By DRF.com LODI, Calif. (June 30, 2023) — A funeral service will be held on July 11 at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Lodi, Calif., for state steward William Meyers, who died from health complications on June 10. The service will begin at 11 a.m. The church is located at 1055 South Lower Sacramento Road. In lieu of flowers, a donation to the Racetrack Chaplaincy is requested. Meyers was 69. He was a racing official in California for more than 40 years and worked as recently as earlier this year at Golden Gate Fields. Will came from a racing family. His father was a steward and racing secretary. “Naturally, I started working with horses myself,” he once said. “When I was a boy we lived in Arcadia, then Coronado, and on weekends I would go down to Caliente to groom and pony horses. Later, I worked as a stewards’ aide in Stockton, Sacramento, and Ferndale.” Will rose through the ranks of racing officials and became a steward in 1984. He... ...

From Los Alamitos Publicity CYPRESS, Calif. (June 30, 2023) – California-breds Rose Maddox and Chismosa take on likely favorite Elm Drive in Tuesday’s $200,000 Great Lady M. Stakes for fillies and mares at Los Alamitos. A Grade II at 6 ½ furlongs, the Great Lady M. is the final of nine races on the special Fourth of July program. Post time is 1 p.m. and scheduled post time for the main event is 5:05 p.m. Trainer Steve Miyadi and owner-breeder Nick Alexander, who won this race in 2022 with Becca Taylor, will try to go back-to-back with Rose Maddox. A 4-year-old gray daughter of Grazen and the Unusual Heat mare Heat the Rocks, Rose Maddox has won five of 15 and earned $327,782. Worse than third only twice, she was most recently second in the Fran’s Valentine at one mile on turf, defeated by a half-length by Eddie’s New Dream. Chismosa will be cutting back in distance after finishing third in the Melair May 28, a race prohibitive favorite Ceiling... ...

By DRF.com PLEASANTON, Calif. (June 30, 2023) — Just a Little Luck will be near the front in Sunday’s $75,000 Mary Clare Schmitt Pleasanton Oaks for California-breds and sired 3-year-old fillies at six furlongs at the Alameda County Fair. Whether she will set the pace or race as a stalker will be up to the filly. “She places herself,” trainer Andy Mathis said. “She’s not one you can fight with. If she wants to be forward and wants to be on the front end, you can’t convince her otherwise.” Just a Little Luck — a daughter of Straight Fire owned by breeders Terry Knight, Jean Annuzzi & Mel Annuzzi — led throughout a maiden race at 5 1/2 furlongs in her 2023 debut on March 11 at Golden Gate Fields, and was beaten a nose in an allowance race at that distance on April 21 after stalking the pace. “I think she has a chance,” Mathis said. “I thought the day she broke her maiden she ran well on the... ...

By DRF.com PLEASANTON, Calif. (June 28, 2023) – Top Harbor is a length away from an unbeaten record in Northern California this year, which is why the 5-year-old horse will be favored to win Saturday’s $75,000 Oak Tree Sprint for California-breds or sireds at the Alameda County Fair. After finishing second by three-quarters of a length in the El Dorado Shooter Stakes at Golden Gate Fields in February, Top Harbor — a son of Harbor the Gold bred by owners Eric Schweiger, Gordy Jarnig & Kenny Marshall — won consecutive starts in an allowance race and the Lost in the Fog Stakes in April. The winning streak ended with a fast-closing second by a neck in the Albany Stakes at five furlongs on turf on June 11. “He’s a gamer everywhere you go,” trainer Tim McCanna said. The Oak Tree Sprint at six furlongs will be Top Harbor’s first start at Pleasanton since a second in the 2021 Oak Tree Sprint. :: Take your handicapping to the next level and play... ...

OCEANPORT, N.J. (June 28, 2023) – Self Isolation is the lone California-bred entered in Saturday’s $100,000 Regret Stakes for fillies and mares at Monmouth Park. Self Isolation is by Square Eddie, out of the Spring At Last mare Loan Savant, was bred by Reddam Racing and is owned by trainer David Jacobson She has eight wins in 22 starts, earnings of $382,370 and is coming off a June 16 optional claiming win. ...

CYPRESS, Calif. (June 30, 2023) – California-breds Clouseau and McGregor Lake have been nominated to the July 8 $125,000 Los Alamitos Derby for 3-year-olds, to be run at 1 1/8 miles. Clouseau is by Distorted Humor, out of the Bernardini mare English Garden, was bred by PT Syndicate #1, is owned by  ISK Racing Stable Inc., Doug Hames, Rebekah Lawless, Tom Lawless, Frank Lewkowitz, and Karen Lewkowitz and trained by Ian Kruljac. He has three wins in seven starts, earnings of $173,360 and is coming off a second in the May 28 Snow Chief Stakes, presented by City National Bank. McGregor Lake is by Saburo, out of the Idiot Proof mare Spectacular Proof, was bred by owner Ruis Racing and is trained by Antonio Garcia. He won his lone start June 10 at odds of 63-1 with earnings of $36,600. ...

