Subsanador edges field in California Crown $1-million race
If you are trying to attract new fans to horse racing, you couldn’t script a better ending than Saturday’s $1-million California Crown at Santa Anita.Three…
Santa Anita’s California Crown event looks to make an impact
You need look no further than the temporary lighting and speakers hanging from the roof near the stage where musical acts performed between races at…
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…
Amid Santa Anita’s threat to close or sell, CHRB approves races
In a stunning rebuke of Santa Anita’s letter threatening to close or sell the track, the California Horse Racing Board voted to grant racing dates…
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…
Grim predictions with California horse racing at a crossroads
The California Horse Racing Board was facing what could be its most consequential decision in its almost 90 years of existence. Will it try to…
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…
California horse racing is at a crossroads. Can it survive?
Frank Stronach was a hands-on boss and always thinking of the future, his vision dominated by his love of horse racing. So, it was in…
Bob Baffert, with nine horses, close to Breeders’ Cup record
Seeing Bob Baffert in the winner’s circle after a Breeders’ Cup race is nothing unusual. In fact, it’s happened 18 times. And seeing Baffert wander…
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…