FLORENCE, Ky. (Jan. 16, 2022) – Also-eligible Ain’t Straight is the lone California-bred entered in Saturday’s $100,000 Leonatus Stakes for 3-year-olds at Turfway Park. Ain’t Straight is by Straight Fire, out of the Lemon Drop Kid mare Aimone, was bred by Litt Family Trust and Jason Litt, is owned by Jennifer Terrazas, Eduardo Terrazas and CG Racing and is trained by Cirilio Gorostieta. He has one win in five starts, earnings of $16,674 and is coming off a seventh in a Nov. 13 claimer. ...

From CHRB SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022) — The California Horse Racing Board will conduct a teleconference meeting on Thursday, January 20, 2022, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Consistent with Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order N-29-20, this meeting will be teleconference only. No physical location will be provided. The public may participate in either of two ways. The webcast audio link on the CHRB website will continue to provide a way for the public to listen to this meeting. Note: The teleconferencing log-in information has changed from previous meetings. Beginning with this meeting, those wishing to speak during the meeting may dial 800-343-1703 and enter 98443# to join the teleconference. To speak on any item, press star (*) 1 to enter the speakers’ queue. Those providing unsolicited public comment on individual agenda items will be limited to two minutes. Comments must relate specifically to the agenda items. Note that for agenda item #6, Public Comment, no further comments will be permitted after 30 minutes. The agenda and package of materials for the meeting are available on the CHRB website. ...

From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022)–With the possibility of a $4 million total pool, Santa Anita will offer players a mandatory payout in Saturday’s 20 cent Rainbow Pick Six Jackpot, which will be comprised of races five through 10.  With a Rainbow Six carryover from Sunday into Friday of $391,923, the carryover into Saturday should be approximately $450,000, providing there is no Single Ticket winner on Friday. Saturday is also California Cup Day at Santa Anita and a total of 56 horses have been entered to run in the Rainbow Six sequence, races five through 10, making average field size 9.3 runners per race. With a 10-race card on tap, there will be special early first post time of 12 noon and approximate post time for race five, is at 2:05 p.m. PT. Race five is a maiden $50,000 claimer for California-bred or sired 3-year-olds at six furlongs.  With a purse of $39,000, the race attracted a field of eight. Four out of the five Cal Cup... ...

From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022)–Classy and plenty versatile, Indian Peak heads a field of eight older horses going a mile and one eighth over the Santa Anita turf in Saturday’s $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic, presented by City National Bank. A winner of last year’s Cal Cup Derby on the Santa Anita main track, Legacy Ranch’s Big Fish gets back with statebreds on Saturday and appears a good fit as he tries the Classic distance for the first time. Owned and bred by Alfred Pais, Margot’s Boy, although winless in nine starts last year, had four seconds and a proven affinity for the local lawn as he seeks his first stakes win. Originally scheduled for turf, the Grade III San Gabriel Stakes was moved to the main track due to recent rain on Dec. 26 and although he was attentive to the early pace, Indian Peak simply didn’t fire, finishing a distant fourth at 5-1. Trained by Ruben Alvarado, Indian Peak, a 5-year-old gelding by Comic Strip, out... ...

From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022)–A pair of highly accomplished 5-year-old mares, Warren’s Showtime and Leggs Galore, head a competitive field of 12 older fillies and mares bred or sired in California in Saturday’s $150,000 Sunshine Millions Filly & Mare Turf at about 6 ½ furlongs down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course. Prominent among a deep supporting cast is 6-year-old Sedamar, who comes off a big second place finish in her first-ever try down the hillside. Classy, versatile and consistent, the Craig Lewis-conditioned Warren’s Showtime, a two-time graded stakes winner and seven-time overall stakes winning mare, comes off a solid second going 1 1/16 miles in the Grade III Bayakoa Stakes at Los Alamitos Dec. 5 and will transition to a course she won over three starts back in the California Distaff Handicap Oct. 16. By Clubhouse Ride out of the Grade I stakes winning Affirmative mare Warren’s Veneda, Warren’s Showtime was bred in California by Benjamin Warren and is owned by Warren and his wife Sally.  She comes... ...

From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022)–Lightning quick early, the Alfred Pais homebred Brickyard Ride heads a field of eight older horses bred or sired in California going six furlongs in Saturday’s $150,000 Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint. In what shapes up as a very competitive race, Doug O’Neill’s hard knocking Positivity, Bill Spawr’s veteran 7-year-old gelding Colt Fiction and Librado Barocio’s upstart Principe Carlo are all in good form and could prove formidable at six panels. Arguably the fastest horse on the grounds for five eighths of a mile, three-time stakes winner Brickyard Ride, who is trained by Craig Lewis, got a much-deserved rest following a pair of graded stakes performances at Del Mar–a ninth place finish in the Grade II Pat O’Brien going seven furlongs on Aug. 28 and a close fifth in the Grade I Bing Crosby going six furlongs on July 31. With his crowning achievement being a scintillating four length score in the Grade II San Carlos Stakes going seven furlongs six starts back... ...