ALTOONA, Iowa (June 30, 2023) – Stealthespotlight is the lone California-bred entered in Friday’s $100,000 Prairie Gold Lassie Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Prairie Meadows. Stealthespotlight is by Cat Burglar, out of the Tribal Rule mare Star of Munster, was bred by Richard Barton Enterprises, is owned by James Williams, Tyler Bowen, Rick Gallegos, Eric Rossman, Curt Stark and Chris Anderson and is trained by Matt Williams. She won her lone start Apr. 29 at Santa Anita with earnings of $36,000. ...

By DRF.com CYPRESS, Calif. (June 27, 2023) —California-bred Rose Maddox finished seventh in a field of eight in the Soviet Problem Stakes in her first career start at Los Alamitos in December 2021. So much has changed for Rose Maddox in the last 18 months. A two-time stakes winner earlier this year, Rose Maddox is expected to return to Los Alamitos for the Grade 2 Great Lady M. Stakes for fillies and mares at seven furlongs on July 4. She rates as an outsider to follow in what should be a solid field. Fun to Dream, Cal-bred winner of the Grade 2 Santa Monica Stakes at Santa Anita in February, and Dance to the Music, winner of the Grade 3 Desert Stormer Stakes at Santa Anita in March, are two leading contenders. Rose Maddox, trained by Steve Miyadi for owner and breeder Nick Alexander, has won two stakes at Golden Gate Fields this year – the Moscow Burning Stakes for statebred fillies and mares at a mile in January and... ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (June 25, 2023) – Multiple stakes winner Tiger Dad and fellow California-bred Magic Tiger are entered in Wednesday’s $50,000 Free Press Stakes at Assiniboia Downs. 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 Ranch and trained by Robertino Diodoro. He has seven wins in 38 starts, earnings of $490,054 and is coming off a fourth in the June 9 Ed Skinner. Magic Tiger is by Smiling Tiger, out of the Lucky Pulpit mare Funny Gal, was bred by Robert Heinz and Michelle Machado, is owned by Wind Dancer Stable & Bill Meikle and trained by Wendy Anderson. He has nine wins in 25 starts, earnings of $103,626 and is coming off back-to-back optional claiming wins. ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (June 25, 2023) — Big Stretch is the lone California-bred entered in Tuesday’s $50,000 La Verendrye Stakes for fillies and mares at Assiniboia Downs. Big Stretch is by Mr. Big, out of the Curlin mare Baby Zito, was bred by George Krikorian, is owned by A2 Thoroughbreds and trained by Michael Nault. She has three wins in 27 starts, earnings of $140,765 and is coming off a second in a June 13 optional claimer. She was fifth in this race last year. ...

From CHRB SACRAMENTO, Calif. (June 23, 2023) — The California Horse Racing Board will conduct an in-person meeting on Thursday, June 29, 2023, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Cal Expo. This meeting will be open to the public. Those providing unsolicited public comments on individual agenda items will be limited to two minutes. Comments must relate specifically to the agenda items. Note that for agenda item #13, Public Comment, no further comments will be permitted after 30 minutes. For those who do not attend, the webcast audio link on the CHRB website will provide a way to listen to the meeting. The agenda and package of materials for the meeting are available on the CHRB website. ...

From Los Alamitos Publicity CYPRESS, Calif. (June 23, 2023) — A trio of multiple stakes-winning California-breds, including Grade I winner Fun to Dream, are among the 17 fillies and mares nominated to the $200,000-guaranteed Great Lady M. Stakes. A Grade II at 6 ½ furlongs, the Great Lady M. will be run for the 10th time at Los Alamitos Tuesday, July 4. The other Cal-breds nominated are Rose Maddox and Chismosa. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who has won the Great Lady M. four times – Fantastic Style (2015), Marley’s Freedom (2018-19) and Gamine (2021) – has four nominees, including Fun to Dream. A 4-year-old daughter of Munnings owned by Baoma Corporation, Eda has won six of eight, including the Grade I Starlet here in 2021 and the 2022 Santa Ysabel. Owned and bred by Baffert, his wife Jill and Connie Pageler, Fun to Dream, a 4-year-old gray daughter of Arrogate, is also 6-for-8 with graded wins coming in the Grade I La Brea last Dec. 26 and Grade II... ...

