Triple Crown winning race horse American Pharoah not done yet. Santa Anita Park-based trainer Bob Baffert guided the horse to win the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes to become a Triple Crown winner. The horse needs to rest up for now.
Admiration is Justify-able. Horse racing's newest and still undefeated Triple Crown Winner returns to home turf Santa Anita Park for a victory lap. The Triple Crown means winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and Belmont Stakes.
Race horse Exaggerator is going to the Kentucky Derby after a victory at Santa Anita Derby Day. Race horse California Chrome is back on track now, 2 years after wins at Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes and he might be better than before.
Santa Anita Derby has top field. Fan favorite race horse named Dortmund is among the natioin's top three-year-olds seeking a shot at the Triple Crown. The Santa Anita Derby is the final and most important Kentucky Derby prep race on the West Coast.
Santa Anita Park has live-racing for the first time on the same day as Kentucky Derby. The track will be rooting for Santa Anita Derby winner California Chrome, a California-bred race horse.
Santa Anita Derby runs today. A race horse named Creative Cause is the 6-to-5 favorite to win today and may be the West Coast's top Kentucky Derby prospect. With Jockey Joel Rosario (photo).
Horse racing at Santa Anita. Derby Darlings. Roadster, Game Winner are strong 1-2 punch in Santa Anita Derby for trainer Bob Baffert. Santa Anita Derby is a prep race for Kentucky Derby.
Pioneer of the Nile (the horse) won the Santa Anita Derby this year and will go on to run the Kentucky Derby. Bob Baffert is the trainer and Garrett Gomez is the jockey.
Kentucky Derby winner Medina Spirit stripped of crown. Medina Spirit is no longer the winner of the 2021 Kentucky Derby. The colt died unexpectedly in December 2021 at Santa Anita Park and was unofficially disqualified by Kentucky racing officials yesterday for failing a drug test after winning the race. This ruling is a blow for famed trainer Bob Baffert.
Bob Baffer, horse trainer, is denied stay of suspension by Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. He has been suspended for 90 days, effective March 8 through June 5, and was fined $7,500. He was trainer of Medina Spirit, a horse that is now deceased but tested positive for the steroid betamethasone following the Kentucky Derby last May 1. Medina Spirit was stripped of the Kentucky Derby crown and collapsed and died on December 6, 2021 of a heart attack after a trianing run at Santa Anita Park.
Race horse Bolo in position to race for Santa Anita Derby. Jockey Mike Smith will be aboard Bolo, one of six horses entered in today's 78th edition of the Santa Anita Derby.
Next stop for race horse called California Chrome: Kentucky. Colt crushes at Santa Anita Derby to emerge as Churchill Downs favorite. Jockey Victor Espinoza in photo.
If race horse "California Chrome" wins the Belmont Stakes tomorrow to complete a Triple Crown sweep, then this could help the racing industry. The industry will try to turn attention attracted by the first Triple Crown in 36 years into a revival of the sport's popularity. Santa Anita Park executives hope a crowd of 30,000 will show up Saturday to watch the Belmont on TV screen. Betting at Santa Anita Park has declined 40% between 2002 and 2011 before ticking up the last two years.
Is the Triple Crown horse racing's toughest feat? No horse has captured racing's Triple Crown since Affirmed did in 1978. Today, race horse American Pharoah (not spelled Pharaoh) will attempt to become the first horse and 37 years to sweep the Kentucky Derby, The Preakness and the Belmont. In photo trainer Bob Baffert and American Pharoah.
Practical Move is favorite horse. Facts about today's 86th running of the Santa Anita Derby.
-Bob Baffert has won the race a record 9 times.
-The race has produced 19 Kentucky Derby winners.
-Practical Move (race horse) is the 8-5 favorite, followed by Geaux Rocket Ride and National Treasure.