From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022)–A lights-out winner of his last two starts, Jungle Racing LLC’s homebred Straight Up G appears a standout versus five sophomores going a mile and one sixteenth in Saturday’s $200,000 California Cup Derby at Santa Anita. One of five California Cup Day races on a 10-race program, the Cal Cup Derby will be center stage as Straight Up G and his rivals attempt to follow in the footsteps of the Art Sherman-trained California Chrome, who used the 2014 Cal Cup Derby as a springboard to glory in the Santa Anita and Kentucky Derbies as well as the 2014 Preakness Stakes. Like California Chrome, the Richard Baltas-trained Straight Up G, a bay colt by red hot sire Straight Fire, out of the Sky Mesa mare Gidget Girl, comes off a big win versus statebreds in the one-mile King Glorious Stakes run at Los Alamitos on Dec. 12. Owned and bred by sports talk icon Jim Rome and his wife Janet’s Jungle Racing, Straight Up... ...

From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022)–In one of the most competitive races on a 10-race California Cup Day program, veteran trainer Eddie Truman’s Professors’ Pride will try to transfer her scintillating dirt form to turf as she heads a field of 12 sophomore fillies bred or sired in California in Saturday’s $200,000 Leigh Ann Howard California Cup Oaks at a flat mile. Proven at one mile on turf, Vivacious Vanessa rates a huge chance as well for trainer Gary Mandella as she transitions back to the grass following a disappointing effort sprinting on the main track. With John Velazquez taking over, John Sadler’s Big Novel, a consistent performer on dirt, will try turf for the first time in what will be her sixth career start. A first-out Cal Bred maiden special winner going six furlongs on Nov. 14 at Del Mar, Professors’ Pride, who is owned by longtime Truman client Academic Farms, then stretched out to run her competition off their feet going a flat mile in the statebred... ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 12, 2022) – California-bred multiple stakes winner I’m So Anna sold for $200,000 at Wednesday’s session of the Keeneland January Sale. The 4-year-old daughter of Fast Anna, out of the Jet West mare So So Fast, was bred by owner KMN Racing and was purchased by St. George Stable. I’m So Anna sold as a broodmare prospect. She won the Pike Place Dancer, Fleet Treat and Campanile Stakes with career earnings of $309,740. ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 12, 2022) – Reiwa is the lone California-bred entered in Monday’s $125,000 Grade III Astra Stakes for fillies and mares at Santa Anita. Reiwa is by James Street, out of the Utopia mare Oh Molly Brannigan, was bred by owner Willow Tree Farm and is trained by Jonathan Wong. She has four wins in 18 starts, earnings of $152,264 and is coming off a fourth in the Dec. 12 Miss America Stakes. ...

$200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic, presented by City National Bank — Nominations Past Performances  $150,000 Sunshine Millions F&M Turf Sprint, presented by John Deere — Nominations Past Performances  $200,000 Leigh Ann Howard Cal Cup Oaks — Nominations Past Performances $150,000 Donald Valpredo Cal Cup Sprint — Nominations Past Performances  $200,000 Cal Cup Derby — Nominations Past Performances  From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 7, 2022) — Santa Anita will shine the spotlight on California-breds next Saturday, Jan. 15, with five lucrative stakes races for horses bred in the Golden State offering purse money of $900,000. They are: the $150,000 Sunshine Millions Filly and Mare Turf Sprint presented by John Deere for older fillies and mares at about 6 1/2 furlongs on turf; the $200,000 California Derby for three-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles; and the $150,000 Don Valpredo California Cup Sprint for-year-olds and up at six furlongs. Also, the $200,000 Leigh Ann Howard California Cup Oaks for three-year-old fillies at a mile on turf and the $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic, presented by City National... ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Jan. 7, 2022) – Multiple stakes winner Tiger Dad is the lone California-bred entered in Friday’s $60,000 Walter R. Cluer Memorial Stakes at Turf Paradise. Tiger Dad is by Smiling Tiger, out of the Unusual Heat mare Q T Shea, was bred by Mark Devereaux, Scott Gross & Mark Gross, is owned by Rosette Racing and trained by Robertino Diodoro. He has six wins in 22 starts, earnings of $358,925 and is coming off a win in the Nov. 26 Luke Kruytbosch. ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Jan. 7, 2022) – California-breds Righteously and Flying to the Line are entered in Friday’s $60,000 Queen of the Green Stakes for fillies and mares at Turf Paradise. Righteously is by Square Eddie, out of the In Excess mare Gypsy Friday, was bred by Reddam Racing and Edward Freeman and is owned by Guillermina Mena and trainer Lorenzo Ruiz. She has six wins in 19 starts, earnings of $131,310 and is coming off a fourth in a Jan. 2 optional claimer. Flying to the Lane is by Boisterous, out of the Tale of the Cat mare Sky Diver, was bred by Gary Barber, is owned by Stable H M A and trained by M Hernandez. She has five wins in 25 starts, earnings of $164,913 and is coming off an eighth in the Dec. 16 Sun Devil Sprint. ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (Jan. 5, 2022) – Undefeated Big Switch and fellow California-bred Big Shamrock are entered in Saturday’s $200,000 Grade II Santa Ynez Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita. Big Switch is by Mr. Big, out of the Malibu Moon mare Two Faced Moon, was bred by owner George Krikorian and trained by John Sadler. She has won both starts with earnings of $141,750 and is coming off a win in the Nov. 5 Golden State Juvenile Fillies Stakes presented by PNC. Big Shamrock is by Mr. Big, out of the Exchange Rate mare Irish Exchange, was bred by George Krikorian, is owned by Featherton, Maslowski or Prince, et al and is trained by Dan Blacker. She has one win in three starts, earnings of $22,600 and is coming off a Dec. 12 maiden win. ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 31, 2021) – Bally’s Charm is the lone California-bred entered in Sunday’s $100,000 Eddie Logan Stakes for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita. Bally’s Charm is by Roi Charmant, out of the Arch mare Ballydonnell Drive, was bred by owners Red Baron’s Barn & Vaya Con Suerte and is trained by Jeff Mullins. He has one win in two starts, earnings of $45,660 and is coming off a Nov. 12 maiden win. ...

From Santa Anita Publiity ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 29, 2021)–A dominant figure over the course, George Krikorian’s homebred Mucho Unusual is back to defend her title in Saturday’s Grade III, $100,000 Robert J. Frankel Stakes as seven older fillies and mares go a mile and one eighth over the Santa Anita lawn. A soon-to-be 6-year-old California-bred mare by Mucho Macho Man out of Krikorian’s Unusual Heat mare Not Unusual, Mucho Unusual, a Grade I winner and four-time overall graded stakes winner for trainer Tim Yakteen, is a remarkable 12-6-3-3 over the local turf and sports a 22-8-5-4 overall mark with earnings of $933,415. Idle since prevailing by a nose at 3-5 in a mile and one eighth allowance here on Oct. 30, Mucho Unusual will be reunited with John Velazquez who guided her to her Robert J. Frankel victory five starts back. Trainer Richard Baltas is well-armed with a pair of distaffers, LNJ Foxwoods’ improving Luck and Calvin Nguyen’s English-bred Bodhicitta. A 4-year-old filly by Kitten’s Joy, Luck was two for four in France at... ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 29, 2021) – Fi Fi Pharoah is the lone California-bred entered in Saturday’s $200,000 Grade III La Canada Stakes for fillies and mares at Santa Anita. Fi Fi Pharoah is by American Pharoah, out of the Ghostzapper mare My Fiona, was bred by Terry Lovingier, is owned by Lovingier, Beckerle or Navarro and is trained by Walther Solis. The stakes winner has two wins in 11 starts, earnings of $231,832 and is coming off a second in a Dec. 12 optional claimer. ...

By Bloodhorse.com ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 20, 2021) — Art Sherman, racing’s David who slew the game’s Goliaths with an unlikely California-bred slingshot named California Chrome , will be honored by Santa Anita Park Dec. 26 on the occasion of his retirement at 84 after a career as a jockey and trainer spanning six decades. Sherman left the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn when he was 7 years old, later fleecing contemporaries in the jocks’ room playing gin rummy at old Jamaica Race Course in the late 1950s as the standby rider on the New York circuit, and later still becoming a successful trainer, winning 2,261 races. In either case, it’s been a wild ride. “There are some things Faye (his wife approaching 60 years) and I want to do, and right now I’m closing down my barn (at Los Alamitos Race Course) where I’ve got a lot of tack and the kids are coming for the holidays,” Sherman said when asked his immediate plans now that the reality of retirement has taken hold. “I just sold... ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 20, 2021) – Graded stakes winner None Above the Law is the lone California-bred entered in Sunday’s $200,000 Grade II Mathis Mile Stakes at Santa Anita. None Above the Law is by Karakontie, out of the Northern Afleet mare Legally Blanca, was bred by J. Kirk and Judy Robison, is owned by Downstream Racing and trained by Ruben Alvarado. He has six wins in 16 starts, earnings of $460,560 and is coming off a fourth in the Nov. 21 Cary Grant. ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 20, 2021) – California-bred Closing Remarks is entered in Sunday’s $300,000 Grade I American Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita. Closing Remarks is by Vronsky, out of the Unusual Heat mare Orange Cove, was bred by owner Harris Farms and is trained by Carla Gaines. She has two wins in 10 starts, earnings of $293,000 and is coming off a sixth in the Oct. 16 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. Eddie’s New Dream was also originally entered, but scratched to run instead in Sunday’s $200,000 Grade II La Brea Stakes. ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 20, 2021) – Multiple stakes winner Indian Peak is the lone California-bred entered in Sunday’s $200,000 Grade II San Gabriel Stakes at Santa Anita. Indian Peak is by Comic Strip, out of the Roar mare Ms. Booty, was bred by Dr. & Mrs. William Gray, is owned by Barber or Wachtel Stable and trained by Ruben Alvarado. He has six wins in 21 starts, earnings of $363,532 and is coming off a third in the Nov. 27 Seabiscuit. ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (Dec. 20 ,2021) – Eddie’s New Dream is the lone California-bred entered in Sunday’s $200,000 Grade II La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Santa Anita. Eddie’s New Dream is by Square Eddie, out of the Tapit mare Walkingonadream, was bred by owner Reddam Racing and trained by Ben Cecil. She has four wins in 10 starts, earnings of $250,760 and is coming off a win in a Nov. 25 optional claimer. Eddie’s New Dreams was also originally entered in Sunday’s $300,000 Grade I La Brea Stakes, but scratched to run in the La Brea. ...

