ARCADIA, Calif. (March 29, 2015) — Blue Tone sat just off a lively pace and registered an impressive 2 ¾ length win in Sunday’s $75,000 Santana Mile at Santa Anita, covering the distance in 1:36.11 under Kent Desormeaux. With Appealing Tale, Storm Fighter and Ankeny Hill slugging it out through fractions of 23.13, 46.14, 1:10.39 … Read more

ARCADIA, Calif. (March 21, 2015) – In his first-ever graded stakes assignment, California-bred Ashleyluvssugar out-dueled heavily favored Finnegans Wake to win Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 San Luis Rey Stakes by 2 ¼ lengths under Gary Stevens. Trained by Peter Eurton, Ashleyluvssugar bested seven other older horses in negotiating 1 ½ miles on turf in 2:25.78. … Read more

ARCADIA, Calif. (March 15, 2015) — Attentive to a slow early pace, Hoop of Colour, ridden by Drayden Van Dyke, wore down Three Hearts and Tyler Baze late to win Sunday’s Grade II, $200,000 Santa Ana Stakes at Santa Anita by three quarters of a length. Trained by Graham Motion, the Flaxman Holdings, Ltd. homebred … Read more

Shared Belief cruised to a 4-1/4 length victory in the $1 Million Santa Anita Handicap, bringing his career record to 10-1. Owned by Jungle Racing LLC or Hollendorfer, Todaro et al, Shared Belief is trained by Jerry Hollendorfer. He was ridden to victory by Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith, who earned a record third consecutive … Read more

Kaleem Shah’s Dortmund drew away easily to win the Grade 2, $400,000 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Martin Garcia, Dortmund is now five for five, with three of those wins in graded stakes. Prospect Park closed for second, with Bolo finishing third. Final time for the mile … Read more

Photo by Benoit.  ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 28, 2015) — A one mile maiden winner on Dec. 18 at Laurel Park in Maryland, Stellar Wind burst upon the Southern California racing scene on Saturday at Santa Anita, as she motored to an impressive 2-3/4 length win in the Grade III, $100,000 Santa Ysabel Stakes under Victor … Read more