Kayla Stra

A full contingent of Santa Anita-based jockeys will be without mounts as they themselves will do the running in Santa Anita’s annual Derby Day 5K Walk...

Longshot Mahalo Princess, sent postward at 14-1 under jockey Kayla Stra, held off the late charge of 8-5 favored Upbeat Mood to win the $77,000 featur...

Arizona-bred Top Fortitude broke running and heavily favored Kobe’s Back didn’t, and the result was a stunning 30-1 upset in Saturday’s Grade III, $10...

Friday’s Santa Anita Park Recap – Jan. 10 Edge to early-pressing types (1 wire job @ 8f) on the fast main track. The three turf races yielded two wire...

The road to the Grade I, $1 million Santa Anita Derby begins on Saturday, as Santa Anita will present the Grade III, $100,000 Sham Stakes at a flat mi...

Sunday’s Hollywood Park Recap – Nov. 24Cushion Track seemed to play fair. A patient type (8f) and two pressers (6f) nabbed the three grass races (turf...

Not that she had to win him over, but Kayla Stra endeared herself even more to trainer Howard Zucker after she won Thursday’s third race for him by a ...

Thursday’s Santa Anita Park Recap – Oct. 24 Edge to early-pressing types (2 route wire jobs – 8.5f, 8f) on the fast main track. Tactical types from po...

Kayla Stra’s victory on Te Rapa in the final race on Thursday was the first of the meeting by a female jockey. Te Rapa took a half-length lead enterin...

Balancing a full-time job and responsibilities as a parent is a hard thing to do, but it becomes even more difficult when your job is physically deman...