BENSALEM, Pa. (Dec. 23, 2021) – Raging Tempest is the lone California-bred entered in Wednesday’s $100,000 Parx Juvenile Stakes for 2-year-olds. Raging Tempest is by Danzing Candy, out of the Stormy Atlantic mare Wind N Waves, was bred by Checkmate Thoroughbreds, is owned by M&B Racing Stable and trained by H.R. Brown Jr. He is a maiden making his third start with earnings of $1,510 and is coming off a sixth in a Nov. 29 maiden claimer. ...

ZIA PARK, N.M. (Dec. 18, 2021) – Northern California Yearling Sale graduate Minister of Soul and fellow California-bred Mr Paytience are entered in the $65,000 KLAQ Handicap at Zia Park on New Year’s Day. Minister of Soul is by Ministers Wild Cat, out of the Bernstein mare Sensitive Soul, was bred by Dahlberg Farms and is owned by trainer Esteban Martinez. The $16,000 purchase at the Northern California Yearling Sale has 12 wins in 35 starts, earnings of $334,518 and is coming off a sixth in the Dec. 17 Zany Tactics. He was fifth in this race in 2019 and in 2018. Mr Paytience is by Paynter, out of the Yes It’s True mare Kantstopdancin, was bred by Ballena Vista Farm, is owned by Stable H.M.A and is trained by Bart Hone. He has four wins in 17 starts, earnings of $137,562 and is making his first start since a fourth in an optional claimer Apr. 19. ...

NEW ORLEANS, La. (Dec. 17, 2021) — Grinning Tiger is entered in The $75,000 Richard R. Scherer Memorial Stakes at Fair Grounds on Dec. 26.. Grinning Tiger is a registered stakes-winning California-sired son of Smiling Tiger.  Grinning Tiger is a 6-year-old gelding out of the Pioneering mare Karlee’s Kitten, was bred by Patrick Cosgrove, is owned by Tyree Wolesensky and is trained by Steve Asmussen. He has nine wins in 33 starts, earnings of $261,231 and is coming off a win in a Sept. 25 optional claimer. Fair Grounds will be the ninth track at which Grinning Tiger has run. ...

From Lovacres Ranch WARNER SPRINGS, Calif. (Dec. 13, 2021) – Stallion V. E. Day has relocated to California and will stand the 2022 season at Lovacres Ranch for a fee of $2,500, it was announced on Monday. V. E. Day is a 10-year-old son of English Channel, out of the Deputy Minister mare California Sunset, who was out of a full sister to champion Sunshine Forever. V.E. Day earned $1,044,061 on the track, racing in Europe and the United States and winning on both dirt and turf. V. E. Day won the Grade I Travers Stakes as a 3-year-old, defeating Bayern, Wicked Strong and Tonalist among others. He also was second in the Grade II Brooklyn Invitational Stakes. His first crop of foals are 3-year-olds this year. ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Dec. 12, 2021) – Northern California Yearling Sale graduate Minister of Soul and fellow California-bred multiple stakes winner Mikes Tiznow are among the entries in Friday’s $60,000 Zany Tactics Stakes at Turf Paradise. Give Me the Lute is by Boisterous, out of the Midnight Lute mare Steal the Lute, was bred by Gary Barber, is owned by Roderick Hogan and Wendy Hogan and is trained by Andy Mathis. He has five wins in 15 starts, earnings of $209,823 and is coming off a sixth in the Oct. 17 California Flag. Midnight Special is by Vronsky, out of the Yes It’s True mare Lost Prophet, was bred by Donald Muldoon, is owned by Jeffrey Lambert and trained by R.B. Hess Jr. He has six wins in 26 starts, earnings of $178,542 and is coming off a fourth in a Nov. 26 optional claimer. Mikes Tiznow is by Slew’s Tiznow, out of the Maria’s Mon mare Babes Bridge It, was bred by Eagle Ridge Racing, is owned by Mike Schott... ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Dec. 12, 2021) – California-breds Hey Now and Not That Serious are entered in Friday’s $60,000 Lost in the Fog Juvenile Stakes for 2-year-olds at Turf Paradise. Hey Now is by Richard’s Kid, out of the Wild Rush mare Feel the Rush, was bred by Milt Policzer, is owned by Regan Bray or Sylvia Kenney and is trained by Daniel Kenney. He won his lone start Nov. 11 with earnings of $12,493. Not That Serious is by Munnings, out of the War Front mare Mobilize, was bred by Terry Lovingier and is owned by trainer Justin Evans. He has one win in four starts, earnings of $22,320 and is coming off a Nov. 12 maiden claimer win at Churchill Downs. ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Dec. 12, 2021) – Closing Account is the lone California-bred entered in Friday’s $60,000 Arizona Juvenile Fillies Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Turf Paradise. Closing Account is by Capital Account, out of the Unusual Heat mare My Yammy Heat, was bred by owner BG Stables and is trained by Vann Belvoir. She won her lone start Dec. 6 with earnings of $13,154. ...

