Pincay Commands Spotlight at Santa Anita Opener
The real premium was a poster depicting Laffit Pincay Jr., circa 1979, and adorned in the Harbor View Farm silks worn by the jockey while working wonders aboard his all-time favorite racehorse, Affir...
Take Charge Tom First Stakes Winner for Tom's d'Etat
Digging in resolutely in the stretch, Take Charge Tom posted a half-length victory in the $40,000 Lost in the Fog Juvenile Stakes Dec. 27 at Turf Paradise to become the first stakes winner for freshma...
Mrs. Astor Outkicks Mahina to Capture Frankel Stakes
A shortage of pace in the Robert J. Frankel Stakes (G3T) essentially turned the $100,000, 1 1/8-mile turf race Dec. 27 at Santa Anita Park into a three-furlong test of late-quickening ability, and Mr...
Sam Houston Cuts Purses, Races Through Feb. 16
The Houston racetrack cut purses due to uncertainty about distribution from a state-run incentive fund. The track also will cut 18 races out of its schedule....