Santa Monica Stakes

Santa Monica, Thunder Road, & Megahertz Stakes 2024 | Santa Anita Park Picks

Idle since third versus the world’s best female sprinters on Nov. 4, five-year-old Three Witches makes her seasonal debut as she tops a field of six older fillies and mares […]

Race Recaps

Merneith Wins Santa Monica On Front End

ARCADIA, CA – With jockey Edwin Maldonado aboard for the first time, the speedy Merneith was a front-running winner of Saturday’s $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park. Merneith […] Read More

Race Previews

Santa Monica Preview: Fair Maiden Brings Four La Brea Rivals

ARCADIA, CA – Godolphin homebred Fair Maiden, winner of last December’s La Brea Stakes (G1), brings four rivals from that event into Saturday’s $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita […] Read More

Race Recaps

Hard Not to Love Crushes Santa Monica

ARCADIA, CA – Trainer John Shirreffs’ one-eyed wonder Hard Not to Love made it two straight graded triumphs on Saturday when she crushed her competition in the $200,000 Santa Monica Stakes […] Read More

Race Recaps

Marley’s Freedom Up Late in G2 Santa Monica

ARCADIA, CA – A lack of early pace pressure forced her to work harder than she might have liked, but in the end, Cicero Farms’ Marley’s Freedom was able to secure victory […] Read More

News

Racing Dudes Three Stars of the Week: Three in a Row for Itsinthepost

We watched widespread racing action over the weekend. Fair Grounds and Sunland Park took center stage, while the bigger tracks like Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park continued on with great […] Read More

Race Recaps

Selcourt Speediest In G2 Santa Monica

ARCADIA, CA – Medallion Racing, Keith Abrahams, and Sandra Lazaruk’s Selcourt was undoubtedly the speediest sprinter on Saturday, wiring a small but stout selection fo foes in the Grade 2, $200,000 Santa Monica […] Read More

Handicapping

Racing Dudes Three Stars of the Week

1. Finest City 2. Guest Suite At this time, almost incredibly, there are no public replays available for this race. Personally in my opinion this is a major problem in […] Read More

News

Breeders’ Cup Champion Finest City Impressive in Grade 2 Santa Monica Win

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 21, 2017)—Idle since winning the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint here on Nov. 5, trainer Ian Kruljac’s Finest City overcame a rail post position and marched […] Read More