From Los Alamitos Publicity CYPRESS, Calif. (Dec. 9, 2021) – A come-from-behind winner of the Golden State Juvenile Nov. 5 at Del Mar, Finneus will stretch to two turns again in the $100,000 King Glorious Sunday. Named in honor of the winner of the 1988 Hollywood Futurity and 1989 Haskell, the King Glorious is restricted to 2-year-olds bred or sired in California. The race at one mile is the feature attraction on the final day of the Winter Thoroughbred meet. Post time Sunday is 12 Noon. The King Glorious, which is the last of 11 races, has a scheduled post time of 4:58 p.m. A son of Stay Thirsty and the Ghostzapper mare My Fiona – who won the 2014 Soviet Problem Stakes at Los Alamitos – Finneus defeated Show Down Andy and 10 others in the Golden State, prevailing by a half-length under jockey Joel Rosario. Owned by Naseer Mohammed Fasihuddin, Amanda Navarro and breeder  Terry Lovingier and trained by Walther Solis, Finneus has won twice in six starts... ...

From CHRB SACRAMENTO, Calif. (Dec. 9, 2021) — The California Horse Racing Board will conduct a teleconference meeting on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Consistent with Governor Gavin Newsom’s Executive Order N-29-20, this meeting will be teleconference only. No physical location will be provided. The public may participate in either of two ways. The webcast audio link on the CHRB website will continue to provide a way for the public to listen to this meeting. Those wishing to speak during the meeting may dial 888-392-4564 and enter 6896291# to join the teleconference. To speak on any item, press star (*) 1 to enter the speakers’ queue. Those providing unsolicited public comment on individual agenda items will be limited to two minutes. Comments must relate specifically to the agenda items. Note that for agenda item #8, Public Comment, no further comments will be permitted after 30 minutes. The agenda and package of materials for the meeting are available on the CHRB website. ...

ALBANY, Calif. (Dec. 9, 2021) – Multiple stakes winner Cordiality, 2019 winner of the race Blue Diva and fellow California-bred Reiwa are entered in Sunday’s $50,000 Miss America Stakes for fillies and mares at Golden Gate. Cordiality is by Papa Clem, out of the Unusual Heat mare Warmth, was bred by Dr. Edward Allred, is owned by Donnie Crevier and trained by Tim Yakteen. She has 12 wins in 35 starts, earnings of $633,363 and is coming off a sixth in a Nov. 25 optional claimer. Blue Diva is by Bluegrass Cat, out of the Quiet American mare Farmers Wife, was bred by BKB Stables, is owned by Frankly Speaking and is trained by Isidro Tamayo. She has seven wins in 31 starts, earnings of $247,505 and is coming off a fourth in a Nov. 25 optional claimer. She won this race in 2019. Reiwa is by James Street, out of the Utopia mare Oh Molly Brannigan, was bred by owner Willow Tree Farm and is trained by Jonathan Wong.... ...

ALBANY, Calif. (Dec. 8, 2021) – Princess Vivian, who won this race two years ago, is part of a full field of 13 entered in Saturday’s $75,000 Bear Fan Stakes for California-bred fillies and mares at Golden Gate. Dee Gee is by Decarchy, out of the Atticus mare There Goes Gee Gee, was bred by Gilman Racing, is owned by Hat Trick Racing and trained by Reid France. She has five wins in 17 starts, earnings of $93,480 and is coming off back-to-back claiming wins. Multiple stakes winner Daffodil Sweet is by Ministers Wild Cat, out of the Lion Heart mare Easy on My Heart, was bred by Michael Terry, is owned by Jody Peetz and Steve Shimizu and is trained by Tim McCanna. She has seven wins in 12 starts, earnings of $130,425 and is coming off a fourth in a Nov. 20 allowance. Rebalation is by Acclamation, out of the He’s Tops mare Reba Is Tops, was bred by owners Gordy Jarnig, Kenny Marshall and Eric Schweiger and... ...

CYPRESS, Calif. (Dec. 8, 2021) – Slow Down Andy is the lone California-bred entered in Saturday’s $300,000 Grade II Los Alamitos Futurity for 2-year-olds. Slow Down Andy is by Nyquist, out of the Square Eddie mare Edwina E, was bred by owner Reddam Racing and is trained by Doug O’Neill. He has one win in two starts, earnings of $69,850 and is coming off a second in last month’s Golden State Juvenile. ...