From Los Alamitos Publicity CYPRESS, Calif. (June 21, 2023) – Two-time defending champion Desmond Doss will have five opponents in the $100,000-guaranteed Bertrando Stakes for Golden State Series eligibles Saturday at Los Alamitos. A one-mile event for 3-year-olds & up bred or sired in California, the Bertrando is the last of nine races.   Post time is 1 p.m. Scheduled post time for the Bertrando is 5:05 p.m. Owned by breeder Nick Alexander and trained by Steve Miyadi, Desmond Doss, a 7-year-old son of Grazen and the Malek mare Malley Girl, won the 2021 Bertrando by a half-length as the 8-5 favorite, then repeated last year, scoring by three-quarters of a length as the 1-2 choice. If successful Saturday, Desmond Doss, who has won seven of 23 and banked $454,911, will become the first three time winner of the Bertrando. Soi Phet also won the race twice, taking the inaugural running in 2014 and again in 2018 as a 10-year-old. Alexander and Miyadi will also be represented by Lovesick Blues. A... ...

PLEASANTON, Calif. (June 21, 2023) – Defending champion Tam’s Little Angel and fellow California-breds Twilight Empire and Smoothlikebuttah are entered in Saturday’s $75,000 She’s a Tiger Stakes for fillies and mares at the Alameda County Fair. Smoothlikebuttah is by Mr. Big, out of the Five Star Day mare Eight Daughters, was bred by NP Thoroughbreds, is owned by Robert Bach & William Tessar and trained by Steve Knapp. She has three wins in 40 starts, earnings of $408,012 and is coming off a fourth in the June 10 Santa Margarita. Twilight Empire is by Empire Way, out of the Bernstein mare Rugula, was bred by Terry Lovingier, is owned by G C C I and trained by Clifford DeLima. She has four wins in 12 starts, earnings of $108,290 and is coming off a fourth in a June 2 allowance. Tam’s Little Angel is by Tamarando, out of the Lucky Pulpit mare Angel Diane, was bred by owners Mr. & Mrs. Larry Williams and is trained by Steven Specht. She... ...

OCEANPORT, N.J. (June 21, 2023) – Self Isolation is the lone California-bred entered in Saturday’s $100,000 Goldwood Stakes for fillies and mares at Monmouth Park. Self Isolation is by Square Eddie, out of the Spring At Last mare Loan Savant, was bred by Reddam Racing and is owned by trainer David Jacobson. She has eight wins in 22 starts, earnings of $382,370 and is coming off back-to-back wins. ...

From Los Alamitos Publicity CYPRESS, Calif. (June 20, 2023) — The first of three daytime thoroughbred meets this year at Los Alamitos will begin Friday, June 23. The nine-day Los Angeles County Fair season will continue through Sunday, July 9. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday (June 23-25) the first week, Saturday-Tuesday (July 1-4) the second week and Saturday-Sunday (July 8-9) closing weekend. Post time is 1 p.m. The highlight of the meet will be the $200,000-guaranteed Great Lady M. Stakes at 6 ½ furlongs.  The Grade II for fillies and mares (3-year-olds & up) will be run Tuesday, July 4. The other two stakes to be run are the $100,000-guaranteed Bertrando for 3-year-olds & up bred or sired in California and the $125,000-guaranteed Los Alamitos Derby. The one-mile Bertrando is the main event Saturday, June 24 while the Los Alamitos Derby, which is contested at 1 1/8 miles, will be run Saturday, July 8. The wagering menu includes the $2 Pick Six – with the traditional 70-30 split – a... ...

AUBURN, Wash. (June 22, 2023) – Bull Dog Stakes winner A Man’s Man and fellow California-breds Bridleuptothebar, Smiling Goodbye and Prayer of Jabez are entered in Sunday’s $50,000 Budweiser Stakes at Emerald Downs. Bridleuptothebar is by Fullbridled, out of the Thisnearlywasmine mare Nearlycocktailtime, was bred by Mark & Holly Rydman, is owned by Holly Rydman and trained by Niccolo Trojani. He has four wins in eight starts, earnings of $63,689 and is coming off a second in a May 28 optional claimer. Smiling Goodbye is by Smiling Tiger, out of the Muqtarib mare Quickly Gone, was bred by Harris Farms, is owned by Little Barn Racing and trained by Debby Peery. He has three wins in 13 starts, earnings of $86,630 and is coming off a May 28 optional claiming win. Prayer of Jabez is by Stanford, out of the Kafwain mare Alwazabridesmaid, was bred by Tommy Town Thoroughbreds, is owned by Anthony DeMarco and trained by Edward Kereluk. He has four wins in 17 starts, earnings of $112,422 and... ...

