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Chantal Sutherland Contemplating Comeback?

Chantal Sutherland will join several Santa Anita-based jockeys in the Santa Anita Derby Day 5K run on April 6. Read More

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Great Hot, Joyful Victory Square Off in Santa Margarita

Great Hot, fresh off the biggest race of her life, a gate to wire score at 9-1 in the Grade II, 1 1/16 miles Santa Maria Stakes on Feb. 16, and Joyful Victory, a well traveled and highly accomplished 5-year-old mare by hot sire Tapit, head a field of six as they each try for consecutive victories in...Read More

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JohnWalker · joyful and chocolate great hot I dont think so · 71 days ago ·

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Great Hot & Stevens Rattle Book Review's Cage

In a manner eerily similar to so many other stakes wins covering parts of four decades, comebacking Gary Stevens sent longshot Great Hot to the early lead in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 Santa Maria Stakes for older fillies and mares and put on a textbook exhibition on how to ride a frontrunner, gu...Read More

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Viva Carina Never Headed at Santa Anita

Argentine-bred Viva Carina, a solid fourth in the Grade III Autumn Miss Stakes at a mile on turf Oct. 27, tested the deep waters of a mile and a quarter Friday and relished the conditions, dominating eight rivals with a gate to wire, half length win in the $58,000 Rio Grande Purse under Victor Espin...Read More

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Stevens Pilots Great Hot in Santa Maria

Gary Stevens rides Great Hot for the first time in Saturday’s Grade II Santa Maria Stakes. By the time he gets a leg up from trainer A. C. Avila, they’ll be like best buds. Read More

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Great Hot Hopes to End Losing Streak

A.C. Avila hopes Great Hot ends an 11-race losing skein in Saturday’s $75,000 Kalookan Queen Handicap for fillies and mares, three and up, at about 6 ½ furlongs on turf. Read More

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Breeders' Cup F&M Sprint Report - Oct 31

Belle of the Hall – The 5yo mare was on a Tex Sutton flight from New York that arrived at noon. Dust and Diamonds – Padua Stable’s Gallant Bloom winner was one of five Breeders’ Cup starters for trainer Steve Asmussen that returned to the track to gallop Wednesday following 4f workouts Monday.Read More

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City to City Targets Yellow Ribbon

City to City, All Star Heart and Go Forth North, the 1-2-3 finishers in Sunday’s $250,000 Grade II John C. Mabee Stakes, could return for a rematch in the $250,000, Grade II Yellow Ribbon Handicap on Labor Day, Monday, September 3. City to City, ridden by Corey Nakatani, got up in the last instant f...Read More

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Jury sends mixed signals in Everest lawsuit against Canani, Licht

It was a case that could have been a storyline for an episode of the short-lived HBO horseracing series “LUCK.” Trainer Julio Canani – on whom the fictional “LUCK” role of the cagey horse trainer Turo Escalante is said to have been modeled – and attorney Roger Licht, a former chairman of the Califor...Read More

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Berrio suffers another stroke

Jockey Omar Berrio was hospitalized on Friday after suffering a stroke that left him with some paralysis on the right side of his body, according to trainer A.C. Avila. Avila employs Berrio as an exercise rider at Santa Anita and said the 43-year-old rider had suffered some damage to his speech. The...Read More

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Avila has Great Hot ready for Santa Maria

Save for a troubled trip in the Breeders’ Cup Filly & Mare Sprint last Nov. 4, Great Hot has never failed to earn a check in nine U.S. starts. Read More

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Great Hot to Stretch Out in La Canada

Great Hot tries two turns again in Sunday’s La Canada Stakes after running in three straight sprints at seven furlongs. Trainer A.C. (Antonio Carlos) Avila is confident the consistent daughter of Orientate will appreciate the added distance. “Distance is no problem,” he said. “She’s run at a mile th...Read More

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Imponente Purse Fresh for San Gabriel

Imponente Purse, a consistent Brazilian-bred gelding trained by A.C. Avila, takes on favored Jeranimo in Monday’s holiday feature, the Grade II, $150,000 San Gabriel Stakes for older horses at 1 1/8 miles on turf. “We freshened him after the Clement Hirsch (on Oct. 2),” Avila said. “He had a long ca...Read More

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Sutherland has confidence in Great Hot

Chantal Sutherland is hoping for smoother sailing for Great Hot in Saturday’s Grade I, $300,000 La Brea Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at seven furlongs. Last out, in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Churchill Downs on Nov. 4, Great Hot was only three lengths off the lead at the half-mile m...Read More

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Great Hot, Sutherland Win Raven Run

Southern California invaders Great Hot (BRZ) and jockey Chantal Sutherland held off Kentucky-based Groupie Doll and jockey Greta Kuntzweiler to win the 13th running of the $250,000 Lexus Raven Run (G2) before a crowd of 22,591 at Keeneland on Saturday.Dr. Diamonds Prize, the 76-1 longshot, led the f...Read More

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Fairplex Park: Heleonor Rugby looks tough

When he purchased Heleonor Rugby for $27,000 at the Barretts March sale of 2-year-olds in training, trainer A.C. Avila was not sure what he had.“I liked her works,” Avila said. “They were only an eighth of a mile, but she galloped out strong. And, she was a California-bred.” It turns out Heleonor Ru...Read More

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Heleonor Rugby Wins Generous Portion

Heleonor Rugby and jockey Christian Santiago Reyes won their second stakes race of the 2011 Del Mar racing season with a decisive triumph in Wednesday’s featured $100,000 Generous Portion Stakes for California-bred two-year-old fillies. Heleonor Rugby, victress in the C.T.B.A. Stakes on July 22,&nbs...Read More

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Owner Chose Pacific Classic for Acclamation

E. W. “Bud” Johnston made one major decision last Monday. Based on what he saw in a workout, the owner of Acclamation chose Sunday’s $1 million TVG Pacific Classic over the $200,000 Del Mar Handicap on the same day for the five-year-old California-bred son of Unusual Heat. And should Acclamation, th...Read More

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Celtic Princess Looking at Mabee

Scratched Saturday morning from a date with males in the Eddie Read, A.C. Avila-trained 7-year-old mare Celtic Princess is now being aimed to take on her own gender in the Grade II, $250,000 John C. Mabee on August 14. “I had a nice conversation with the owners and we decided to go in the Mabe...Read More

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Del Mar: Heleonor Rugby Wins CTBA

Christian Santiago Reyes, 21-year-old jockey from San Juan, Puerto Rico who enjoyed a successful season at Del Mar last summer when he was eighth in the final standings, notched his second victory in the $100,000 C.T.B.A. Stakes for California-bred two-year-old fillies with a decisive tr...Read More

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