SANTA ANITA PARK, Arcadia, CA
| 1 | Anthony's Cross | Margin: nose | TrueNicks: A++ | $150,000 |
2008 | Bay Colt | Indian Charlie - Screening, Unbridled
Sire: Indian Charlie, Bay, 1995. Raced 2 years. 5 starts, 4 wins, $616,120. Lifetime: 502 yearlings sold, median $55,000.
Broodmare Sire: Unbridled, Bay, 1987.
Sale History:
Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga 2009 Select Yearling Sale, $300,000.
| 2 | Riveting Reason | Margin: 4¼ | TrueNicks: B+ | $50,000 |
2008 | Dark Bay or Brown Colt | Fusaichi Pegasus - Love and Marry, Known Fact
Sire: Fusaichi Pegasus , Bay, 1997. Raced 2 years. 9 starts, 6 wins, $1,994,400. Lifetime: 727 yearlings sold, median $75,480.
Broodmare Sire: Known Fact, Dark Bay or Brown, 1977. In 2009: 1.66 AEI.
Sale History:
Keeneland Association September 2009 Yearling Sale, $25,000.
| 3 | Quail Hill | Margin: 1¾ | TrueNicks: B+ | $30,000 |
2008 | Bay Horse | Candy Ride (ARG) - Midwife, Family Calling
Sire: Candy Ride (ARG) , Bay, 1999. Raced 2 years. 6 starts, 6 wins, $749,149. Lifetime: 260 yearlings sold, median $36,071.
Broodmare Sire: Family Calling, Bay, 1994.
Sale History:
Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Selected Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, ($240,000).
Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall 2009 Yearling Sale, $150,000.
Others: Thirtyfirststreet, $15,000; Tapizar, $5,000; Wegner; Ten Devils.
Scratched: Comma to the Top.
| Finish | Horse | Jockey | Trainer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anthony's Cross | Joel Rosario | Eoin G. Harty |
| 2 | Riveting Reason | Victor Espinoza | Myung Kwon Cho |
| 3 | Quail Hill | Martin A. Pedroza | David E. Hofmans |
| 4 | Thirtyfirststreet | Patrick A. Valenzuela | Doug F. O'Neill |
| 5 | Tapizar | Garrett K. Gomez | Steven M. Asmussen |
| 6 | Wegner | Rafael Bejarano | Bob Baffert |
| 7 | Ten Devils | Joseph Talamo | Richard E. Mandella |
| Horse | Jockey | Win | Place | Show | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Anthony's Cross | Joel Rosario | $18.60 | $8.00 | $15.60 | ||||||
| 6 | Riveting Reason | Victor Espinoza | $7.60 | $15.20 | |||||||
| 7 | Quail Hill | Martin A. Pedroza | $48.60 | ||||||||
| EXOTIC PAYOFFS: | |||||||||||
| $2.00 Exacta (2-6) | $99.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Trifecta (2-6-7) | $2,532.20 | ||||||||||
| $2.00 Superfecta (2-6-7-8) | $9,172.20 | ||||||||||
Comma to the Top will seek his third win of the year and fifth stakes victory at Betfair Hollywood Park against six opponents in the $100,000 Los Angeles Handicap (gr. III) on Memorial Day May 27.
23 hours ago
B. Wayne Hughes, Richard Mandella, and Garrett Gomez score stakes double as Jimmy Creed takes Potrero Grande after Beholder wins Santa Anita Oaks.
Saturday, April 06, 2013
Comma to the Top, Jimmy Creed, and Camp Victory all bring grade I victories into the Potrero Grande (gr. II) at Santa Anita, vying to become the West Coast's top sprinter.
Thursday, April 04, 2013
Steve Haskin and Lenny Shulman discuss throwback horses after Comma to the Top's recent efforts, Salix in the Breeders' Cup, Vyjack, and recent events.
Favored Comma to the Top, making just his second appearance outside of California, proved a tenacious winner of the $200,000 Tom Fool Handicap (gr. III) March 2 at Aqueduct Racetrack, just a week after making his last start.