From Los Alamitos Publicity CYPRESS, Calif. (Dec. 5, 2021) – Runner-up behind stablemate Big Switch in the Golden State Juvenile Fillies Nov. 5, Big Novel will stretch to a mile for the first time in the $100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes Friday at Los Alamitos. Restricted to Golden State Series-eligible 2-year-old fillies bred or sired in California, the Soviet Problem attracted nine entrants. Part of the Golden State Series, the Soviet Problem is the last of eight races. Post time Friday is 12:30 p.m. Scheduled post time for the main event is 4:28 p.m. Owned by breeder George Krikorian and trained by John Sadler, Big Novel was more than six lengths clear of the rest of the field in the Golden State contest at seven furlongs. A daughter of Mr. Big and the Heatseeker mare Steamy Novel, Big Novel hasn’t been worse than third in her four races and has earned $95,850. She broke her maiden Oct. 2 at Santa Anita. At the Spa will try for her fourth win in... ...

From Los Alamitos Publicity CYPRESS, Calif. (Dec. 5, 2021)–Finneus and Slow Down Andy, the 1-2 finishers in last month’s Golden State Juvenile, and local stakes winner Thirsty Always are among the 2-year-olds nominated to the $100,000 King Glorious Stakes for Golden State Series eligibles at Los Alamitos. A one-mile race restricted to horses bred or sired in California, the King Glorious will be run for the 10th time Sunday, Dec. 12, the final day of the Los Angeles Winter meet. Owned by a partnership that includes breeder Terry Lovingier and trained by Walther Solis, Finneus rallied from well off the pace to win the Golden State Juvenile by a half-length over favored Slow Down Andy. A son of Stay Thirsty and the Ghostzapper mare My Fiona, who won the 2014 Soviet Problem Stakes at Los Alamitos, Finneus is 2-for-6 with earnings of $246,366. Trained by Doug O’Neill, who is seeking his third win in the King Glorious after scoring with Found Money (2015) and Play Chicken (2020), for owner-breeder J.P. Reddam... ...

From Los Alamitos Publicity CYPRESS, Calif. (Dec. 3, 2021) – Beginning Thursday, Dec. 9, there will be post time adjustments for the final four days of the Los Alamitos Winter Thoroughbred meet. The new post time for Thursday, Dec. 9 and Friday, Dec. 10 is 12:30 p.m. a half-hour earlier than the first week of the season. Post time for Saturday, Dec. 11 and Sunday, Dec. 12 will be 12 Noon, 30 minutes earlier than the previous weekend. There will be three stakes races the final three days of the Winter season, topped by the Grade II, $300,000 Los Alamitos Futurity for 2-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles Saturday, Dec. 11. The Friday, Dec. 10 program will be highlighted by the $100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes for 2-year-old fillies bred or sired in California and a winner’s circle ceremony honoring trainer Art Sherman, who is retiring after an illustrious career of more than 65 years in racing as an exercise rider, jockey and trainer. The main event closing day (Sunday, Dec. 12)... ...

CYPRESS, Calif. (Dec. 2, 2021) – Multiple Grade III winner Warren’s Showtime is the lone California-bred entered in Sunday’s $100,000 Grade III Bayakoa Stakes for fillies and mares at Los Alamitos. Warren’s Showtime is by Clubhouse Ride, out of the Affirmative mare Warren’s Veneda, was bred by Ben Warren, is owned by Ben and Sally Warren and trained by Craig Lewis. She has eight wins in 23 starts, earnings of $794,431 and is coming off a second in the Nov. 7 Betty Grable. ...

ALBANY, Calif. (Dec. 1, 2021) – Stakes winner Dr Pescado is one of four California-breds entered in Saturday’s $75,000 Gold Rush Stakes for 2-year-olds at Golden Gate. Bandera Azteca is by Danzing Candy, out of the Holy Bull mare Seaside Sanctuary, was bred by owner Agustin Velazquez and is trained by Victor Trujillo. He has one win in three starts, earnings of $24,620 and is coming off an 11th in the Nov. 5 Golden State Juvenile. Stanford Bay is by Stanford, out of the Ministers Wild Cat mare Curvy Cat, was bred by owner Tommy Town Thoroughbreds and is trained by Jonathan Wong. He has two wins in six starts, earnings of $61,350 and is coming off a second in the Nov. 13 Golden Nugget. Northern California Yearling Sale graduate Dimmi Quando is by Shaman Ghost, out of the Bushwacker mare Wackey Logic, was bred by Terry Lovingier and is owned by Daniel Franko. The $2,500 Northern California Yearling Sale purchase has one win in four starts, earnings of $24,884... ...

OZONE PARK, N.Y. (Dec. 1, 2021) – California-bred multiple stakes winner Bella Vita seeks her first graded victory in Saturday’s $250,000 Grade III Go For Wand Stakes for fillies and mares at Aqueduct. Bella Vita is by Bayern, out of the Storm Cat mare Queenie Cat, was bred by Hill ‘n’ Dale Equine Holdings, is owned by Kaleem Shah and trained by Simon Callaghan. She has four wins in 13 starts, earnings of $346,722 and is coming off a win in the Nov. 7 Betty Grable.   ...

