Monthly Archives: March 2007

Lava Man, 2 for 2 this year, is scheduled to post postward in Saturday’s Dubai Duty Free at 9:40 a.m., PDT, tomorrow morning. The $6 million Dubai World Cup is scheduled to go off at 10:30 a.m. local time.

I hope he fares well, but I think the connections are making a huge mistake by shipping Lava Man to Duabi for the $5 million turf race on March 31. This trip could take him out of action until late … Continue reading →

Only 50 days until Ravel wins the Kentucky Derby, so to celebrate, let’s try a few horses on for size today at Santa Anita.

If you haven’t seen it yet, go to www.calracing.com and watch a replay of Sunday’s first race at Santa Anita when the Bruce Headley-trained Magnificience broke her maiden at first asking under Alex Solis.

Word has come down in the past couple days that Lava Man’s camp may be reconsidering a trip to Dubai for a $5 million turf race on March 31 or a $500,000 grass race at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby … Continue reading →

Looking over the Wednesday card at Santa Anita, three horses particularly caught my eye. The first was Take a Chance in the fourth. A 5-year-old gelded son of Petionville, Take a Chance drops a peg to $10,000 and retains the … Continue reading →

I like three horses on the Santa Anita card today, which means, with the way I’m going, that’s three horses to toss out. In the third, I like the Jeff Mullins-trained Yodelen Dan. Mullins is having his usual solid meet, … Continue reading →

Leave it to a little 5-year-old girl to put life into perspective. On Saturday, after Lava Man became only the third horse to win the Santa Anita Handicap twice, one of the gelding’s owners, Jason Wood, told a story about … Continue reading →

I always smile when I see horses I like at nice prices, and today’s card at Santa Anita looks like a good one. Here’s who I like: 2nd — I’m going to play a four-horse exacta box here, hoping that … Continue reading →

Some interesting tidbits regarding the previous 69 runnings of the Santa Anita Handicap, which will be run again Saturday in front of what could be more than last year’s crowd of 49,000 if the weather is good. – Trainer Charlie … Continue reading →