Santa Anita Park News

Santa Anita won’t add Wednesday cards
Santa Anita has received permission from the California Horse Racing Board to eliminate seven days of racing on Wednesdays in March and April from the current meeting, track officials said.

Santa Anita: Bejarano passing tests on, off the track
ARCADIA, Calif. – The race was just a maiden claimer on a Wednesday, but for jockey Rafael Bejarano the victory by John Bobby at River Downs on July 10, 2002, was a publicity tool that launched his American career.

Santa Anita: Game On Dude not scaring rivals for Big Cap
ARCADIA, Calif. – The $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap on March 3 is likely to have a double-digit field.

Santa Anita: Regally Ready will race twice in Dubai
ARCADIA, Calif. – Regally Ready, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint at Churchill Downs last November, is bound for the $1 million Al Quoz Sprint on the Dubai World Cup program on March 31.

Santa Anita: Drill will focus on one-turn stakes, not Kentucky Derby
A day after Drill won his second stakes in the Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita, trainer Bob Baffert said no plans have been made for the colt’s next start, but that races around one turn, particularly at a mile, will be given extra consideration.

Amazombie, The Factor face off in San Carlos
In spite of a small field, what promises to be a dandy match-up between 2011 national male sprint champion Amazombie and two-time Grade 1 winner The Factor is set for the $200,000 San Carlos Handicap at Santa Anita Feb. 25.

Santa Anita: Smoking G takes shot at San Vicente
Smoking G is entered in a one-mile allowance race on turf for 3-year-olds on Saturday, but will start in Sunday’s $150,000 San Vicente Stakes over seven furlongs on the main track, trainer Peter Miller said.

Santa Anita: Empire Way headed to San Felipe
ARCADIA, Calif. - Empire Way, second to I’ll Have Another in the Grade 2 Robert Lewis Stakes last Saturday at Santa Anita, will be pointed for the $300,000 San Felipe Stakes on March 10.

Santa Anita: Tiz Point will get shot on dirt, perhaps in San Felipe or Santa Anita Derby
ARCADIA, Calif. - Tiz Point won an allowance race for 3-year-olds on turf at Santa Anita on Saturday, and is likely to switch surfaces for his next start.

Santa Anita: Twelve Folds looks fastest in stakes prep
ARCADIA, Calif. – The expansion of the California-bred stakes program commences March 31 at Santa Anita with a pair of $200,000 sprints for statebred 3-year-olds – the Evening Jewel Stakes for fillies, and the Echo Eddie Stakes for either gender.