When the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile is contested at Santa Anita, anything goes. Two last out maiden winners have captured the Juvenile this century – both at Santa Anita. In the six years that the Southern California track has played host, two Champagne Stakes winners,...
The Rags to Riches Stakes was inaugurated in at Churchill Downs 2013. The most accomplished filly to have exited the Rags to Riches was Tepin. The youngster placed third. Tepin later found her calling on the lawn and was last year’s Champion Turf Mare. This year...
The Best Pal Stakes was named in honor of the Three-time California Horse of the Year and Hall of Fame Inductee Best Pal. The gelding won graded stakes races from the ages of two to seven at distances ranging from seven furlongs to 1 ¼ miles, and the surface didn’t...
Del Mar and Saratoga are gearing up for another year, and well-bred babies will be making their highly anticipated debuts. Many handicappers get out the dart board when faced with the mostly blank past performance section of maiden races. Some horse fans scan the...
The Santa Anita Juvenile Championship Stakes was formerly known as the Hollywood Juvenile Championship Stakes. First carded in 1938, the Grade 3 event for two-year-olds was contested at six furlongs. 1959 Kentucky Derby winner Tommy Lee and Triple Crown hero Affirmed...
The Landaluce Stakes for two-year-old fillies was originally held at the now defunct Hollywood Park. First carded in 1945 as the Hollywood Lassie Stakes, the name was changed to honor the Champion Filly Landaluce, who tragically died from a virus before the end of her...