AUBURN, Wash. (June 22, 2023) – Multiple stakes winner Daffodil Sweet and fellow California-bred Cause She’s a Lady are entered in Sunday’s $50,000 Hastings Stakes for fillies and mares at Emerald Downs. 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 One Horse Will Do Corp. and is trained by Marshall Allen. She has nine wins in 17 starts, earnings of $183,171 and is making her first start since finishing third in this race a year ago. She also was seventh in this race in 2021. Cause She’s a Lady is by Creative Cause, out of the Warrior’s Reward mare Warriorcmoutoplay, was bred by Thomas Bachman, is owned by Quest Racing and trained by Blaine Wright. She has three wins in 10 starts, earnings of $77,610 and is coming off a second in a May 27 optional claimer. ...

From Los Alamitos Publicity CYPRESS, Calif. – Since daytime thoroughbred racing returned to Los Alamitos in the summer of 2014, the Orange County track has been the place where the stars have come to play. Months before favored I’m No Patsy won the first race of the inaugural Summer Thoroughbred Festival on July 3, 2014, Los Alamitos was already playing host to an eventual champion and one of the most popular horses ever to compete in California. After Hollywood Park ran its final race on December 22, 2013, California Chrome, who had completed his 2-year-old season by winning the King Glorious – the final stakes race ever run at Hollywood Park – he was moved to Los Alamitos. Owned by Steve Coburn and Perry Martin and trained by Art Sherman, the son of Lucky Pulpit and the Not for Love mare Love the Chase spent the rest of his brilliant career based at Los Alamitos. His works over the track were much anticipated and well attended and Sherman was always... ...

NORTH RANDALL, Ohio (June 19, 2023) – Secret Fix is the lone California-bred entered in Saturday’s $250,000 Lady Jacqueline Stakes for fillies and mares at Thistledown. Secret Fix is by Secret Circle, out of the Haynesfield mare Solid Solution, was bred by Ruis Racing, is owned by Gene Burkholder and trained by Kim Puhl. She has four wins in 14 starts, earnings of $118,173 and is coming off a win in a May 22 allowance. ...

AUBURN, Wash. (June 15, 2023) – Stakes winner Clovisconnection and fellow California-bred Royal Halo are entered in Sunday’s $50,000 Auburn Stakes for 3-year-old colts and geldings at Emerald Downs. Clovisconnection is by Vronsky, out of the Perfect Mandate mare La Darling, was bred by owners William and Judy Hedrick and is trained by Blaine Wright. He has three wins in six starts, earnings of $106,380 and is coming off a second in the Apr. 30 Silky Sullivan. Royal Halo is by Curlin to Mischief, out of the Good Reward mare Sunpenny, was bred by Z Thoroughbred Racing, is owned by Steven Zerda and trained by Frank Lucarelli. He has two wins in seven starts, earnings of $80,460 and is coming off a May 27 allowance win. ...

AUBURN, Wash. (June 15, 2023) – Get My Point is the lone California-bred entered in Sunday’s $50,000 Seattle Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Emerald Downs. Get My Point is by Stanford, out of the Indian Charlie mare Didugetmypoint, was bred by owner Tommy Town Thoroughbreds and is trained by Jorge Rosales. She has one win in nine starts, earnings of $25,110 and is coming off a sixth in the Apr. 30 Campanile Stakes. ...

By DRF.com PLEASANTON, Calif. (June 15, 2023) — The five-stop Northern California fair circuit begins Friday with a four-week meeting at the Alameda County Fair in Pleasanton, highlighted by a newly created $150,000 stakes for older horses. The Pleasanton meeting runs through July 9 and is followed by race meetings at Cal-Expo in Sacramento later in July, the Sonoma County Fair at Santa Rosa in early August, the Humboldt County Fair in Ferndale in the far north in late August, and the Big Fresno Fair in October. The Pleasanton season covers 13 days of racing, primarily on a Friday-through-Sunday schedule with an additional racing day on Tuesday, July 4. The $150,000 Pleasanton Mile, run at a mile and 70 yards, will be held for the first time on July 9 as part of a program that includes the $75,000 Everett Nevin Stakes for 2-year-olds at 5 1/2 furlongs. The Pleasanton Mile is likely to draw runners from the throughout the state. I’mgonnabesomebody, winner of the $100,900 All American Stakes on May... ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (June 14, 2023) – Northern California Yearling Sale graduate Going Mobile and fellow first-out Cal-bred winner Refocus are entered in Saturday’s $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Futurity for 2-year-olds at Santa Anita. Refocus is by Pavel, out of the Square Eddie mare Redo It, was bred by owner Reddam Racing and is trained by Doug O’Neill. He won his May 21 debut by 4 ½ lengths. Going Mobile is by Stay Thirsty, out of the War Front mare Mobilize, was bred by Terry Lovingier and is owned by Lovingier, Thomas Halaz and trainer Steve Knapp. The $20,000 purchase at the Northern California Yearling Sale won his Apr. 30 debut by 4 ½ lengths. ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (June 14, 2023) – California-bred first-out winners Crazy Hot and Grand Slam Smile are entered in Saturday’s $100,000 Fasig-Tipton Debutante for 2-year-old fillies at Santa Anita. Crazy Hot is by Goldencents, out of the Rockport Harbor mare Harbor Mist, was bred by Tom Bachman, is owned by Rusty Brown and Cory Thabit and trained by Jeff Bonde. She won her May 20 debut by 10 ½ lengths. Grand Slam Smile is by Smiling Tiger, out of the Grand Slam mare Royal Grand Slam, was bred by owners Mr. & Mrs. Larry Williams and is trained by Steve Specht. She won her May 14 debut by four lengths. ...

