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Mizdirection Goes Right Way in Las Cienegas

Mizdirection Goes Right Way in Las Cienegas

Odds-on Mizdirection made the best of what was left of the $98,000 Las Cienegas Handicap after the race was moved off the hillside turf course and contested on the main track with three rivals left.

 Saturday, April 14, 2012
Hillside Rematch for Mizdirection, Unzip Me

Hillside Rematch for Mizdirection, Unzip Me

The $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) should determine 'Queen of the Hill' for the 2011-12 season at Santa Anita Park when Unzip Me and Mizdirection battle on the hillside turf course at about 6 1/2 furlongs.

 Thursday, April 12, 2012
Unzip Me Carrying Heavy Load in Las Cienegas

Unzip Me Carrying Heavy Load in Las Cienegas

Top female turf sprinter Unzip Me will attempt to become the third horse at Santa Anita since 1990 to carry 127 pounds to victory as the heavy favorite in the $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) April 9.

 Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Unzip Me Buttons Up Las Cienegas Foes Early

Unzip Me Buttons Up Las Cienegas Foes Early

Unzip Me dictated the pace en route to an easy win in the $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita April 11, earning her fourth consecutive win for trainer Marty Jones.

 Sunday, April 11, 2010
Gotta Have Her Back On Course for 'Cienegas

Gotta Have Her Back On Course for 'Cienegas

Gotta Have Her, who capped a superb 2009 season with a runner-up finish against males in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint last fall, defends her title April 11 in the $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Santa Anita.

 Thursday, April 08, 2010
Gotta Have Her Wins in Final Hop

Gotta Have Her Wins in Final Hop

Course specialist Gotta Have Her got up in the final stride by a nose over Reba Is Tops to win the $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT), the Easter Day feature on the Santa Anita hillside April 12.

 Sunday, April 12, 2009
Gomez After 'Anita Mark in Las Cienegas

Gomez After 'Anita Mark in Las Cienegas

Tuscan Evening, an impressive winner over Santa Anita's hillside turf course in both of her American starts, can provide jockey Garrett Gomez with a record-tying stakes mark at the meet April 12 if she can win the $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT).

 Thursday, April 09, 2009
Las Cienegas DQ is Music to Their Ears

Las Cienegas DQ is Music to Their Ears

Lightmyfirebaby gained victory in the roughly contested $112,700 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. III) when the front-running Bahama Mama ducked out severely on the synthetic main track portion of the hillside turf course at Santa Anita April 13, impeding three other horses.

 Sunday, April 13, 2008
UK Invader Owns Class Edge in 'Cienegas

UK Invader Owns Class Edge in 'Cienegas

Wake Up Maggie, an Irish-bred import from the United Kingdom making her first start in the U.S. for trainer Julio Canani, is the 119-pound high weight in the $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita April 13.

 Thursday, April 10, 2008

River's Prayer Takes Wing in Las Cienegas

The speedy River's Prayer turned back favored Indian Flare in the stretch run to earn her first graded stakes win in Sunday's Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) for older fillies and mares on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita.

 Sunday, April 15, 2007

Indian Flare Looks Hot in Las Cienegas

Juddmonte Farms' homebred Indian Flare should be formidable Sunday when she tries to give trainer Bobby Frankel his fourth Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) win within six years at Santa Anita on the hillside turf course.

 Friday, April 13, 2007

Specialist Cambiocorsa Heads Las Cienegas

Seeking her first graded stakes victory, Cambiocorsa will attempt to stretch her unbeaten streak over the Santa Anita hillside turf course to seven in Easter Sunday's $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) for older fillies and mares.

 Friday, April 14, 2006

'Diva Proves Elusive Las Cienegas Target

Elusive Diva won her second stakes on the downhill turf course at Santa Anita this meeting, shooting through an opening at the head of the stretch and drawing off to a four-length victory in the $111,100 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) in stakes-record time.

 Sunday, April 10, 2005

Elusive Diva Back to Hillside for Las Cienegas

After a sub-par effort on a sloppy track, Elusive Diva returns to the downhill turf course that she's had success on as the likely favorite in the $100,000-added Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) for older fillies at mares at Santa Anita Park Sunday.

 Friday, April 08, 2005

French Connection to Las Cienegas Finish

In her second American start, Etoile Montante exerted her class in the final furlong, holding off French-bred Dedication for a half-length victory Sunday in the $112,800 Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) for fillies and mares at Santa Anita Park.

 Sunday, April 04, 2004

Stormica Heads Full Field in Las Cienegas

Stormica, a 4-year-old Kentucky-bred filly, seeks her third consecutive victory in the United States in the $100,000-added Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) on the Santa Anita downhill turf course at about 6 1/2 furlongs.

 Friday, April 02, 2004

Heat Haze a Blur in Las Cienegas Stretch

Juddmonte Farm's Heat Haze, with Jose Valdivia Jr., riding, barreled through the stretch to run the down the leaders and register a smart victory Saturday in the $100,000-added Las Cienegas Handicap (gr. IIIT) for older fillies and mares on the Santa Anita downhill turf course.

 Saturday, April 05, 2003

Embassy Belle Ready to Chime in Las Cienegas

Embassy Belle is winless in two starts in the United States, but the 5-year-old Irish-bred mare has far from disgraced herself. She returns to the downhill turf course Saturday in the $100,000 Las Cienegas Handicap (Gr. III) for older fillies and mares.

 Thursday, April 03, 2003