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White Abarrio wins $3 million Pegasus World Cup with dominant performance at Gulfstream

Jan. 25, 2025 18:56 PM EST

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — White Abarrio won the $3 million Pegasus World Cup by 6 1/4 lengths at Gulfstream on Saturday. He ran 1 1/8 miles in 1:48.05 under jockey Irad Ortiz Jr., who earned his third career Pegasus victory. Sent off at 5-2 odds, White Abarrio...

Filly Thorpedo Anna wins Horse of the Year at the Eclipse Awards

Jan. 24, 2025 13:28 PM EST

PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Thorpedo Anna won Horse of the Year honors at the Eclipse Awards on Thursday night, becoming only the second 3-year-old filly to beat male competition for the top trophy. Trained by Ken McPeek, she earned six Grade 1 victories last year, including the...

Barnes wins San Vicente Stakes as trainer Bob Baffert goes 1-2 in Kentucky Derby prep at Santa Anita

Jan. 04, 2025 20:53 PM EST

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Barnes defeated stablemate Romanesque by 5 1/2 lengths to win the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert in a field of Kentucky Derby hopefuls on Saturday at Santa Anita. Ridden by Juan Hernandez, Barnes ran seven furlongs in 1:22.15...

Baseball players Bregman and Buehler team on ownership of horse that wins for 1st time

Dec. 27, 2024 22:37 PM EST

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — All-Star baseball players Alex Bregman and Walker Buehler have teamed as owners of a 3-year-old colt that won for the first time at Santa Anita on Friday. March of Time defeated four rivals by 2 1/4 lengths to win a six-furlong sprint race worth $60,000 that...

Raging Torrent wins Malibu Stakes at Santa Anita with Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan in last

Dec. 26, 2024 19:40 PM EST

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Raging Torrent won the $200,000 Malibu Stakes by 1 1/4 lengths on Thursday at Santa Anita, with Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan finishing last in the final Grade 1 stakes of the year in the United States. Ridden by Frankie Dettori, Raging Torrent ran seven...

Jockey Flavien Prat takes Mathis Mile at Santa Anita for record 56th graded stakes win of the year

Dec. 26, 2024 19:13 PM EST

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Flavien Prat won the $200,000 Mathis Mile Stakes at Santa Anita on Thursday, the French jockey’s record-setting 56th graded stakes victory of the year. Prat broke the old mark of 55, set by Hall of Fame jockey Jerry Bailey in 2003. “It is...