By DRF.com SHAKOPEE, Minn. (June 13, 2023) – California-bred One in Vermillion will be looking for the fifth stakes win of his young career Wednesday night, when he makes his turf debut in the $100,000 Canterbury Derby for 3-year-olds as part of the Northern Stars Turf Festival at Canterbury Park. The one-mile race is one of six stakes on the card. The races are worth a total of $450,000. Canterbury has some special wagers tied to the night’s five turf stakes. They will be grouped in a pick five that has a 50-cent minimum and a reduced takeout of 10 percent. The sequence is races 2, 4, 6, 7, and 8. There also is an all-turf pick three on races 4, 6, and 8. The $1 minimum bet has a reduced takeout of 14 percent. The Canterbury Derby, which is part of both sequences, drew six, including supplemental entries We Storm and the stakes-placed Worthington. One in Vermillion enters off back-to-back wins, having won the Lazaro Barrera in May at Santa... ...

SHAKOPEE, Minn. (June 13, 2023) – Minister of Soul, one of the winningest graduates of the Northern California Yearling Sale, is the lone California-bred entered in Wednesday’s $75,000 Dark Star Turf Sprint at Canterbury Park. Minister of Soul is a 9-year-old by Ministers Wild Cat, out of the Bernstein mare Sensitive Soul, was bred by Dahlberg Farm and is owned by trainer Esteban Martinez. The $16,000 purchase at the Northern California Yearling Sale has 17 wins in 55 starts, earnings of $529,322 and is coming off a June 3 optional claiming win. He was sixth in this race in 2021. ...

SHAKOPEE, Minn. (June 13, 2023) – Stakes winner Don’t Get Pickled is the lone California-bred entered in Wednesday’s $75,000 Curtis Sampson Oaks for 3-year-old fillies at Canterbury Park. Don’t Get Pickled is by Misremembered, out of the Successful Appeal mare C C’s Pride, was bred by harry & Cheryl Keshian, is owned by Stable H. M. A. and trained by Kevin Eikleberry. She has two wins in 11 starts, earnings of $109,088 and is coming off a fourth in the June 10 Panthers Stakes at Prairie Meadows. ...

From Los Alamitos Publicity CYPRESS, Calif. (June 12, 2023) – Three stakes worth a combined $425,000 highlight the 2023 Los Angeles County Fair meet at Los Alamitos. The nine-day season will begin Friday, June 23 and continue through Sunday, July 9. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday the first week (June 23-25), Saturday-Tuesday (July 1-4) the middle week and Saturday-Sunday (July 8-9). the final weekend. Post time will be 1 p.m. The initial stakes of the season is the $100,000 Bertrando for 3-year-olds & up bred or sired in California. The one-mile race will be run Saturday, June 24. The richest of the stakes races is the Grade II, $200,000-guaranteed Great Lady M. Stakes. The race at 6 ½ furlongs for fillies and mares – 3-year-olds & up – will be offered Tuesday, July 4. The other stakes event is the $125,000 Los Alamitos Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles. The Derby will be run Saturday, July 8. Grandstand admission is $3 and $2 for seniors 62 and older. Admission... ...

ALBANY, Calif. (June 8, 2023) – Stakes-winning Northern California Yearling Sale graduate Chancery Way and comebacking stakes winner Sadie Bluegrass are entered in Sunday’s $75,000 Dream of Summer Stakes for Golden State Series eligible fillies and mares at Golden Gate. Chancery Way is by Mr. Big, out of the War Chant mare This Means War, was bred by Harris Farms & John Nicoletti, is owned by Andy Smolich and Rob Smolich and trained by Jamey Thomas. The $6,500 purchase at the Northern California Yearling Sale has four wins in seven starts, earnings of $141,779 and is coming off a second in the Apr. 29 Camilla Urso Stakes. Stakes winner Sassy Nature is by Straight Fire, out of the After Market mare Renee’s Queen, was bred by Straight Fire, LLC, is owned by CTR Stable and trained by Luis Mendez. She has three wins in seven starts, earnings of $158,990 and is coming off an eighth in the May 3 Mamzelle Overnight Stakes. Tamantari is by Tamarando, out of the Decarchy... ...

