Santa Anita Stable Notes: Songbird Fires Bullet Work
Unbeaten and unchallenged champion Songbird worked six furlongs in 1:13 flat under regular rider Mike Smith Saturday morning for a possible start in the Grade II Summertime Oaks at 1 […]
Unbeaten and unchallenged champion Songbird worked six furlongs in 1:13 flat under regular rider Mike Smith Saturday morning for a possible start in the Grade II Summertime Oaks at 1 […]
ARCADIA, Calif. (June 2, 2016)—When the mighty Beholder finally calls it a day as a racehorse, she will soon join her Hall of Fame trainer, Richard Mandella in racing’s most […] Read More
Likely Winners #2 Beholder – It was great to see the champion back in action early this month at Santa Anita in what was basically a paid workout. Today…she’ll have […] Read More
ARCADIA, Calif. (June 1, 2016)—With a Hall of Fame resume that already places her among racing’s all-time great distaffers, B. Wayne Hughes’ Spendthrift Farm’s Beholder heads an outstanding field of […] Read More
The Distaff dirt division for older female fillies and mares has taken a back-seat to the three year-old males and fillies for most of 2016, but will be thrust back […] Read More
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Saturday, May 7, 2016) – Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith and John Magnier’s Taris rocketed past pacesetting Stonetastic at the three-sixteenths pole and drew off by 5 ¾ lengths to […] Read More
ARCADIA, Calif. (March 19, 2016)—Under a well-timed ride from Rafael Bejarano, Tara’s Tango rolled from off the pace to collar favored Taris late and win Saturday’s Grade I, $500,000 Santa […] Read More
ARCADIA, Calif. (March 16, 2016)—Sharp local stakes winners Taris and Tara’s Tango take on eastern invader Penwith as a competitive field of seven older fillies and mares will contest the […] Read More
ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 16, 2016)—Favored Taris made short work of her competition in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 La Canada Stakes at Santa Anita, as she took command mid-way around the […] Read More
SONGBIRD’S DRILL ‘JUST WHAT WE WANTED’ Unbeaten Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies winner Songbird, who will officially be crowned Eclipse Award champion two-year-old filly of 2015 at the ceremonial dinner Saturday […] Read More