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Jay Em Ess Stable’s Include Me Out surged to the fore among the West Coast’s older females on Saturday with a thoroughly dominant display in Santa Anita’s Grade I, $300,000 Santa Margarita Stakes contested over a “sloppy” main track at 1 1/8 miles. Read More
Friday Santa Anita Park Recap – March 16 Four wire jobs on the fast main track. Stalkers and closers best on the turf course (rail at 15 feet). Edwin Maldonado and Joe Talamo both booted home two winners on the card. Doug O’Neill saddled two winners on the afternoon. On the ticket front I tabbed thr...Read More
Short field, lone speed, streaking front-runner. Joe Talamo knows he has his work cut out if he expects to beat Ellafitz when he rides Include Me Out in Saturday’s Grade I Santa Margarita Stakes for older fillies and mares at 1 1/8 miles. But that hasn’t shaken the 22-year-old rider’s confidence. Read More
Ellafitz will aim for her fourth straight stakes victory Saturday when facing five challengers in Santa Anita’s Grade I Santa Margarita Stakes.Read More
Arnold Zetcher’s Always a Princess, who cracked both sesamoids during the running of the Santa Margarita Invitational (gr. I), is resting comfortably following surgery March 13 at the Equine Medical Center in Cypress, and the prognosis is good for her recovery.The daughter of Leroidesanimaux, out of...Read More
Miss Match ran down a weary Switch in the final couple of strides to register a 45-1 upset by a head in the $300,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Stakes (gr. IT) at Santa Anita March 12.The result, however, became secondary as the multiple grade II-winning filly Always a Princess fell near the wire....Read More
Saturday’s pick six from Santa Anita Park includes a pair of graded events. The Santa Margarita (6th race) is up first and looks like an interesting contest between Always a Princess, St Trinians, and Switch. The San Felipe (8th race) is a competitive Derby prep featuring grade one winners Comma To ...Read More
Switch, winner of back-to-back grade one sprints at Santa Anita Park, tries to stretch her speed to nine furlongs in Saturday's Santa Margarita Invitational (G1) at the Great Race Place. The John Sadler trainee flashed talent as a 3-year-old last year with a win in the Hollywood Oaks (G2) and a fine...Read More
To stand in the box seats at Santa Anita and hear a crowd of approximately 20,000 roar when Zenyatta rolled past Dance to My Tune in the last furlong of Saturday's Grade 1 Santa Margarita Handicap was an affirmation of the grip the 6-year-old mare has on the Southern California racing scene...Read More
Universal good thing Zenyatta ($2.60) had a few anxious moments waiting for room in the lane, but she is scary talented and cruised home once clear in the Santa Margarita. Don’t think Rachel wants any part of this mare at Oaklawn. Mike Smith had his usual seat aboard the Shirreffs trainee...Read More
Unbeaten champion Zenyatta will spot eight rivals from 12 to 19 pounds as she begins her quest for Horse of the Year honors in 2010 in the $250,000 Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (gr. I) at Santa Anita March 13.Read More
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  • amfuller · Ok I feel a little better about the weight, I looked back at the Vanity and with the exception of Life is Sweet, which was carring 122, the other entries were btw 13-18 lbs lighter. Things can be different on any given day but this makes me feel somewhat better about the wieghts for today. · 809 days ago ·
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  • grey32 · First I'm glad Zen's lousy connections finally realize what a terrific horse she is and now are going to let her prove it. Instead of trying to cheat their way in. Second there's way to much made of the weight, remember Zen is a very big girl and she most likely out weighs her rivals by 100-200 pounds or more. She's up to the task. Maybe this year she will run as she should have last year(no fault of hers) and HOY will be hers. RA was hands down HOY 2009, doesn't mean she was the better horse but; she sure had a better campaign. · 809 days ago ·
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Between 5:30 PM EST and 6:45 PM EST this afternoon there will be six meaningful stakes races across the country.  Of course, the highlights are Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra returning in the New Orleans Ladies at Fair Grounds and Zenyatta’s 2010 debut in the Santa Margarita at Santa Anita....Read More
Saturday’s pick six from Santa Anita Park includes a pair of graded events. First up is the Grade 1 Santa Margarita, and Zenyatta packs on the pounds (127) in her seasonal bow and Apple Blossom tune-up. Two races later, 3yo’s take center stage in the Grade 2 San Felipe. Five logical contenders ...Read More
The days are being crossed off the calendar with careful precision. Hopeful fingers turn the page to peek at the month of April and more specifically at the circled date. Circled many times as to highlight the magnitude of what will happen on April 9, 2010. We are only four weeks from an affair...Read More
The undefeated mare will carry top weight of 127 pounds March 13 when she makes her 2010 debut in the $250,000 Santa Margarita Handicap (gr. I), spotting eight who entered from 12 to 19 pounds in the nine-furlong race.“I sure hope it won’t make a difference,” said regular rider Mike Smith, who has r...Read More
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) announced Thursday that the organization's website, NTRA.com, will offer free, live video streaming this Saturday of the seasonal debuts of both 2009 Horse of the Year RACHEL ALEXANDRA (Medaglia d'Oro) and the undefeated two-time champion ZENYATTA ...Read More
