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Creative Cause could return in G2 Swaps at Hollywood on July 4. He might try turf at Del Mar later this summer.   
Trainer Bob Baffert had to settle for second and third in the afternoon’s supporting feature, the $150,000 Swaps Stakes.   Dreamy Kid, who was making his first start in blinkers and first in a graded race, shocked heavily-favored Coil to win by a head.   Trained by Neil Drysdale for owner-...Read More
Twirling Candy is the 4-5 Hollywood Gold Cup favorite but Setsuko and Dark Cove are more attractive betting propositions. Read More
  • RamonDimas · I THINK THAT SETSUKO HAS A VERY GOOD CHANCE OF WINNING THIS RACE.. · 328 days ago ·
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  • yukichan · I think Setsuko will be tough to beat...But I love Awesome Gem--he tries so hard each time out. · 327 days ago ·
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Trainer Henry Moreno, 81, hopes to spring an upset with Spud Spivens in the $150,000 Swaps Stakes, a Grade II test for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles on Cushion Track Saturday.             Moreno hopes for more pace in the Swaps than there was in t...Read More
Baffert will be aiming for a record fifth victory in the Swaps when he saddles probable favorite Coil. Owned by Mike Pegram, Karl Watson and Paul Weitman, the son of Point Given and the Theatrical mare Eversmile was successful by one length in his two turn debut in the Grade III Affirmed Handicap Ju...Read More
Instead of giving Seattle Slew a rest, his connections decided to send him to Hollywood Park...Read More
Affirmed Handicap winner Coil worked six furlongs in a bullet 1:11.40 Sunday under jockey Martin Garcia for the $150,000 Swaps Stakes for 3-year-olds Saturday.   Coil, a son of Point Given, seeks his fourth straight win in the Grade II test at 1 1/8 miles. Trainer Bob Baffert, tied for the lead...Read More
Californian winner Twirling Candy, Santa Anita Handicap upsetter Game On Dude, talented filly Blind Luck and defending champion Awesome Gem are among 14 nominees for the $500,000 Hollywood Gold Cup.Read More
  • mdracing69 · It would be cool if Blind Luck went in the Gold Cup. · 334 days ago ·
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  • ghelguera · If Blind Luck Runs in the Gold Cup she can only finish second because ain't nobody beating Twirling Candy! · 334 days ago ·
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In what was essentially a match race from start to finish, Skipshot wore down Sidney’s Candy in the final strides to win the $196,000 Swaps Stakes Saturday at Hollywood Park.   The 4-1 second choice in the field of four, Skipshot tracked the prohibitive 1-5 favorite, dropped back a bit early i...Read More
The most accomplished 3-year-old in California during the Santa Anita winter meeting was Sidney's Candy, who won three stakes, including the Santa Anita Derby. The most disappointing California-based horse in the Kentucky Derby on May 1 was Sidney's Candy, who faded from contention on the final turn...Read More
Multiple graded stakes winner Sidney’s Candy will make his first start since the Kentucky Derby on May 1 when he takes on four other 3-year-olds in the $200,000 Swaps Stakes Saturday at Hollywood Park. The Swaps, which is run at 1 1/8 miles over Cushion Track, is one of a pair of Grade II races on ...Read More
For the next 10 days, the focus of the final weekend of Hollywood Park and the opening day at Del Mar is on 3-year-olds - the established main-track stars and the up-and-coming hopefuls on turf. Hollywood Park concludes its spring-summer meeting this Sunday, and the most lucrative race of the final ...Read More
Santa Anita Derby winner Sidney’s Candy and “now” horse Golden Itiz turned in their final works Sunday for the $200,000 Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park Saturday. The Grade II Swaps is for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles on Cushion Track.Read More
Alexis Barba, trainer of Alphie’s Bet, glanced at a sheet with only eight nominees for the $200,000 Swaps Stakes July 17. “It’s not big, but it’s tough,” said Barba of the Grade II test for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles on Cushion Track. Expected to join Sham and Snow Chief stakes winner Alphie’s Bet a...Read More
Trainer Ron Ellis, who won the Affirmed Handicap Saturday with Golden Itiz and two earlier stakes with Rail Trip, hopes for a big finish at this meet with the pair. “Golden Itiz came back good; we’re keeping our fingers crossed for next month,” said Ellis, aiming 3-year-old Golden Itiz for the $200,...Read More
Misremembered turned the tables on Grazen in the Grade 2 Swaps. The latter wired the Affirmed (G3), and the former made all of the running on July 18th. Still think Grazen is the better horse, and he probably would have won on Sunday with aggressive handling. Cool that Bob Baffert won the Swaps with...Read More
Swaps Stakes winner Misremembered has won 3 of 5 starts and was helped greatly when jockey Victor Espinoza guided him to an early lead.Read More
Just when lucrative opportunities for 3-year-olds on the main track are drawing to a close in Southern California, Misremembered seems to have figured out racing. On Saturday at Hollywood Park, Misremembered won his first stakes in the $284,000 Swaps Stakes. The Grade 2 Swaps is the final two-turn g...Read More
California's thoroughbred breeding business could use some new stallions considering its star performers are nearing or have passed 20 years old, which makes today's $300,000 Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park so important.A potential stallion of the future, Grazen, is a late-developing 3-year-old son o...Read More
SoCal three-year-olds take center stage in the Grade 2 Swaps on July 18th, but they will have to go forward without Pioneerof The Nile , who recently retired with a leg injury. Read More

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View Details07/04/12Hol991 1/8 mS03 MSwaps-G2   0:00.00
View DetailsView Video07/09/11Hol41 1/8 mS03 MSwaps-G2Dreamy KidCoilUncle Sam1:50.43
View DetailsView Video07/17/10Hol91 1/8 mS03 MSwaps-G2SkipshotSidney's CandySummer Movie1:49.94
View DetailsView Video07/18/09Hol81 1/8 mS03 MSwaps-G2MisrememberedGrazenScorewithcater1:49.02
View DetailsView Video07/12/08Hol81 1/8 mS03 MSwaps-G2Tres BorrachosTwo Step SalsaColonel John1:49.29
View Details07/10/04Hol71 1/8 mD03 MSwaps-G2Rock Hard TenSuaveBoomzeeboom1:47.47
View Details07/14/02Hol31 1/8 mD03 MSwaps-G2Came HomeLike A HeroFonz's1:48.28
View Details07/23/00Hol61 1/8 mD03 MSwaps-G1Captain SteveTiznowSpacelink1:48.01
View DetailsView Video07/23/95Hol81 1/8 mD03 MSwaps-G2Thunder GulchDa HossPetionville1:49.09
View DetailsView Video07/23/89Hol81 1/4 mD03 MSwaps-G2PrizedSunday SilenceEndow0:00.00
View Details07/22/79Hol81 1/4 mD03 MSwaps-G1ValdezShamgoPaint King1:59.40
View DetailsView Video07/03/77Hol81 1/4 mD03 MSwaps-G1J O TobinAffiliateText1:58.60
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