2011 Malibu (G1)

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Date/Track:
12/26/2011, Santa Anita Park
Post Time:
4:47 PM PT
Distance:
7 f (Dirt)
Age/Sex:
3 M
Time:
1:19.89

What the Nation is saying about the 2011 Malibu (G1)...

The Malibu Stakes, run at Santa Anita in December of every year, features some of the finest horses in California ...Read More
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  • freddycaple · The Factor just rolled!! That is the horse to watch this spring! derbydeals.com · 147 days ago ·
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  • GregRiessland · dead heat that didn't have to be his best race, the point was he felt the effects of a heated match thats what caused him to drop later. oh yes he did roll! · 145 days ago ·
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Centralinteligence, who was vying for the lead in the opening day Malibu Stakes when he inexplicably took up sharply going into the far turn and dropped back to eventually finish last in the field of 10, came out of the Grade I affair in good shape, according to co-owner Bob Feld, who represents Bon...Read More
The Factor stole the show on a picture perfect opening day at Santa Anita Park on Monday. Read More
  • annalefsrud@yahoo.ca · Love The Factor, a professed partiality for those greys, but when it's his day, that stride coming through is a thing of true beauty. Also Martin Garcia is one of my tops so was a win win situation. Martin Garcia just KNOWS something, the face on him, his patience, his whole demeanor, a most excellent jockey. · 154 days ago ·
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As the racing world shifts seamlessly from Santa Claus to Santa Anita, I’m looking for as big a day from the Arcadia oval as my three-year-old daughter enjoyed yesterday via Kris Kringle. With four stakes races today highlighting the opening day card at Santa Anita, there should be plenty of excitem...Read More
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  • Waya · Thought he might do it there for a second, but The Factor was just way too good. · 154 days ago ·
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  • BrianZipse · Yeah, he menaced early in the lane, and just missed the head bob for 3rd at 40-1, but the Malibu was all about the winner. Huge effort by The Factor. One race earlier, how about Mr. Commons? Liking my early selection for 2012 Turf Champ more and more! · 154 days ago ·
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Monday’s opening day Pick 6 from Santa Anita Park includes two graded races. First up is the Sir Beaufort (8th race) and morning line favorite Mr. Commons gets pace to chase and appears poised to pick up his first graded win. The Factor is the early choice in an interesting Malibu Stakes (9th race)....Read More
This would of been a great race for Coil's return, But since he's not in this race. The Factor and Smash are the class of the field.
The Factor will break from post 11 in the Grade 1 Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita Park on Monday. Read More
Between the two of them, Bob Baffert and Steve Asmussen have seven of the 11 horses entered in the Grade I Malibu Stakes, Santa Anita’s opening day feature on Monday. Baffert, a nine-time Santa Anita training king and a member of the Hall of Fame, has entered Racing Aptitude, Hoorayforhollywood, Sma...Read More
Home is where the heart is. For Garrett Gomez these days, that’s Santa Anita. The Tucson native, who turns 40 on New Year’s Day, has made Southern California his home in recent years and resides in Duarte, a few furlongs from Santa Anita, with his wife, Pam, and children Jared, Collin and Shelby. Al...Read More
Steve Asmussen, who is wintering for the second consecutive year at Santa Anita with 40 horses, is anxiously awaiting opening day. America’s leading trainer by races won, Asmussen oversees a national stable that wins races by the thousands. For instance, on Dec. 6, 2009, he set a single-season mark ...Read More
Peter Miller is on the fence for Comma to the Top’s next race, considering both the Grade I, $300,000 Malibu at seven furlongs on the dirt and the Grade II, $150,000 Sir Beaufort Stakes at one mile on turf. Both races are for 3-year-olds on opening day, next Monday. “We’re nominated to both races,” ...Read More
i hope factor gets some odds he is really up for a bounce back, throw his last race out. anti speed breeders cup day. few leaders could hang on.
Encouraged by his impressive victory on Santa Anita’s new conventional dirt main track three months ago, Ron Ellis plans to run Centralinteligence in his first stakes race a week from today in the Grade I, $300,000 Malibu Stakes for 3-year-olds, opening day main event of Santa Anita’s winter/spring ...Read More
Smash will most likely win, he is a future star.
The Factor is ready for the G1 Malibu. He fired a 6f bullet in 1:11.80 at Hollywood on 12-17.   
Hoorayforhollywood put in a nice work Tuesday morning, Dec. 14 at Santa Anita with jockey Martin Garcia up. Hoorayforhollywood was clocked in :59.40 for the 5-furlong breeze – the 4th fastest work of 34 at that distance.Read More
The Factor, the winner of the Grade 1 Pat O’Brien Stakes in August but was winless in two important stakes in the fall, is a candidate for the $300,000 Malibu Stakes for 3-year-olds at Santa Anita on Dec. 26, trainer Bob Baffert said on Tuesday.The Factor worked six furlongs in 1:12.60 at Hollywood ...Read More
  • DeadHeat · very interesting. He's had a heck of a ride this year, lets hope he can rebound and put on a show. · 167 days ago ·
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  • DeadHeat · I love that Comma to the Top and Rothko are also being possible. Both talented, both look to be at the top of their game. If the do go, it should be a very competitive race. · 167 days ago ·
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Fast Bullet is going to be the next First Dude and Smash will be the next Game on Dude.
Here is your guide to the blizzard of races you'll shovel through from now until the first hints of spring.Read More
  • afleet · Dont forget about Tampa Bay, lower take than the CA tracks · 176 days ago ·
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  • travel_vic · inner Aqueduct is a speed demons paradise: the colder it gets, the more it is expressed. · 176 days ago ·
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Led by the $300,000 Malibu Stakes (gr. I) on opening day Dec. 26, Santa Anita Park announced its 2011-12 stakes schedule which will include nine grade I events over the course of its 79-day meet which will conclude April 22. The Malibu will be one of four stakes offered on opening day, joined by the...Read More

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