  • horses · So what exactly is the point here? So, now, due to the NTRA's great efforts, anyone that is a racing fan that is not at a racetrack, OTB, watching on TVG/HRTV, or watching on any one of the numerous ADW's all of which offer free video... that those remaining 5 racing fans can watch it on NTRA.com??? · 810 days ago ·
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  • Arrrgy · My friend in GB, WI is thrilled that she can now watch these races. Apt. won't let them have a dich. No OTB... · 810 days ago ·
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The undefeated champion Zenyatta arrived at Santa Anita on Thursday morning for Saturday's $250,000 Santa Margarita Handicap where she will be searching for her 15th consecutive win. Zenyatta was schooled in the paddock between the second and third races on Thursday...Read More
In a must-read for those following the story, the New York Times provides the latest from both camps, including some between-the-lines hesitation from the Rachel Alexandra camp, just one week before her intended debut at the Fair Grounds. The same afternoon will also feature the return of Zenyatta.Read More
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  • mid0827 · zen - That's great. Yes, Jess is chicken. Rachel is outstanding, but don't anyone kid yourselves that the Woodward wasn't 100% hand-picked for a crappy field on speed favoring track. She can't win using her style at 1 1/4 miles, that's completely out of the question. Are you dutching both races because they will be 1-5? · 813 days ago ·
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  • Arrrgy · More red flags: “She came out at 6:20, turned and went the right way, then galloped about three-quarters of a mile,” said Fair Grounds clocker Billy Pettingill, who has observed Rachel Alexandra’s progression on a near-daily basis since the filly arrived at Fair Grounds in late November. “It was pretty easy. Then they picked her up with the pony and she was off the track at 6:28. They didn’t even gallop her a whole round, they just let her stretch her legs a little bit. They turned her loose about the three-eighths pole and she went from there, through the stretch, and back to about the five-eighths pole." This just doesn't sound as good as they say. There's a reason she didn't have a routine gallop. Clear Sailing looks to step up a few more. 8-1? · 812 days ago ·
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Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra returned to the track Wednesday morning for an easy gallop three days prior to her 4-year-old debut in Saturday’s $200,000 New Orleans Ladies. On Tuesday, the Medaglia d’Oro filly walked the shed row in trainer Steve Asmussen’s barn, the normal routine on the morni...Read More
Zenyatta, who will make her first start of the year March 13 in the Santa Margarita Invitational Handicap (gr. I) at Santa Anita, will carry top weight of 127 pounds in the race. The weight assignment is eight to 19 pounds more than her possible competitors.Multiple champion Zenyatta, who is unbeate...Read More
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  • medlocke · Ideally, 127 lbs. probably isn't what you want your mare toting in her first race back after a more than 4 month layoff. But fortunately for John Shirreffs, given her physical structure and nature, if there's any horse in racing that 127 lbs. after such a layoff will not be a big factor for, it will be Zenyatta. She's toted as high as 129 lbs. in her career and still managed to find the winners circle. Plus, I'm sure that Shirreffs and the Moss's both expected this kind of weight assignment going into the Santa Margarita on Saturday. This kind of weight, or there about, is likely what Zenyatta will be saddled with for any Handicap race that she may run in for 2010. Bottom line, even spotting the field so much weight, I don't see this race being the one, especially over the Santa Anita surface, that puts the first blemish on "The Queen's" racing record. JMO. · 812 days ago ·
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  • amfuller · The second highest weight is 115lbs, if any horse can overcome a 12-16 weight difference I think Z can, she's a big girl. · 812 days ago ·
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View Details03/17/12SA81 1/8 mD04+ FSanta Margarita-G1Include Me OutLove Theway YouareMiss Mittagong1:47.62
View DetailsView Video03/12/11SA61 1/8 mD04+ FSanta Margarita-G1Miss MatchSwitchVision in Gold1:47.33
View DetailsView Video03/13/10SA71 1/8 mS04+ FSanta Margarita-G1ZenyattaDance To My TuneFloating Heart1:48.20
View DetailsView Video03/14/09SA81 1/8 mS04+ FSanta Margarita-G1Life Is SweetSanta TeresitaModel1:48.71
View Details03/09/08SA91 1/8 mS04+ FSanta Margarita-G1Nashoba's KeyDawn After DawnDouble Trouble1:48.82
View Details03/10/07SA91 1/8 mD04+ FSanta Margarita-G1BalanceErmineRiver Savage1:49.25
View Details03/11/06SA81 1/8 mD04+ FSanta Margarita-G1Healthy AddictionDream Of SummerSeafree1:48.18
View Details03/12/05SA91 1/8 mD04+ FSanta Margarita-G1TarlowDream Of SummerMiss Loren1:49.41
View Details03/14/04SA81 1/8 mD04+ FSanta Margarita-G1AdorationStar ParadeBare Necessities1:48.85
View Details03/09/03SA81 1/8 mD04+ FSanta Margarita-G1StarrerSightseekBella Bellucci1:48.20
View Details03/10/02SA81 1/8 mD04+ FSanta Margarita-G1AzeriSpainPrintemps1:49.01
View Details02/23/86SA81 1/8 mD04+ FSanta Margarita-G1Lady's SecretJohnicaDontstop Themusic1:47.00
View Details03/01/75SA81 1/8 mD04+ FSanta Margarita-G1TiznaSusan's GirlGay Style1:48.60
View Details03/02/74SA81 1/8 mD04+ FSanta Margarita-G1TiznaPenny Flight Tallahto1:50.80
View Details03/03/73SA81 1/8 mD04+ FSanta Margarita-G1Susan's GirlConvenienceMinstrel Miss1:47.80
View Details03/04/72SA81 1/8 mD04+ FSanta MargaritaTurkish TrousersConvenienceTypecast1:47.80
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