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Following a stirring stretch-long duel with Sugarinthemorning, Craig Stables’ Home Sweet Aspen emerged victorious by a neck Saturday in Santa Anita’s 55th running of the Grade I, $300,000 Santa Monica Stakes for older fillies and mares at seven furlongs before an on-track crowd of 30,514 on Sunshine...Read More
  • AprilDoornbos · WHAT AN INCREDIBLY GAME SHE RAN IN THE SANTA MONICA , BEST RACE I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME EXCEPT FOR RON THE GREEK OF COURSE AND WITH MY FAVORITE RIDER JOSE LEZCANO · 49 days ago ·
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Rumor, fresh off a rousing win in the Jan. 1 Kalookan Queen Handicap at 6 ½ furlongs, finished a non-threatening sixth with Mike Smith as the 2-1 favorite in Saturday’s Grade I Santa Monica Stakes and may well have had a tangible excuse for the poor showing, as she bled in the race according to Hall...Read More
Team McAnally hopes Sugarinthemorning’s first race in two months will benefit her against La Brea conqueror Teddy’s Promise in Saturday’s Grade I Santa Monica Stakes for fillies and mares, 4 and up, at seven furlongs.  “I thought she ran pretty well last time,” said Dan Landers, an assistant wi...Read More
Rumor, never worse than second in seven career races, makes her first start in a graded stakes Saturday, and a Grade I at that, when she runs in the $300,000 Santa Monica Stakes for older fillies and mares at seven furlongs.   “She’s doing good and she’s kind of done everything we’ve asked of h...Read More
Teddy’s Promise will attempt to replicate her authoritative triumph in the Grade I La Brea when returning at the same seven-furlong distance in Saturday’s Grade I Santa Monica Stakes at Santa Anita Park. Read More
  • ghelguera · Teddy's Promise finally flourished to her full potential. She will definitely win another Grade 1 and more. Ron Ellis has brought the best in her. She's the new freak in the filly & mare sprint division! · 125 days ago ·
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Beat the Blues, an East Coast-based mare that has won half of her 16 career starts, will ship to Santa Anita for next Saturday’s Grade I Santa Monica Stakes at seven furlongs.  “She’s booked on a flight Tuesday,” trainer Bret Calhoun said by phone Sunday morning.  A Florida-bred mare by Gr...Read More
Victor Espinoza has ridden Teddy’s Promise twice, winning each time, first in an overnight race at Hollywood Park on Nov. 15 at odds of 11-10, then in the Grade I La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita Dec. 31 at 16-1.  It seems like yesterday Espinoza was winning the Kentucky Derby on War Emblem, but i...Read More
C R K Stable's SWITCH (Quiet American) bided her time in third during the early running of Sunday's $250,000 Santa Monica S. (G1) at Santa Anita Park, swooped around her rivals entering the stretch and pulled away to record an easy 3 1/2-length victory under jockey Joel Rosario. The John Sadler trai...Read More
Sunday’s pick six from Santa Anita Park features the Grade 1 Santa Monica (7th race) for fillies and mares traveling seven furlongs on the main track. John Sadler trainee Switch is the deserving favorite and a possible free bingo square in the sequence. The Wishing Well (8th race) is the other Stake...Read More
Will Florida trump California in the Sunshine Millions? Who will step up in the Holy Bull? Discuss your opinions and selections in the best handicapping chat on the web! Read More
A dominant winner of the La Brea Stakes (gr. I) to kick off the Santa Anita season, Switch returns to action Jan. 30 seeking her second grade I triumph in a row in the $250,000 Santa Monica Stakes (gr. I) for trainer John Sadler.Switch looks like a firm standout in Santa Anita's seven-furlong Santa ...Read More
Gabby's Golden Gal returned to the 3-year-old form that saw her win the Acorn Stakes (gr. I) last spring when she captured the $250,000 Santa Monica Handicap (gr. I) at Santa Anita Jan. 31.Read More
Sunday’s pick six from Santa Anita Park includes the Grade 1 Santa Monica Handicap. Free Flying Soul is the 5-2 morning line favorite, and the horse for course looms the target in the seven furlong feature. Mostly sunny skies are expected with a high temperature of 67. Read More
Early this month, the Grade 1 Santa Monica Handicap at Santa Anita was shaping up as the best early-season stakes of the winter meet. January, however, was wet. Rain disrupted training, horsemen altered workout schedules, and Sunday's seven-furlong Santa Monica for fillies and mares went from a pred...Read More
Evita Argentina seems to relish seven-furlong races, and the four-year-old Candy Ride (Arg) filly will return to that distance as she tries to pick up her second Grade 1 victory of the Santa Anita Park meeting on Sunday in the $250,000 Santa Monica Handicap (G1).Read More
January 31, 2009 by Mike Curry Ventura swept past stablemate Jibboom in early stretch and powered free to a one-length score in the $300,000 Santa Monica Handicap (G1) on Saturday at Santa Anita Park.Read More

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View Details01/28/12SA97 fS04+ FSanta Monica-G1Home Sweet AspenSugarinthemorningShe's Cheeky1:21.42
View DetailsView Video01/30/11SA77 fD04 FSanta Monica-G1SwitchGilded GemSweet August Moon1:20.70
View DetailsView Video01/31/10SA87 fS04+ FSanta Monica-G1Gabby's Golden GalProvisoFree Flying Soul1:21.25
View DetailsView Video01/31/09SA77 fS04+ FSanta Monica-G1VenturaJibboomShe's Cheeky1:21.61
View Details01/29/06SA87 fD04+ FSanta Monica-G1Behaving BaldyMiss TerribleLeave Me Alone1:21.93
View Details01/25/03SA87 fD04+ FSanta Monica-G1AffluentSightseekSecret Of Mecca1:22.17
View Details01/18/72SA87 fD04+ FSanta MonicaTypecastTurkish TrousersGoddess Special 1:21.40
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