Jeanne Lapeyre Canty, a longtime California breeder and owner and former officer of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association and California Thoroughbred Foundation, died Sept. 13 in Camarillo, Calif. She was 83.
While the 1-2 finishers in a maiden race might not normally attract the most attention for a grade 1 race, Dr. Schivel and Spielberg are likely to receive plenty of support in the $250,000 Del Mar Futurity (G1) Sept. 7 at Del Mar.
Impressive debut winner Princess Noor and Sorrento Stakes (G2) victress My Girl Red head a field of six for the $250,000 Del Mar Debutante (G1) Sept. 6 at Del Mar.
Mel Stute, trainer of 1986 Eclipse Award champion 3-year-old male Snow Chief, died Aug. 12 at age 93. He was with his family at Del Mar and died at home, said his son, trainer Gary Stute.
This week is a recap of Smiling Tiger's victory in the Aug. 1, 2010 Bing Crosby Stakes (G1) at Del Mar. The recap, written by Tracy Gantz, ran in the Aug. 7, 2010 magazine issue. It carried the headline "Smiles All Around."
Red Baron's Barn and Rancho Temescal's River Boyne was retired from racing June 18 due to a sesamoid injury. The Irish-bred multiple graded stakes winner earned a total of $1,229,918 from a record of 9-5-4 in 25 starts.
This week is a recap of Pioneerof the Nile's victory in the April 4, 2009 Santa Anita Derby (G1) at Santa Anita Park. The recap, written by Tracy Gantz, ran in the April 11, 2009 magazine issue. It carried the headline "Panning for Gold."
This week is a recap of I'll Have Another's victory in the April 7, 2012 Santa Anita Derby (G1) at Santa Anita Park. The recap, written by Tracy Gantz, ran in the April 14, 2012 magazine issue. It carried the headline "Close Call."
This week is a recap of Mizdirection's victory in the Feb. 18, 2013 Buena Vista Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita Park. The recap, written by Tracy Gantz, ran in the Feb. 23, 2013 magazine issue. It carried the sub-headline "Vistas Open for Mizdirection."
Storm the Court, the champion 2-year-old male of 2019, is scheduled to make his 3-year-old debut Feb. 9 in the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park.
The Runhappy Del Mar Futurity (G1) played a major role in determining the 2019 2-year-old male championship, but not in the normal way.
WHEN ANDREW LERNER wanted to buy into a racehorse at age 15, his parents taught him an important life lesson.
This week is a recap of Life Is Sweet's victory in the Feb. 15, 2009 La Canada Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita Park. The recap, written by Tracy Gantz, ran in the Feb. 21, 2009 magazine issue. It carried the sub-headline "Life in La Canada."
The first-ever standing positron emission tomography scan machine has been installed at Santa Anita to aid in diagnosing equine lamenesses before they become catastrophic.
Adrian Gonzalez on expanding the California breeding industry.
Midnight Bisou has traveled throughout the country this year in what has been a perfect quest so far, always with her groom, Geraldo Morales; her hot-walker, Tom Semans; and her faithful pony, Red.
Headed by trainer Eddie Kenneally, the partnership that owns Abscond would have taken a mere $35,000 for the filly at this year's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, but no one bid past the $30,000 reserve.
Topics covered in the Oct. 30 panels included how to select a trainer, when to drop horses in class, homebreds vs. buying at auction, partnerships vs. sole ownership, communication, and aftercare.
Reynolds Bell's story of his relationship with Epsom Derby winner Sir Ivor illustrated the wonder of Thoroughbred ownership when he spoke Oct. 29 as part of a panel at the sixth annual Thoroughbred Owner Conference.
Regionalism won't play a role in anyone selecting Midnight Bisou to win the $2 million Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) on Nov. 2. Foaled in Kentucky and sold in Florida to Californian Jeff Bloom, she has competed at nine tracks in seven states.
Trainer Chad Brown will try to win his fourth consecutive Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), having entered Selflessly for 2019.
Correas is pointing Argentine-bred Blue Prize to her second attempt at the Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff (G1) off a fourth in the 2018 edition at Churchill Downs.
Initially, Croughavouke was second on the list of 2-year-old fillies that did not make it into the field of the Nov. 1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T), but after a couple defections she will make her first graded start in the one-mile test.