Saturday, March 02, 2013
While Comma to the Top registered his biggest win in the 2010 CashCall Futurity (gr. I), the Bwana Charlie gelding has placed in three straight graded stakes, including a clear victory in the Daytona Stakes to close out 2012
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Sahara Sky, benefitting once again by a super-hot pace, flew home on the outside to capture the $200,750 San Carlos Stakes Feb. 23 for his second grade II stakes win in a row at Santa Anita Park.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Top sprinter The Lumber Guy, looking to rebound from a disappointing performance in the Malibu Stakes (gr. I), is part of a well-balanced field for the $200,000 San Carlos Stakes (gr. II) Feb. 23 at Santa Anita Park.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Trainer Bob Baffert viewed the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) as a scrimmage for untested Flashback, and the talented son of Tapit proved he was ready for tougher with an easy tally at Santa Anita Park Feb. 2.
Saturday, February 02, 2013
Pete Denk and Claire Novak handicap the Withers Stakes and take a brief look at the Robert B. Lewis Stakes.
Trainer Doug O'Neill will seek a repeat win Feb. 2 in the $200,000 Robert B. Lewis Stakes (gr. II) with Reddam Racing's He's Had Enough, who has just three opponents in the early-season Santa Anita Derby (gr. I) prep.
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
He's Had Enough, game runner-up in last fall's Grey Goose Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I), worked six furlongs over a wet-fast track at Santa Anita Park Jan. 25 in preparation for his upcoming 3-year-old debut.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Versatile Comma to the Top, who has produced wins on dirt, synthetic, and turf, as well as going long and sprinting, brings his best form recently into the $150,000 Palos Verdes Stakes (gr. II) Jan. 19.
Wednesday, January 16, 2013Antony Beck of Gainesway, which stands new stallions To Honor and Serve and Tapizar, has been shopping at both the Keeneland November breeding stock sale and the Keeneland January horses of all ages sale for mares.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Lenny and Steve discuss Tweebster, Comma to the Top, and the Horse of the Year. Plus, an interview with Gary Stevens. Sponsored by Darby Dan Farm
Status change results in grade I winner Comma to the Top securing third graded stakes victory of his career.
Thursday, January 03, 2013
It was the wrong lead but the right result for Comma to the Top, who slugged his way to victory while becoming racing's newest millionaire in an off-the-turf edition of the $100,000 Daytona Stakes Dec. 29 at Santa Anita Park.
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Tom and Pete handicap the Daytona Stakes at Santa Anita Park.
The $100,000 Daytona Stakes (gr. IIIT) attracted a dozen entrants to the hillside turf course at Santa Anita Park Dec. 29 including Great Mills, most recently fourth in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IT) on the course.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Top local handicap horse Forest Mouse had his consistency rewarded with the most lucrative win of his career in the $218,120 Zia Park Distance Championship Dec. 2 at the Hobbs, N.M. track.
Sunday, December 02, 2012
Grade I winners Comma to the Top and Smiling Tiger tackle four entrants from the barn of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, making for an intriguing Vernon O. Underwood Stakes (gr. III) Dec. 3 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
Global Stage and Forest Mouse, the first two finishers in the Veteran Stakes at Zia Park, head the field for the $200,000 Zia Park Distance Championship Dec. 3, the richest Thoroughbred race of the season at Hobbs, N.M.
Thursday, November 29, 2012Tapit, whose son Tapizar won the recent Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I), will keep the same $125,000 stud fee for 2013 that he stood for in 2012.
Friday, November 09, 2012
Multiple graded stakes winner Tapizar, winner of the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile (gr. I) Nov. 3, will enter stud in 2013 at the Beck family's Gainesway Farm near Lexington.
Thursday, November 08, 2012
Five of the seven Breeders' Cup winners with Churchill Downs ties will be paraded beneath the Twin Spires Nov. 11.
Wednesday, November 07, 2012