ELMONT, N.Y. (June 8, 2023) – Northern California Yearling Sale graduate Yo Yo Candy and fellow California-bred Ship Cadet are entered in Sunday’s $150,000 Tremont Stakes for 2-year-olds at Belmont Park. Yo Yo Candy is by Danzing Candy, out of the Two Punch mare Yolanda B Too, was bred by Checkmate Thoroughbreds, is owned by Happy Tenth Stable and trained by Daniel Velasquez. The $6,000 purchase at the Northern California Yearling Sale won his debut May 23 at Parx and has earnings of $27,000. Ship Cadet is by Midshipman, out of the Harbor the Gold mare Bella Mia, was bred by Mr. & Mrs. William Griffin, is owned by Paradise Farms, David Staudacher, Kevin Haynes and John Huber and is trained by Michael Maker. He won his debut May 12 at Belmont and has earnings of $49,500. ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (June 7, 2023) – Smoothlikebuttah is the lone California-bred entered in Saturday’s $200,000 Grade II Santa Margarita Stakes for fillies and mares at Santa Anita. Smoothlikebuttah is by Mr. Big, out of the Five Star Day mare Eight Daughters, was bred by NP Thoroughbreds, is owned by Robert Bach and William Tesser and is trained by Steve Knapp. She has three wins in 39 starts, earnings of $396,012 and is coming off a fourth in the Apr. 29 Santa Maria Stakes.   ...

ALBANY, Calif. (June 7, 2023) – Stakes winners Top Harbor and Psycho Dar, and fellow California-breds Evenerevenworse and Larry’s Legend, are entered in Saturday’s $50,000 Albany Stakes at Golden Gate. Top Harbor is by Harbor the Gold, out of the He’s Top mare Reba Is Tops, was bred by owners  Eric Schweiger, Gordy Jarnig & Kenny Marshall and is trained by Tim McKenna. He has seven wins in 16 starts, earnings of $327,114 and is coming off a win in the Apr. 29 Lost in the Fog Stakes. Evenerevenworse is by Decarchy, out of the Rahy mare Rahbadabadou, was bred by Pat Maciariello, is owned by TKO Stables, Frank Ables and Fred Desimore and is trained by Bill McLean. He has seven wins in 28 starts, earnings of $108,500 and is coming off a second in a May 13 optional claimer. Larry’s Legend is by Creative Cause, out of the Speightstown mare Laugh N Yodel, was bred by Heinz Steinmann, is owned by Huntertown Farm and trained by Samuel Calvario.... ...

ELMONT, N.Y. (June 6, 2023) – Multiple graded stakes winner Slow Down Andy is the lone California-bred entered in Saturday’s $1 million Hill ‘N’ Dale Metropolitan Handicap at Belmont Park. 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 four wins in 10 starts, earnings of $909,100 and is making his first start since a third in the Nov. 5, Big Ass Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile. The Metropolitan is a “Win and You’re In” for the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile. ...

ALTOONA, Ia. (June 2, 2023) – Multiple stakes winner Tiger Dad is the lone California-bred entered in Friday’s $50,000 Ed Skinner Stakes at Prairie Meadows. 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 Ranch and is trained by Robertino Diodoro. He has seven wins in 37 starts, earnings of $486,929 and is coming off a fourth in a May 6 optional claimer. ...

ALTOONA, Ia. (June 3, 2023) – Stakes winner Don’t Get Pickled is the lone California-bred entered in Saturday’s $50,000 Panthers Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Prairie Meadows. Don’t Get Pickled is by Misremembered, out of the Successful Appeal mare C C’s Pride, was bred by Harry & Cheryl Keshian, is owned by Stable H. M. A. and is trained by Kevin Eikleberry. She has two wins in 10 starts, earnings of $105,588 and is coming off a third in the May 14 Goldfinch Stakes. ...

By DRF.com ARCADIA, Calif. (May 29, 2023) — California-bred Slow Down Andy, a three-time graded stakes winner who was third in the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile at Keeneland last November in his last start, is nearing his 2023 debut in an equally prestigious race. Trainer Doug O’Neill said on Monday that Slow Down Andy is on schedule for a start in the Grade 1 Metropolitan Mile Handicap, a $1 million race at Belmont Park on June 10. :: Get Santa Anita Clocker Reports straight from the morning workouts at the track. Available every race day.  On Sunday at Santa Anita, Slow Down Andy worked six furlongs in 1:12.40 under jockey Mario Gutierrez. Owned by Paul and Zillah Reddam, Slow Down Andy has had a series of quick workouts through May. Slow Down Andy has won 4 of 10 starts and earned $909,100. He won the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity in 2021 and the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby on turf last September. ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (May 26, 2023) – Graded winner Closing Remarks scratched out of Sunday’s $100,000 Fran’s Valentine Stakes for Golden State Series eligibles to run in Monday’s $400,000 Grade I Gamely Stakes for fillies and mares 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 four wins in 19 starts, earnings of $560,820 and is coming off a fourth in the Apr. 30 Wilshire Stakes. Her last seven races have come in graded stakes, with a win in the Grade II Royal Heroine. ...

