Richard Mandella

7th-DMR, $54K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5fT, 6:30 p.m. ET. MADAME SECRETARY (Constitution) makes her first start for MyRacehorse and Brook Smith after she was purchased at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale for $900,000 by Rocket Ship and Gandharvi. Sent to Richard Mandella, the filly is out of MSP Nina Fever (Borrego), who was taken home by Blandford Bloodstock for $500,000 while Madame Secretary was in-utero. This dam produced GI Frizette Stakes heroine and $3 million Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale buy Nickname (Scat Daddy), who herself is responsible for Irish group stakes...

7th-DMR, 61K, O/C, 3yo/up, f, 6f, 6:33 p.m. TAMARA (Bolt d'Oro), the daughter of four-time Eclipse winner Beholder, makes her long-awaited return to the races Friday after a year-long absence following last year's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Named a 'TDN Rising Star' in her summer debut over course and near distance, the Richard Mandella trainee gave visions of her illustrious mother when romping by 6 3/4 lengths in the GI Del Mar Debutante. Heavily favored to complete the hat trick at the Breeders' Cup, Tamara came home eased after...

In the aftermath of the Breeders' Cup, the potential in the older horse division has shifted so that the next big-breakout, classic-distance stars might very well rise in the West. While it's true that divisional kingpins like 'TDN Rising Stars' Sierra Leone (Gun Runner), Fierceness (City of Light), and Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna), plus GI Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan (Goldencents), will be plotting 2025 campaigns from training bases farther east, those headline horses will go into their 4-year-old seasons with lofty expectations based on already-established, champion-level accomplishments. But a...

Spendthrift's Tamara (Bolt d'Oro), injured in the Breeders' Cup last fall and unraced in 2024, is expected to make her return at Del Mar Friday. She is entered in the seventh race on the card, a six-furlong optional claiming test. "She's doing good," Mandella said. "She's ready to race." A daughter of Hall of Famer Beholder (Henny Hughes), the multiple champion defeated colts in the GI Pacific Classic in 2015 and annexed the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff in both 2013 and 2016. The Spendthrift homebred was tabbed a TDN Rising...

Santa Anita Park is approaching its 90th anniversary Dec. 26 with the opening of the Classic Meet, and the track is calling on the public to vote for the 13 'top moments' in track history, it was announced via presser. Voting on those moments will be open until Friday, Nov. 8 at 5:00 p.m. PT with the top 13 vote-getters being featured in Santa Anita's wall calendar, which is provided to on-track patrons on opening day each year. There are 15 nominations to choose from, which were selected by a...

Trainer Philip D'Amato sent out a quintet Saturday morning at Santa Anita Park, with three confirmed as pre-entries for the Breeders' Cup after their works, on a busy morning for World Championship hopefuls across the country. From his three confirmed, GSW Iron Man Cal (Collected) worked four furlongs in :49 flat, and will be pre-entered for the Juvenile Turf. GSW Thought Process (Collected) also went four panels in :49.80 and will target the Juvenile Fillies Turf. Argentinian Group 1-winner Che Evasora (Arg) (Greenspring) worked six furlongs in 1:15.80, and owns...

Wathnan Racing's Subsanador (Arg) (Fortify) will be forced to miss the GI Breeders' Cup Classic after sustaining an ankle injury, according to a report in Daily Racing Form. "We found a problem in his ankle and we'll have to turn him out," trainer Ricahrd Mandella told DRF's Steve Andersen. "It's not a big problem. "We'll have to stop and come back next year." Purchased privately by Wathnan Racing earlier this year, the 5-year-old won the GIII Philip H. Iselin Stakes in August before earning an automatic berth in the Classic...

Unbeaten 3-year-old 'TDN Rising Star' Nysos (Nyquist), sidelined since winning the GIII Robert B. Lewis Stakes in February at Santa Anita, and the royally bred 2-year-old 'TDN Rising Star' Eagles Flight (Curlin), each returned to the worktab Thursday at Santa Anita. Also working towards a comeback in Arcadia was last year's GI Del Mar Debutante Stakes winner 'TDN Rising Star' Tamara (Bolt d'Oro). Nysos, trained by Bob Baffert, worked four furlongs with company in :47.60 (6/23). "He went nice," Baffert told Daily Racing Form. "I was happy with him." Work...

His voice was hoarse from yelling and his hand was a little sore after an overly exuberant high five, but Taylor Cambra was grinning from ear to ear as he weaved through the crowd at Santa Anita and made his way down to the winner's circle. The assistant trainer to Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella was one of the first out on the track to greet Mike Smith and Subsanador (Arg) (Fortify) after their hair-raising victory in the GI California Crown Stakes. It was the inaugural running of the...

The morning after his thrilling win in a three-way photo on the wire in the GI California Crown Stakes, Subsanador (Arg) (Fortify) was bright and alert and is on a path to the GI Breeders' Cup Classic, trainer Richard Mandella said Sunday. "He's doing great. All is well." "We saw a lot of courage [Saturday]," Mandella said of the effort which not only earned his stable star an automatic berth in the Classic but also garnered a reported 102 Beyer figure, as according to Daily Racing Form's Brad Free. "He...

Go ahead and crown him. Wathnan Racing's Subsanador (Arg) (Fortify) sat the trip of the race and came out on top by a head in a blanket, three-horse finish in the inaugural $1-million GI California Crown Stakes at Santa Anita. The Bob Baffert-trained duo of National Treasure (Quality Road) and 'TDN Rising Star' Newgate (Into Mischief) were second and third, respectively. 'TDN Rising Star' Muth (Good Magic), a perfect three for three for Baffert this season, led by a win in the GI Arkansas Derby, was last of six as...

Multiple Graded Stakes winner Linda's Gift (Arrogate--Americana, by Tapit) has been retired from racing and will be offered through Taylor Made Sales Agency at the Fasig-Tipton November Sale on Nov. 4. Out of stakes-placed Americana, