Santa Anita Stable Notes: Top Contenders Work for San Felipe
MOR SPIRIT ‘FOCUSED’ IN SAN FELIPE WORK With the Man Upstairs set to unleash a deluge around 8 o’clock tonight, the Men Downstairs flooded the track with horses getting in their […]
MOR SPIRIT ‘FOCUSED’ IN SAN FELIPE WORK With the Man Upstairs set to unleash a deluge around 8 o’clock tonight, the Men Downstairs flooded the track with horses getting in their […]
ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR SONGBIRD ON SATURDAY The fact that nine three-year-old fillies were entered to run against undefeated champion Songbird in the Santa Ysabel Stakes on Saturday was surprising, […] Read More
Not since Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta have we seen two fillies with the type of talent shown by the likes Cathryn Sophia and Songbird. In 2009 Rachel Alexandra burst onto […] Read More
WHAT: Grade III, $100,000 SANTA YSABEL STAKES Distance & Conditions: 1 1/16 miles for 3-year-old fillies WHEN: Saturday, March 5 Race 5, (approximate Post Time—2:30 p.m. PT) WHY: Undefeated Eclipse […] Read More
BAFFERT ‘HAPPY’ WITH MOR SPIRIT AFTER DRILL Working in company with stablemate Hoffenheim, Mor Spirit had his mind on business Sunday morning, breezing five furlongs in 59.80 under Martin Garcia […] Read More
MORE SPIRIT NEEDED FROM MOR SPIRIT FOR SAN FELIPE Mor Spirit, who was eased in a workout on Tuesday, remains a candidate for the San Felipe Stakes on March 12 […] Read More
Mor Spirit, one of the country’s leading Kentucky Derby prospects, was eased in a work today at Santa Anita. He was chasing a gray horse in the lane when Gary Stevens pulled […] Read More
SONGBIRD IN ‘BRILLIANT’ DRILL; COULD GO IN SANTA YSABEL Champion filly Songbird could make her next start in the Grade III Santa Ysabel Stakes for three-year-old fillies at a mile […] Read More
ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 20, 2016)—Consistent Paulina’s Love registered her first stakes win in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 Buena Vista Stakes at Santa Anita as she held off the late charge […] Read More
ARCADIA, Calif. (Feb. 20, 2016)—Whenever the legendary mare Zenyatta’s name is mentioned, expectations run high. And so was the case leading into Saturday’s third race at Santa Anita, a $56,000 […] Read More