ARCADIA, Calif. A hopeless performer on synthetic tracks, Exquisite Timing salvaged her season when she won her turf debut in October in her fourth start.
Her next test comes in Sundays $75,000 Blue Norther Stakes, a one-mile turf race for 2-year-old fillies at Santa Anita.
Trainer Jim Cassidy tried Exquisite Timing three times on synthetic tracks in August and September, watching her finish third, fourth, and ninth. Cassidy did not like what he saw, to the extent that he eventually abandoned working her on the surface.
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DRF Past Performances
ARCADIA, Calif. - Wednesday's opening card of the Santa Anita 85-day winter-spring meeting showed a decrease in ontrack business from last year's opener, but a gain in all-sources handle on a nine-race program run in glorious weather.
The ontrack crowd of 30,156 was down 8.4 percent from the 2006 opening day crowd of 32,931, while the ontrack handle of $4,447,149 was down 10.7 percent from the 2006 figure of $4,979,885. The all-sources handle, including simulcast betting on other tracks and advance-deposit wagering, reached $15,116,490, a gain of 1.1 percent over last year.
ARCADIA, Calif. Before a crowd of 30,156, jockey David Flores guided Monterey Jazz to a front-running win in Wednesdays $122,100 Sir Beaufort Stakes at Santa Anita, completing a sweep of the three stakes on the opening day of the winter-spring meeting.
Earlier in the day, Flores won the $250,000 Malibu Stakes with Johnny Eves and the $138,375 California Breeders Champion Stakes with Bob Black Jack. Johnny Eves and Bob Black Jack led throughout their wins.
ARCADIA, Calif. - The past, present, and future of trainer Dan Hendricks passed before his eyes Sunday morning at Santa Anita.
His present star is Daytona, the upset winner of last month's Hollywood Derby. Hendricks had been considering Daytona for the Grade 3, $100,000 Sir Beaufort Stakes on Wednesday's opening-day card, but decided Sunday morning to wait for the Grade 2, $150,000 San Gabriel Handicap on Sunday.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Turns out trainer Richard Mandella and jockey Victor Espinoza wont be getting a lump of coal for Christmas after all. Both had been mired in terrible slumps this fall at Hollywood Park, but they both headed to the holiday break beaming after combining on Saturday at Hollywood Park to win the $750,000 Cash Call Futurity with Into Mischief, who scored a 13-1 upset in the Grade 1 race for 2-year-olds on the tracks closing day.
Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort announced its 2008 live racing schedule Friday, consisting of 232 programs between Jan. 19 and Dec. 30.
Limited racing will be held during January, February, and December, with nine-race cards Saturday through Tuesday.
Beginning March 7, the schedule expands to five nights per week by adding Friday racing.
First post time for all cards, except the Aug. 2 West Virginia Derby, will be 7 p.m. Eastern. The Grade 3 West Virginia Derby program will consist of nine races, beginning at 2 p.m.
ALBANY, Calif. - Mario Gutierrez did such a good job winning aboard Valid Star on Wednesday for Jerry Hollendorfer that the trainer has named him on another horse Saturday at Golden Gate Fields.
With Hollendorfer's No. 1 rider, Hall of Famer Russell Baze, out of town this weekend, Gutierrez will ride the first-timer Dunvegan for Hollendorfer in a maiden special sprint.
And the way Hollendorfer talks about Gutierrez, who came to Northern California in the fall after winning the Hastings riding title, more mounts could be in the offing.
ARCADIA, Calif. - The day after Christmas, Jay Robbins unwrapped his biggest present since the days when he trained Tiznow.
Johnny Eves, whom Robbins has deliberately brought through the class ladder, rewarded his trainer's patience by capturing the Grade 1, $250,000 Malibu Stakes in his graded stakes debut and 10th lifetime start on Wednesday's opening-day card at Santa Anita.