From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, Calif. (May 25, 2023) – Multiple graded stakes winners Brickyard Ride and The Chosen Vron, two of the best California-breds in training, meet for the first time in Sunday’s $100,000 Thor’s Echo Stakes for Golden State Series eligibles at Santa Anita. Brickyard Ride is by Clubhouse Ride, out of the Southern Image mare Brickyard Helen, was bred by owner Alfred Pais and is trained by Craig Lewis. He has 13 wins in 25 starts, earnings of $816,977 and is coming off a win in the Apr. 22 Kona Gold. He won this race in 2021. None Above the Law scratched to run in the Crystal Water. Tigre Di Slugo is by Smiling Tiger, out of the Williamstown mare Erica’s Smile, was bred by Premier Thoroughbreds, is owned by Slugo Racing, Tiger Racing and trainer Mike Puype. He has three wins in 15 starts, earnings of $270,476 and is coming off a second in an Apr. 7 optional claimer. He was third in this race last... ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (May 25, 2023) – With last year’s champion Cal-bred older male, The Chosen Vron, running in the Thor’s Echo, Sunday’s $100,000 Crystal Water Stakes for Golden State Series eligibles at Santa Anita still figures to be a battle, with defending champ Carmelita’s Man and Grade II winner None Above the Law still in the lineup. Kings River Knight is by Acclamation, out of the Poteen mare Seasontoperfection, was bred by Old English Rancho, is owned by Integrity Thoroughbred Racing, The Ellwood Johnston Trust and Kenneth Tevelde and is trained by John Sadler. He has three wins in eight starts, earnings of $176,260 and is coming off a second in the Mar. 19 Sensational Star. Coalinga Road is by Quality Road, out of the Johannesburg mare Coco Ecolo, was bred by owner Harris Farms and is trained by Carla Gaines. He has four wins in 21 starts, earnings of $396,234 and is coming off a fourth in a May 7 allowance. None Above the Law is by Karakontie, out... ...

From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, CA (May 25, 2023)—A filly that appears headed to stardom, Doug O’Neill’s undefeated Northern California Yearling Sale graduate Ceiling Crusher seeks her fourth consecutive win as she stretches out for the first time and heads a field of five sophomore fillies going a mile and one sixteenth in Sunday’s $150,000 Melair Stakes at Santa Anita.                 Named for John Sadler’s unbeaten daughter of Debonaire Roger who defeated an outstanding group of males, including Snow Chief in her final start, the Grade II Silver Screen Handicap at Hollywood Park on July 5, 1986, the Melair is part of the lucrative CTBA-sponsored Golden State Series for eligible California-bred or sired horses.                 Off at 1-5 going 6 ½  furlongs in the statebred Evening Jewel Stakes here on April 8, Ceiling Crusher, an attentive second after the first quarter mile, surged to a sensational 15 ½ length score while earning a lofty 94 Beyer Speed Figure under Juan Hernandez, who rides back on Sunday.                 By Mr. Big out of... ...

From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, CA (May 25, 2023)—Lightly raced but well at home on turf, Mark Glatt’s Old Pal appears a solid fit in his first stakes assignment as a field of seven sophomores try a mile and one eighth over the Santa Anita lawn in the $150,000 Snow Chief Stakes presented by City National Bank on Sunday.                 Named for one of the greatest California-breds of all-time and a winner of both the 1986 Santa Anita Derby and Preakness Stakes, the Snow Chief is part of the lucrative CTBA-sponsored Golden State Series for eligible California-bred or sired horses.                 Snow Chief, who was crowned Eclipse Champion 3-year-old colt for 1986 and who banked more than $3.3 million, was trained by the late Melvin F. Stute and Santa Anita is honored to have his widow Annabelle Stute present Sunday’s trophy.                 In a race in which nobody has been beyond a flat mile on dirt or turf, Old Pal, a dazzling 3 ½ length one mile turf winner two starts back... ...

From Santa Anita Publicity  ARCADIA, CA (May 25, 2023)—John Sadler’s Big Switch takes a notable drop in class as she heads a field of seven California-bred or sired fillies and mares going one mile on turf in Sunday’s $100,000 Fran’s Valentine Stakes at Santa Anita.                 Owned and bred in California by George Krikorian, Big Switch, most recently third, beaten six lengths by multiple graded stakes winner Adare Manor going a mile and one sixteenth on dirt in Santa Anita’s Grade II Santa Maria Stakes April 29, has a win, two seconds and a third place finish, all on dirt, from four starts this year in open company.                 A close second to Adare Manor in a one mile allowance here on March 31, she’ll be reunited with Juan Hernandez, who was up for her most recent win, three races back on Feb. 18.                 A 4-year-old daughter of Mr. Big out of the Malibu Moon mare Two Faced Moon, Big Switch is a two-time statebred stakes winner who is 9-4-2-1 overall,... ...

