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Smooth Like Strait Tops Shoemaker Mile Entries in Season’s First Breeders’ Cup Prep

ARCADIA, CA – Cannon Thoroughbreds’ consistent homebred Smooth Like Strait heads a field of seven 3-year-olds and up in Monday’s $300,000 Shoemaker Mile Stakes (G1) on a nine-race Memorial Day […]

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Streaking Charmaine’s Mia Leads Gamely

ARCADIA, CA – Phil D’Amato’s streaking Charmaine’s Mia, in search of her fourth consecutive graded stakes win, heads a field of nine fillies and mares 3 and up in Monday’s […] Read More

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Ricky’s Rockets 🚀: Belmont Park, Lone Star Park and Santa Anita Park Picks for May 31, 2021

#RickysRockets🚀 on a MONDAY AFTERNOON! That’s what we have in store for everyone as we celebrate Memorial Day with some horse racing. For the first time ever, we head to […] Read More

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Honeymoon Preview: Going Global, Madone Make for Excitement

ARCADIA, CA – Trainers Phil D’Amato’s Going Global and Simon Callaghan’s Madone – each undefeated in California – make for an exciting matchup in Saturday’s $100,000 Honeymoon Stakes (G3) at […] Read More

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Petruchio Returns to Turf for Singletary

ARCADIA, CA – A graded stakes-placed runner on dirt and a winner on turf, Richard Mandella’s Petruchio returns to what may be his preferred surface as he heads a field […] Read More

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As Time Goes By Heads Santa Margarita

ARCADIA, CA – Fresh off of a second-place finish to the mighty Swiss Skydiver, As Time Goes By looms the horse to beat going a mile and 1/8 in Saturday’s […] Read More

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North County Guy Seeks Third Straight Win in Crystal Water

ARCADIA, CA – Fresh off a pair of impressive wins over the Santa Anita turf, the Richard Baltas-trained North County Guy heads Saturday’s $100,000 Crystal Water Stakes for older California-bred […] Read More

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Tokyo City Cup Preview: Tizamagician Takes Another Shot at Graded Glory

ARCADIA, CA – Runner-up in last year’s edition, Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella’s Tizamagician takes another shot at earning graded stakes glory in Sunday’s $100,000 Tokyo City Cup Stakes […] Read More

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Classy Independence Hall Heads Californian

ARCADIA, CA – Trainer Michael McCarthy’s classy Independence Hall heads Saturday’s $200,000 Californian Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita, an iconic steppingstone to the Hollywood Gold Cup (G1), which will be […] Read More

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Ricky’s Rockets 🚀: Keeneland, Oaklawn Park and Santa Anita Park Picks for April 11, 2021

We officially closed the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail with the results from the Arkansas Derby (G1) and the Lexington Stakes (G3) on Saturday afternoon from Oaklawn and Keeneland respectively. We […] Read More