A California-bred son of Goldencents brought $150,000 to top the inaugural Fasig-Tipton California Yearlings Sale Sept. 26 at Fairplex in Pomona, Calif.
Tom Bachman has a knack for developing live families that enhance a sale catalog page. A case in point is North Freeway, who has an Into Mischief colt in the Fasig-Tipton California Fall Yearlings Sale Sept. 26.
After returning to the California market this past June with its inaugural 2-year-old sale at Santa Anita, Fasig-Tipton will hold the California Fall Yearlings Sale Sept. 26 at Fairplex in Pomona, Calif.
Clay Murdock, the popular general manager of Rancho San Miguel in San Miguel, Calif., died suddenly at his home in his sleep the night of Sept. 3. He was 58.
In the wake of the denial of a preliminary injunction that would have allowed trainer Jerry Hollendorfer to race at Golden Gate Fields, Hollendorfer will likely next have to sue for damages, says his attorney, Drew Couto.
Chief veterinary officer for The Stronach Group discusses regulation
Backstretch workers fear that in the wake of a rash of equine fatalities this year at Santa Anita, animal rights' activists might succeed in their efforts to close the track and perhaps even shut down horse racing in California.
Kings Equine made a big impression at the inaugural Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale June 5, topping the auction with a $420,000 filly by Bernardini.
Barely 15 minutes into the June 5 inaugural Santa Anita 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale at Santa Anita Park, Tom Ludt, head of U.S. operations for Phoenix Thoroughbreds, made his way to the sunny paddock and began to bid.
Four rows of brand-new temporary barns sit in the parking lot at Santa Anita Park, just off the seven-furlong chute of the racetrack. Fasig-Tipton has come to town from its Kentucky base to conduct the first of two 2019 California sales.
Much of the Southern California training colony came to the Santa Anita Park grandstand for the June 3 under tack preview of the June 5 Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.
The California Horse Racing Board approved its support of SB 469, a bill that would allow the CHRB to immediately suspend a license to conduct a race meeting if needed to protect equine health and welfare, at its May 23 meeting at Santa Anita Park.
In terms of the meeting's progression, the two halves of the April 18 California Horse Racing Board meeting at Santa Anita Park couldn't have differed more.
In a text to horsemen April 3, the track announced that three scheduled races, which would have been contested at about 6 1/2 furlongs on the hillside course, had been moved.
Horses galloped and worked at Santa Anita Park the morning of April 3 as the racing office took entries for the April 6 card that will include the Santa Anita Derby (G1). It wasn't all business as usual, however.
On a bright, sunny day that fueled optimism for better days ahead, racing resumed March 29 at Santa Anita Park for the first time since March 3 with an eight-race card.
Racing is scheduled to resume at Santa Anita Park March 29 following a California Horse Racing Board meeting in which the CHRB passed several motions that facilitated the agreement between The Stronach Group and the Thoroughbred Owners of California.
Pending approval by the California Horse Racing Board for Santa Anita Park to reopen March 29, several stakes have been rescheduled.
Under the new agreement between The Stronach Group and Thoroughbred Owners of California, no race-day administration of Lasix will be allowed beginning with foals of 2018.
When Legendary Motion Picture mogul Louis B. Mayer decided to leave the horse business in 1947, he wanted to do it in true Hollywood fashion. He created a series of glitzy dispersal sales and he called upon Fasig-Tipton.
Chief among those questions centered on when the new rules would begin and whether they would apply outside of California.
Horses worked over the main track at Santa Anita Park March 13 for the first time since racing was suspended the previous week.
Santa Anita Park's main track opened March 11 for jogging and galloping, the first time horses were allowed onto it in nearly a week. Workouts resumed on the training track the same morning.
Santa Anita Park has canceled four stakes and rescheduled several others as track officials work to reopen the main track and return to racing. Barring further weather setbacks, track management has tentatively set March 22 as the first race day.
The California racing industry was trying to grapple with the ramifications of the indefinite cancellation of racing at Santa Anita Park March 9 as the closed main track continued to undergo testing.
Horsemen at Santa Anita Park are trying to decide their best course of action for their Thoroughbreds after track management announced March 5 an indefinite suspension of racing.
The daughter of Smiling Tiger was also named champion 3-year-old female and champion sprinter.
