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Santa Anita Park, 2024 Malibu Stakes, Mystic Dan

2024 Malibu Stakes at a Glance

The Grade 1 Malibu Stakes is an annual highlight of Santa Anita Park’s opening-day card for its winter-spring (Classic) meet.

Fair Grounds, Built, Wayne Catalano, Road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby

Built Steps onto Derby Trail with Gun Runner Stakes Win at Fair Grounds

Built earned 10 points on the Road to the 2025 Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve with a dominating gate-to-wire score in the $96,000 Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds Dec. 21.

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Big Plans for Thorpedo Anna in 2025, Mystik Dan Set for Malibu Stakes Return

As much as extending 2024 by a few months would not bother trainer Kenny McPeek, he’s already looking forward to 2025.

The Fashionably Late-Running Carry Back, a True Cinderella Story

The history of horse racing is filled with rags-to-riches stories of horses and horsemen rising from unknown beginnings to succeed at the highest levels of the sport. But has there ever been a champion as improbable as Carry Back?

His story reads like a fairy tale, a veritable Cinderella story.

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2024 Gun Runner Stakes at a Glance

Part 1 of the Road to the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve comes to an end Saturday as the Gun Runner Stakes at Fair Grounds brings down the curtain on the 2-year-old preps for the 2025 run for the roses.

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