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© Benoit Photo With the post positions for the Breeders’ Cup Classic and Distaff having been drawn earlier this evening, Santa Anita Publicity has released quotes from the connections of some of the most prominent horses in both races. Enjoy! … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © With the three-time Eclipse award-winning mare Beholder scheduled to run in Santa Anita’s $400,000 Vanity Mile (gr. I) on Saturday, Santa Anita has compiled an interview with Richard Mandella, the trainer of Beholder. Enjoy! ***** Q. Beholder has been in your … Continued
Keeneland Photo On the morning of March 18th, the three-time Eclipse award winner Beholder worked four furlongs at Santa Anita with regular rider Gary Stevens in the saddle. The six-year-old daughter of Henny Hughes, who went unbeaten in five races last year including … Continued
© Benoit Photo The amazing mare Beholder, a three-time Eclipse award winner and a two-time Breeders’ Cup champion, is expected to run in a prep race prior to the June 4th Vanity Mile (gr. I) at Santa Anita. “We’re in no hurry (for … Continued
© Benoit Photo The two-time Eclipse champion Beholder, who is almost certain to win another Eclipse award as the champion dirt female of 2015, has the June 4th Vanity Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita as a “long-range goal” for her much-anticipated 2016 campaign. The … Continued
Keeneland Photo Two days after a slight temperature threatened her participation in the October 31st Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I), two-time Eclipse champion Beholder was out on the main track at Keeneland, galloping a mile on the morning of October 22nd. Richard … Continued
© Benoit Photo The amazing mare Beholder, who scored an incredibly easy victory in the September 26th Zenyatta Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita, has emerged from that race in good shape and is expected to post a timed workout sometime this … Continued
Beholder, impressive winner of the Zenyatta Stakes (gr. I) last Saturday at Santa Anita, will ship to Kentucky on October 19th in advance of her much-anticipated start in the Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) on October 31st at Keeneland. According to … Continued
According to a report in the Santa Anita Stable Notes for September 24th, three-time graded stakes winner Catch a Flight was not entered in Saturday’s Awesome Again Stakes (gr. I) because he was sore in the aftermath of a five-furlong workout on September 22nd. … Continued
Breeders’ Cup Photo © With a little more than a week remaining until the September 26th Awesome Again Stakes (gr. I) at Santa Anita, nominations for the prestigious Breeders’ Cup Classic (gr. I) prep race have been posted on Equibase.com. Headlining … Continued