ALBANY, Calif. (May 27, 2023) — California-bred stakes winners American Farmer and Royal ‘n Rando are entered in Monday’s $100,000 All American Stakes at Golden Gate. American Farmer is by Blugrass Cat, out of the Quiet American mare Farmers Wife and is owned by breeder BKB Stables and trainer Steve Sherman. He has six wins in 35 starts, earnings of $318,390 and is coming off a win in the Mar. 18 McCann’s Mojave. He was fifth in this race last year. Royal ‘n Rando is by Tamarando, out of the Grand Slam mare Royal Grand Slam, was bred by owners Mr. and Mrs. Larry Williams and is trained by Steve Specht. He has six wins in 18 starts, earnings of $201,644 and is coming off a sixth in the Jan. 30 Unusual Heat Turf Classic. ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (May 24, 2023) – California-bred stakes winners Desmond Doss and Positivity are entered in Saturday’s $200,000 Grade II Triple Bend Stakes at Santa Anita. Desmond Doss is by Grazen, out of the Malek mare Malley Girl, was bred by owner Nick Alexander and is trained by Steven Miyadi. He has seven wins in 22 starts, earnings of $430,911 and is coming off a fourth in a May 7 optional claimer. Positivity is by Paynter, out of the City Zip mare Sam’s Sunny City, was bred by Allen Farm, is owned by CTR Stables and Omar Aldabbagh and trained by Doug O’Neill. He has four wins in 17 starts, earnings of $288,792 and is coming off a third in the Apr. 22 Kona Gold. ...

ARCADIA, Calif. (May 24, 2023) – Multiple stakes winner Indian Peak and fellow California-breds Lovesick Blues, Fast Buck and Burnin Turf are entered in Saturday’s $100,000 Grade III Daytona Stakes at Santa Anita. Indian Peak is by Comic Strip, out of the Roar mare Ms. Roar, was bred by Dr. & Mrs. William Gray, is owned by Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber and trained by Peter Miller. He has six wins in 30 starts, earnings of $455,122 and is coming off a third in the Apr. 23 Siren Lure. Lovesick Blues is by Grazen, out of the Ministers Wild Cat mare Queenofhercastle, was bred by owner Nick Alexander and is trained by Steven Miyadi. He has seven wins in 22 starts, earnings of $281,462 and is coming off back-to-back wins. Fast Buck is by Gallant Son, out of the Falstaff mare Zorra Roja, was bred by Daehling Ranch, is owned by Zephyr Racing, Peter Cruz and trainer Cesar DeAlba. He has four wins in eight starts, earnings of $215,474 and... ...

ALBANY, Calif. (May 25, 2023) – Stakes winner Passarando and fellow California-bred Cousin Richie are entered in Sunday’s $75,000 Alcatraz Stakes at Golden Gate. Passarando is by Tamarando, out of the Lucky Pulpit mare I’m Passing Ya Now, was bred by owners Mr. & Mrs. Larry Williams and is trained by Steven Specht. He has four wins in 10 starts, earnings of $248,830 and is coming off a fifth in the Apr. 29 California Derby. Cousin Richie is by Richard’s Kid, out of the Tapizar mare Crown on Tap, was bred by owner Larry Odbert and is trained by Sergio Ledezma. He has two wins in five starts, earnings of $36,900 and is coming off a third in the Apr. 30 Silky Sullivan. ...

From Santa Anita Publicity ARCADIA, Calif. (May 19, 2023) — High-profile owner Mike Repole is a born and raised New Yorker whose vast racing stable typically competes on the eastern and Midwest circuits. But in recent years, the founder of VitaminWater has increasingly dabbled with California-breds.             Repole’s California presence will be on full display Saturday with first-time starter Pushiness, a 2-year-old filly by Kantharos who debuts in the opener for trainer Michael McCarthy. Repole purchased Pushiness for $115,000 at last year’s Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings and Horses of All Ages Sale.             McCarthy’s relationship with Repole dates to McCarthy’s time serving as an assistant for Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, who is Repole’s main trainer in New York. Repole and Pletcher had the morning-line favorite for this year’s Kentucky Derby, Forte, but that colt was scratched the morning of the race.             McCarthy says he currently has a “handful” of California-bred 2-year-olds owned by Repole and more are expected in the coming days.             “He likes the statebred program... ...