Dodgers’ Walker Buehler robbed of luxury watch at Santa Anita Park
Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler was robbed of a watch while he was attending the California Crown with his wife last month at Santa Anita Park,…
Big Santa Anita Canyon is open. Here’s how to hike the L.A. oasis
Four years after the Bobcat fire and subsequent floods tore through Angeles National Forest, the pristine mountain wonderland of Big Santa Anita Canyon near Sierra…
Santa Anita is hosting the California Crown to open its fall meeting
The California Horse Racing Board met last week in Sacramento to decide the immediate future of horse racing in the northern part of the state.…
Craig Fravel, who made a major impact on Santa Anita, is leaving The Stronach Group
Craig Fravel, who was brought in to head The Stronach Group’s racing division during the 2019 fatality crisis, is leaving the company on Aug. 9…
Eagles Flight makes impressive winning debut at Santa Anita
As Eagles Flight was walked from the detention barn toward the paddock at Santa Anita on Monday, the 3-year-old son of Curlin could look up…
What’s next for Santa Anita after threat to sell the track?
Understand that members of the California Horse Racing Board are paid a whopping $100 a month plus expenses. While they are appointed by the governor,…
1/ST Racing threatens to sell or close Santa Anita
As a critical California Horse Racing Board vote on Thursday approaches, 1/ST Racing, a subsidiary of the Stronach Group, made a not-so-veiled threat to consider…
Bob Baffert among the top winners again on Santa Anita opening da
Is there a record at Santa Anita for 3-year-old colts running on the dirt that trainer Bob Baffert doesn’t hold? Maybe, but winning the Grade…
Santa Anita opens amid worries over FedEx horse shipping shutdown
Near the end of the 1999 movie “Runaway Bride,” Julia Roberts, hops on the back of a FedEx truck fleeing yet another potential marriage. Those…
Breeders’ Cup: Big Evs wins Juvenile Turf Sprint for Mick Appleby at Santa Anita
Big Evs won the opening Breeders' Cup race of the two-day meeting in CaliforniaBig Evs gave British trainer Mick Appleby a win with his first…
BC Classic horse dies at Santa Anita of apparent cardiac event
The Breeders’ Cup, horse racing’s most prestigious series of races, is finding itself in a public perception nightmare as one of its top horses died…
BC Classic horse suffers serious injury at Santa Anita
Geaux Rocket Ride, considered one of the top horses in the $6-million Breeders’ Cup Classic on Nov. 4, suffered a serious injury while working at…
Road to the 2024 Kentucky Derby starts Saturday at Santa Anita
The start of the West Coast path to the Kentucky Derby starts Saturday at Santa Anita Park with the running of the Grade 1 $300,000…
Stronach Group proposes $30 million in Santa Anita upgrades
The Stronach Group, which has been decidedly silent about how its closure of Golden Gate Fields will change California racing, laid out its plans to…
Opinion | I Worked With Anita Hill to Fight Clarence Thomas’ Confirmation. Our Worst Fears Came True.
This week’s Supreme Court ruling overturning affirmative action is further confirmation of those fears. For Black Americans and their allies, Thomas’ role in weakening the…
Stilleto Boy wins Santa Anita Handicap for Ed Moger Jr.
Ed Moger Jr. has been a trainer for more than four decades, and his horses have won a lot of races, but none bigger than…