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December 2009 - Posts

• Life Is Sweet returns to turf in San Gorgonio
  Dec 31 2009, 04:26 AM

  Breeders’ Cup Ladies’ Classic (G1) winner Life Is Sweet returns to the turf in the $150,000 San Gorgonio Handicap (G2), a race that also drew multiple Grade 1 winner Diamondrella (GB) on Saturday at Santa Anita Park. Read More... Post Reactions

• Azeri’s first foal wins career debut
  Dec 30 2009, 10:54 AM

  Take Control, the first foal out of 2002 Horse of the Year and three-time champion older female Azeri, rallied from last with a strong stretch drive to win his career debut. Read More... Post Reactions

• Azeri’s first foal entered for debut Wednesday
  Dec 29 2009, 03:28 AM

  Take Control, the first foal out of 2002 Horse of the Year Azeri, is entered for his career debut on Wednesday in the third race at Santa Anita Park. Read More... Post Reactions

• Lost Aptitude seeks third straight win<br> in Tropical Park Derby
  Dec 28 2009, 09:54 AM

  Lost Aptitude will try for his third consecutive victory and first graded stakes score in the Tropical Park Derby (G3) on New Year’s Day at Calder Race Course. Read More... Post Reactions

• Proudinsky wins San Gabriel,<br> spoils Lava Man’s return
  Dec 27 2009, 12:20 PM

  Proudinsky (Ger) scored a repeat victory in the San Gabriel Handicap (G2) on Sunday at Santa Anita Park, overhauling seven-time Grade 1 winner Lava Man in the stretch. Read More... Post Reactions

• The Usual Q. T. takes Sir Beaufort
  Dec 26 2009, 12:30 PM

  The Usual Q. T. reeled off his sixth straight victory with a clear score in the $100,000 Sir Beaufort Stakes (G3) on Saturday Read More... Post Reactions

• Front-running M One Rifle takes Malibu
  Dec 26 2009, 11:14 AM

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• Evita Argentina wins La Brea with late charge
  Dec 26 2009, 10:40 AM

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• Cloudy’s Knight earns fourth stakes<br> win of the year in McKnight
  Dec 26 2009, 10:29 AM

  Veteran Cloudy’s Knight on Saturday added another chapter to his remarkable comeback with his fourth stakes win in five starts since he returned to racing. Read More... Post Reactions

• Lava Man shifted to turf<br> for return in San Gabriel
  Dec 26 2009, 09:33 AM

  The long-awaited return to the races of Lava Man is scheduled for Sunday at Santa Anita Park in the San Gabriel Handicap (G2), and trainer Doug O’Neill is cautious about the three-time Hollywood Gold Cup (G1) winner’s prospects after 17 months away from... Post Reactions

• Digger digs in for Gravesend victory
  Dec 26 2009, 08:08 AM

  Repole Stable’s Digger led the way in the Gravesend Handicap on a rainy Saturday at Aqueduct and held off the late surge of 3-to-5 favorite Pashito the Che for a nose victory. Read More... Post Reactions

• Gabby’s Golden Gal set for return in La Brea
  Dec 23 2009, 07:42 AM

  Grade 1 winner Gabby’s Golden Gal will return from a layoff of nearly six months when she faces 11 other three-year-old fillies in the $300,000 La Brea Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Santa Anita Park. Read More... Post Reactions

• Baffert has two chances for elusive Malibu win
  Dec 23 2009, 07:31 AM

  Closing out the year of his induction into the Racing Hall of Fame, trainer Bob Baffert will shoot for two new achievements on Saturday in the $300,000 Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita. Read More... Post Reactions

• Presious Passion seeks third straight W. L. McKnight
  Dec 22 2009, 10:07 AM

  After a season that included two Grade 1 wins, Presious Passion will try to close out 2009 like he did in ’08 and ’07—by winning the W. L. McKnight Handicap (G2) at Calder Race Course. Read More... Post Reactions

• Jockey Corbett secures 3,000th career win
  Dec 22 2009, 09:34 AM

  Jockey Glenn Corbett piloted 1.70-to-1 favorite Souvenir Winner to victory in the fourth race at Turf Paradise on Tuesday, securing his 3,000th career win. Read More... Post Reactions