeders' Cup Friday program. It may not be his final start in California this month.
Trainer Jeremy Noseda said in the winner’s circle that Grandeur will be pointed for the $250,000 Hollywood Derby over 1 1/4 miles on turf at Betfair Hollywood Park on Nov. 25.
“I thought he would be suited by American racing, and he proved that today,” said Noseda, who trained in California in 1996-1997.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Royal Delta rewarded one lucky pick-six bettor with a $773,865 payday by virtue of her two-length victory over My Miss Aurelia in Friday’s Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic.
Royal Delta was one of only two horses covered in the Breeders’ Cup pick six along with Grace Hall, who finished fourth in the Ladies’ Classic. A victory by any of the other six fillies and mares in the race would have created a huge carryover going into the second day of the 2012 Breeders’ Cup.
