Santa Anita

Awesome Again Stakes Preview: Accelerate vs. West Coast

A field of six is set to contest this year’s running of the Grade 1, $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes at Santa Anita Park. The race serves as a Breeders’ Cup […]

Breeders' Cup

Rodeo Drive Stakes Preview: Vasilika Goes for 7 in a Row

A field of eight are set to contest this year’s running of the Grade 1, $300,000 Rodeo Drive Stakes at Santa Anita Park. The race serves as a Breeders’ Cup […] Read More

Race Recaps

Stormy Liberal Earns Heads-Up Win in G3 Eddie D

ARCADIA, CA – While dueling for the length of the stretch, Stormy Liberal and Conquest Tsunami put on quite a show for the fans on Santa Anita Park’s opening day before Stormy Liberal edged his […] Read More

News

Racing Dudes Three Stars of the Week: Core Beliefs Takes Home Ohio Derby

It was Derby Day in both Ohio and Minnesota last weekend as big-time racing hit the small tracks at Thistledown and Canterbury Park. Of course, Belmont and Santa Anita ran […] Read More

Race Recaps

Storm the Hill Makes the Grade in G3 Wilshire

ARCADIA, CA – Trainer Phil D’Amato’s first time saddling Storm the Hill went about as well as he could’ve hoped when she outran her new stablemate Ancient Secret late to win Sunday’s Grade 3, […] Read More

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An Ode to Justify on “Justify Day”

Unlike the rest of the Racing Dudes team, who have followed horse racing for well over 100 years combined, I wasn’t paying much attention when American Pharoah won the Triple […] Read More

Race Recaps

American Anthem Edges St. Joe Bay in G2 San Carlos

ARCADIA, CA – Sporting the same silks and hailing from the same connections as Triple Crown champion Justify, the Bob Baffert-trained American Anthem needed every ounce of luck left over from his stablemate’s success […] Read More

Race Recaps

Ollie’s Candy Necks Out Victory in G2 Summertime Oaks

ARCADIA, CA – Paul and Karen Eggert’s homebred Ollie’s Candy made her dirt debut in spectacular fashion on Saturday, necking out her first career stakes victory over the 7-5 favorite Thirteen Squared in […] Read More

Race Recaps

River Boyne Cruises in $100,000 Rainbow

ARCADIA, CA – Red Baron’s Barn and Rancho Temescal’s River Boyne maintained his flawless local record by cruising to a relatively easy victory in Saturday’s $100,000 Rainbow Stakes at Santa Anita Park. Breaking […] Read More

Race Recaps

Draft Pick Scores in G3 Affirmed

ARCADIA, CA – A day after Justify won the Triple Crown, C R K Stable’s late-blooming Draft Pick picked up his second straight win on Sunday at Santa Anita Park in a race named […] Read More