From Los Alamitos Publicity CYPRESS, Calif. —Double Grade II winner As Time Goes By and the talented California-bred Warren’s Showtime are among 13 nominees to the Grade III, $100,000 Bayakoa Stakes. The race for fillies and mares (3-year-olds & up) at 1 1/16 miles will be run Sunday, December 5, the third day of the Winter thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos. The race honors Bayakoa, an Argentine bred who won 21 of 39 and earned $2,861,701. Owned by Frank and Janis Whitham and trained by Hall of Famer Ron McAnally, the daughter of Consultants Bid, whose 13 Grade I victories including back-to-back scores in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff (1989-1990), was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1998. Owned by a partnership that includes Mrs. John Magnier and Michael Tabor and trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, As Time Goes By won the Santa Maria and Santa Margarita in succession earlier this year at Santa Anita. The 4-year-old American Pharoah filly has won four of 11 and banked $475,600.... ...

ALBANY, Calif. (Nov. 25, 2021) – Camino Del Paraiso and Big Fish, multiple stakes-winning graduates of the Northern California Yearling Sale and 1-2 finishers in the recent Joseph T. Grace Stakes, are among entries in Saturday’s $100,000 Grade III Berkeley Handicap at Golden Gate. Camino Del Paraiso is by Suances, out of the Successful Appeal mare Loni’s Appeal, was bred by Red Barons Barn, is owned by paradise Road Ranch and trained by O.J. Jauregui. The $5,000 purchase at the Northern California Yearling Sale has nine wins in 44 starts, earnings of $559,392 and is coming off a win in the Nov. 6 Joseph T. Grace Stakes. He was third in this race in 2017, second in 2018 and ninth in 2019. Wine and Whiskey is by Fullbridled, out of the Tabasco Cat mare Satin Dolly, was bred by Francisco Gomez, is owned by Ruben Arechiga and trained by Felix Rondan. He has four wins in 25 starts, earnings of $156,734 and is coming off a fourth in the Nov.... ...

DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 25, 2021) – Groovy Huey is the lone California-bred entered in Sunday’s $100,000 Grade III Cecil B. DeMille Stakes for 2-year-olds. Groovy Huey is by Dads Caps, out of the Orientate mare Floatthrutheair, was bred by Richard Barton Enterprises, is owned by Alvarez Racing Stables and trained by Kenny Black. He has one win in three starts, earnings of $28,894 and is coming off a second in the Nov. 8 Manzano Stakes at Albuquerque. ...

By DRF.com DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 24, 2021) — California-bred Mucho Unusual, winner of the Grade 1 Rodeo Drive Stakes in 2020 and four other stakes in her 22-race career, will miss Sunday’s Grade 1 Matriarch Stakes at Del Mar in favor of a start in the Grade 3 Megahertz Stakes at Santa Anita in January. Trainer Tim Yakteen said in a text message on Wednesday that Mucho Unusual will have an early 2022 schedule in turf stakes designed “to follow the same campaign as last year.” :: DRF Black Friday: Get up to 50% off DRF Products. Offer ends soon. Mucho Unusual won the Megahertz at a mile in January and was later second in the Grade 2 Buena Vista Stakes and Grade 3 Santa Ana Stakes before being rested for most of the spring and summer. Owned by George Krikorian, Mucho Unusual won an allowance race at 1 1/8 miles on turf on Oct. 30 at Santa Anita in her only start since late March. The $100,000 Megahertz Stakes... ...

DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 24, 2021) – Multiple-stakes winning California-bred Indian Peak shoots for his first graded win in Saturday’s $250,000 Grade II Seabiscuit Handicap at Del Mar. Indian Peak is by Comic Strip, out of the Roar mare Ms. Booty, was bred by Dr. & Mrs. William Gray, is owned by Barber or Wachtel Stable and is trained by Peter Miller. He has six wins in 20 starts, earnings of $333,532 and is coming off a win in the Oct. 17 California Flag. ...

CYPRESS, Calif. (Nov. 23, 2021) – Five stakes races – including two for Golden State Series eligibles – highlight the 2021 Winter meet at Los Alamitos. The seven-day season will begin Friday, Dec. 3 and continue through Sunday, Dec. 12.  Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday the first week (Dec. 3-5) and Thursday-Sunday the final week (Dec. 9-12). Post time will be 1 p.m. on weekdays and 12:30 p.m. on weekends. The two Cal-bred stakes are at one mile and for 2-year-olds bred or sired in California. The $100,000-guaranteed Soviet Problem for fillies – originally scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 11 – will be run Friday, Dec. 10 while the $100,000 King Glorious for colts & geldings will be contested Sunday, Dec. 12. In addition, Los Alamitos will run three graded stakes. The Grade I, $300,000-guaranteed Starlet for fillies will be contested Saturday, Dec. 4 and the Grade II, $300,000-guaranteed Los Alamitos Futurity will be run Saturday, Dec. 11. Both races are at 1 1/16 miles and being offered at Los Alamitos... ...

DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 21, 2021) – Multiple graded winner Acclimate is the lone California-bred entered in Friday’s $250,000 Grade II Hollywood Turf Cup Stakes at Del Mar. Acclimate is by Acclamation, out of the Boundary mare Know No Bounds, was bred by Old English Rancho, Sal Berumen & Patsy Berumen, is owned by The Ellwood Johnston Trust, Timmy Time Racing or Bartlett, et al, and is trained by Phil D’Amato. He has seven wins in 28 starts, earnings of $633,872 and is coming off a 14th in the Nov. 6 Longines Breeders’ Cup Turf. He was fourth in this race last year. ...

ALBANY, Calif. (Nov. 22, 2021) – Multiple stakes placed Drizella is among the entries in the first division of Friday’s $50,000 Golden Gate Debutante Stakes for 2-year-old fillies. Drizella is by Stanford, out of the Royal Applause mare Tinderella, was bred by Magee-Wolfson, is owned by William Peeples and trained by Luis Mendez. She has one win in seven starts, earnings of $91,150 and is coming off a fourth in the Nov. 5 Golden State Juvenile Fillies. Miss Union is by Unionize, out of the Perfect Mandate mare Rachel’s Belle, was bred by owner Timothy O’Leary and is trained by Isidro Tamayo. She has two wins in five starts, earnings of $42,836 and is coming off a third in a Nov. 6 starter’s allowance. Rose Maddox is by Grazen, out of the Unusual Heat mare Heat the Rocks, was bred by owner Nick Alexander and is trained by Steve Miyadi. She has one win in two starts, earnings of $36,000 and is coming off a second in an Oct. 22... ...

DEL MAR, Calif. (Nov. 18, 2021) – Graded stakes winner None Above the Law, who is also entered in Tuesday’s $250,000 Zia Park Derby, Loud Mouth, who won this race last year and Fashionably Fast, who won this race in 2019, are among entries in Sunday’s $100,000 Cary Grant Stakes for Golden State Series eligible at Del Mar. None Above the is by Karakontie, out of the Northern Afleet mare Legally Blanca, was bred by J. Kirk and Judy Robison, is owned by Downstream Racing and is trained by Peter Miller. He has six wins in 15 starts, earnings of $454,560 and is coming off an eighth in the Oct. 31 Twilight Derby. Fashionably Fast is by Lucky Pulpit, out of the Forestry mare Fall Fashion, was bred by Harris Farms, is owned by Harris Farms, Antonsen or Nicoletti and is trained by Dean Pederson. He has nine wins in 26 starts, earnings of $683,891 and is coming off a win in the Oct. 9 Harris Farms. He won this... ...

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. (Nov. 17, 2021) – Popular Kid is the lone California-bred entered in Friday’s $100,000 Jeffrey A. Hawk Memorial Stakes at Remington Park. Popular Kid is by Popular, out of the Lemon Drop Kid mare Lemon Supreme, was bred by Rod and Lorraine Rodriguez, is owned by George Sharp and trained by Shawn Davis. He has 14 wins in 61 starts, earnings of $538,774 and is coming off an Oct. 27 allowance win. ...

ALBANY, Calif. (Nov. 17, 2021) – California-breds In Our A and Ultimate Bango are entered in Saturday’s $50,000 Oakland Stakes at Golden Gate. In Our A is by Idiot Proof, out of the Decarchy mare Onefunsonofagun, was bred by owners Victory Rose Thoroughbreds and KMN Racing and is trained by Ellen Jackson. He has five wins in 10 starts, earnings of $148,860 and is coming off a second in the Oct. 31 El Dorado Shooter. Ultimate Bango is by Uh Oh Bango, out of the Cee’s Tizzy mare Ultimate Summer, was bred by Mitchell Dutko & Bob Abrams, is owned by William Branch, William Buster Jr., or Mark Cohen and is trained by Mark Glatt. He has four wins in 22 starts, earnings of $304,579 and is coming off a third in a Nov. 4 optional claimer. ...

HOBBS, N.M. (Nov. 16, 2021) – Graded stakes winner None Above the Law is the lone California-bred entered in Tuesday’s $250,000 Zia Park Derby for 3-year-olds. None Above the Law is by Karakontie, out of the Northern Afleet mare Legally Blanca, was bred by J. Kirk and Judy Robison, is owned by Downstream Racing and is trained by Peter Miller. He has six wins in 15 starts, earnings of $454,560 and is coming off an eighth in the Oct. 31 Twilight Derby. ...

HOBBS, N.M. (Nov. 16, 2021) – Thirsty Echo is the lone California-bred entered in Tuesday’s $50,000 Zia Park Juvenile Stakes for 2-year-olds. Thirsty Echo is by Stay Thirsty, out of the Swiss Yodeler mare Helen’s Echo, was bred by owner Juan Barrientos and is trained by Danny Martinez. He is making his racing debut. ...