Saturday, March 23 2013
STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN
• DAUGHTER WANTS TO WIN SANTA ANITA DERBY FOR DAD, GOLDEN EAGLE
• ABSENCE MAKES MITCHELL GROW FONDER OF DHAAMER FOR TOKYO CITY
• ADDED DISTANCE NO CONCERN FOR A JEALOUS WOMAN, MEZAS SAY
• JOCKEYS DELGADO, MOJICA SET FOR SANTA ANITA DERBY 5K RUN
Monday, March 18 2013
STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN
• THREE-YEAR-OLD PICTURE FUZZY AFTER REBEL STAKES
• GUTIERREZ, ESPINOZA ENJOY BIG DAY AT SANTA ANITA
• LEPAROUX TO RIDE AT KEENELAND STARTING APRIL 5
• CASSIDY’S ‘RETIREMENT’ GREATLY EXAGGERATED
NEW WORLD RECORD FOR 1 ½ MILES ON TURF
BRIGHT THOUGHT, WINNER OF SATURDAY’S SAN LUIS REY STAKES, HAS SET NEW WORLD RECORD FOR 1 ½ MILES ON TURF—ACCORDING TO AMERICAN RACING MANUAL
Saturday, March 16 2013
STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN - March 15, 2013
• EVERYTHING’S ‘ROSIE’ FOR JOYFUL VICTORY IN SANTA MARGARITA
• SLIM SHADEY TESTS MILE AND A HALF IN GRADE II SAN LUIS REY
• BLANC BACK ABOARD BENCH GLORY IN SUNDAY’S IRISH O’BRIEN
• TALAMO IN PURSUIT OF DERBY DREAM AFTER ILL-FATED BID IN 2009
Friday, March 15 2013
STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN Thursday March 14, 2013
• BRUSHED BY A STAR MAKES LOCAL DEBUT IN SANTA MARGARITA
• LONGSHOT SEEKS FIRST STAKES WIN IN MARATHON SAN LUIS REY
• FEMALE SENSATION ROSIE NAPRAVNIK AT SANTA ANITA SATURDAY
• GOMEZ ON FLASHBACK FOR GRADE I SANTA ANITA DERBY APRIL 6
• $1 MILLION ST. PAT’S HORSESHOE PITCH TAKES PLACE THIS SUNDAY
Wednesday, March 13 2013
GREAT HOT TRIES TO STAY THAT WAY
TEXAS SHIPPER JOYFUL VICTORY SEEKS MILLIONAIRE STATUS IN GRADE I SANTA MARGARITA ON SATURDAY; SIX DISTAFFERS TO GO 1 1/8 MILES
ARCADIA, Calif. (March 13, 2013)—Great Hot, fresh off the biggest race of her life, a gate to wire score at 9-1 in the Grade II, 1 1/16 miles Santa Maria Stakes on Feb. 16, and Joyful Victory, a well traveled and highly accomplished 5-year-old mare by hot sire Tapit, head a field of six as they each try for consecutive victories in Saturday’s Grade I, $300,000 Santa Margarita Stakes at 1 1/8 miles.
Tuesday, March 12 2013
LAS FLORES STAKES QUOTES
JOCKEY QUOTES
MIKE SMITH, RUMOR, WINNER: (In response to how he felt she came to this race, if he thought she was going to step forward here.)
“Well, it didn’t look that way. Last time I rode her she was just quiet, really, really quiet. Quiet in the gate, didn’t get into the race, just stayed quiet. Today, I said I really want to warm her up, at least, at some point, get her into the race and see what would happen. When I did, she just locked on, and once she did that I knew she was going to run, it was just a matter of being good enough. You know, I’m not too sure Teddy Promise ran her race today, but when I saw that she wasn’t really ‘kickin’ on I thought I had a shot to win it. Once I got her clear she went on about her business. She went to the front a little sooner than you would want, but like I said, you never know with ‘Teddy;’ she might fire a big one on us. You got to get her when you can, and that’s what we did. She kind of loafed a little at the end and she won well within herself.”
Sunday, March 10 2013
SAN FELIPE STAKES QUOTES
JOCKEY QUOTES
COREY NAKATANI, HEAR THE GHOST, WINNER: (Jerry Hollendorfer said he wasn’t surprised by the fast pace, how about you?)
“Not at all. I felt that they were going to go fast. So I thought, ‘let’s get away good and make someone commit to going to the pace we need for him’. He’s a tremendous horse. Jerry said, ‘I’m going to find you a good one’ and I’ve been working some horses for him in the morning, asking for some help. I want to stay home, with my family, and stay on the West Coast. I’d like to get on the Derby trail with a horse, and this is it. He’s given me a chance to win (another) Santa Anita Derby with this colt, and the horse has done everything Jerry has asked him to do so far, so hopefully, he’ll be on that road.”
CHINA DOLL STAKES QUOTES
JOCKEY QUOTES
EDWIN MALDONADO, BIRDLOVER, WINNER: "Doug (O’Neill) told me to go to the lead and if somebody wants to go out there like a rabbit let them have the lead. Nobody fought me. It was a perfect race."
Monday, March 04 2013
STABLE NOTES BY ED GOLDEN Sunday March 3, 2013
• FLASHBACK DRILLS FOR SATURDAY’S GRADE II SAN FELIPE
• ABSENTEE OWNER TORRE EXCITED WITH DUDE’S ROMP
• GAME ON DUDE POSTS 116 SPEED FIGURE FOR BIG ’CAP WIN
• GOMEZ HONORED TO BE NOMINATED FOR HALL OF FAME
• FORMER TRAINER GREG MACDONALD PASSES AT AGE 63
Sunday, February 24 2013
SAN CARLOS STAKES QUOTES
JOCKEY QUOTES
JOE TALAMO, SAHARA SKY, WINNER: “They had a real hot pace; it really set up good for us today. I’ll tell you what; this horse is one of those that only gets better with age. Jerry (Hollendorfer) has done a great job with him. He runs well fresh. It was going so fast up there and they stopped pretty good for us, but my horse was really running the last part.”
JOE HERNANDEZ HANDICAP QUOTES
JOCKEY QUOTES
COREY NAKATANI, UNBRIDLED’S NOTE, WINNER: “I felt I had the race. My horse, he’s such a real nice horse, a real game horse. I want to thank Mr. McCarty (the owner) for letting me have this opportunity with him, and Steve (Blasi, assistant to Steve Asmussen.) You know, it’s been a tough meet for us but they are very good horses. Sometimes they’re not on their game, and today he wasn’t on his best and he was still able to get the job done. The turf was a little soft, had a lot of cut to it and he kept switching leads on it. He’s better with a little bit of a target but the pace scenario just didn’t pan out like I thought it would. He ran a tremendous race either way.”
