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GRADE I WINNER TAMARANDO HEADS FRIDAY’S $200,000 GOLDEN STATE JUVENILE AT SANTA ANITA, FIELD OF NINE FRESHMEN SET TO GO MILE

ARCADIA, Calif. (Oct. 29, 2013)—Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Williams’ homebred Tamarando, a winner of the Grade I Del Mar Futurity Sept. 4, heads a field of nine set to go in Friday’s $200,000 Golden State Juvenile at Santa Anita for 2-year-olds bred or sired in California.

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AIN’T NO OTHER ADDS BLINKERS AND ROLLS TO VICTORY WITH BEJARANO IN $100,000 SENSATIONAL STAR STAKES, TOMMY TOWN HOMEBRED TRAINED BY HOLLENDORFER

   ARCADIA , Calif. (Feb. 24, 2013)—Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, fresh off victory in Saturday’s Grade II San Carlos Stakes, fitted veteran gelding Ain’t No Other with blinkers for the first time and the result was a three quarter length victory in Sunday’s $100,000 Sensational Stakes for older horses bred in California at 6 ½ furlongs down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course.  The 5-year-old son of Old Topper negotiated the course in 1:11.53.

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SAHARA SKY BIDS FOR TWO IN A ROW IN SATURDAY’S GRADE II SAN CARLOS , THE LUMBER GUY OUT TO ATONE FOR OPENING DAY FLOP IN MALIBU, AS EIGHT GO SEVEN PANELS

ARCADIA , Calif. (Feb. 20, 2013)—Sahara Sky, a longshot winner of the Grade II Palos Verdes Stakes going six furlongs on Jan. 19, will stretch out an eighth of a mile on Saturday and he ranks prominently among a field of eight talented sprinters set to contest Santa Anita’s Grade II, $200,000 San Carlos Stakes at seven furlongs.

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CURVY CAT IS ALL HEART ON VALENTINE’S DAY, TAKES $60,000 DEER CREEK PURSE AT SANTA ANITA

ARCADIA , Calif. (Feb. 14, 2013)—Curvy Cat, ridden by Joe Talamo, outgamed 3-2 favorite Best Present Ever in deep stretch to take Thursday’s $60,000 Deer Creek Purse, winning the second-condition allowance for older fillies and mares by a neck while covering 6 ½ furlongs down Santa Anita’s hillside turf course in 1:12.52.