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US RACING: Trainer Bob Baffert dominates Santa Ynez Stakes at Santa Anita with Bast
With his three fillies making up half the field, including the top three betting choices, Bob Baffert knew that Sunday’s Santa Ynez Stakes was his

US RACING: Authentic gives trainer Bob Baffert Ky Derby contender with Sham victory
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Authentic led all the way in winning the $100,000 Sham Stakes by 7 3/4 lengths at Santa Anita, giving five-time Kentucky

US RACING: 17 horses named to participate in Pegasus World Cup
Gary and Mary West’s Florida Derby (G1) winner and disqualified Kentucky Derby first-place finisher Maximum Security leads a list of 17 horses formally invited Sunday to

US RACING: Triple Crown winner Justify is now a dad
The former home of America’s first Triple Crown winner also claimed the first foal on the ground by the most-recent horse to sweep the Kentucky

Horse euthanized after breaking down in race at Santa Anita
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A horse broke down in the last race at Santa Anita on Wednesday, the track's first racing death of the winter-spring

US RACING: Jockey Mike Smith is number one
Santa Anita Park's opening day was certainly a memorable one for jockey Mike Smith. In the process of winning four of seven stakes races on

Santa Anita season off to a good start
Should the racing gods ever decree that the consummate book be written on the glory that is Santa Anita Park, the final chapter is poised

Easy win for Omaha Beach in Malibu Stakes as Santa Anita gets underway
Soaking in another victory Saturday by Omaha Beach, trainer Richard Mandella joked that he should have had the colt gelded before he became such a superstar.

Jockey Mike Smith wins record 217th Grade 1 race
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Omaha Beach won the US$300,000 Malibu Stakes by 2 3/4 lengths on opening day at Santa Anita, giving Hall of Fame

Meat was the motive – says Peruvians after murder of stallions at prominent stud farm
One day after its four stallions were killed in a break-in which saw the night watchman shot, Haras Barlovento in Peru has issued a statement

US RACING: Prosecutor finds no crime in Santa Anita horse racing deaths
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California prosecutors found no evidence of animal cruelty or other crimes during an investigation into a spike in horse deaths at

US RACING: Stabling, training at Aqueduct to shut down in January
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Racing Association will shut down stabling and training at Aqueduct beginning Jan. 1 in an effort to consolidate