Paints top 2024 NCHA Futurity Honors & Chrome Cash Exclusives
The 2024 National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Futurity boasted payouts exceeding $5 million this year. Two Paints were among the exhibitors clinching prestigious championship titles and fat Chrom...
Santa Anita Notes Strong Attendance, Handle for Opener
The largest opening-day crowd in eight years ushered in Santa Anita Park's 90th year Dec. 26, joining horseplayers around the world in betting on the races with a total all-sources mutuel handle of mo...
She Feels Pretty Struts Her Stuff in American Oaks
After winning the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup Stakes (G1T) in October, Lael Stables' She Feels Pretty notched a follow-up top-level stakes victory in the Dec. 26 American Oaks (G1T) at Santa Anit...
Kopion Delivers 37-1 Stunner in La Brea Stakes
Five years after Spendthrift Farm's Omaha Beach landed grade 1 glory in the Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita Park, the sire's daughter Kopion brought home the holiday cheer with a commanding victory ...
Didia Sidelined, to Miss Pegasus Filly and Mare Turf
Merriebelle Stable and Resolute Racing's grade/group 1-winning turf mare Didia, who was being pointed to a title defense in the $500,000 Pegasus World Cup Filly and Mare Turf Invitational Stakes (G2T...
Kopion Delivers 35-1 Stunner in La Brea Stakes
Five years after Spendthrift Farm's Omaha Beach landed grade 1 glory in the Malibu Stakes on Santa Anita Park, the sire's daughter Kopion brought home the holiday cheer with a commanding victory Dec. ...
King of Gosford Gives Prat Record Graded Stakes Win
Flavien Prat broke Jerry Bailey's 19-year-old record for graded stakes wins in a season, scoring his 56th aboard King of Gosford in the Mathis Mile Stakes (G2T) at Santa Anita Park. Also Thursday, Joh...
Raging Torrent Tames Malibu Rivals, Earns Grade 1 Win
Raging Torrent knocked down the first grade 1 win of his career in taking a fourth straight race at the seven-furlong distance when he won the Malibu Stakes (G1) Dec. 26 at Santa Anita Park....
FTC Approves Change to Per-Start Assessment for HISA
The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority proposed changing how it assesses to costs to the racing states to a per-starts only method, instead of a combination of starts and purses. The new per-s...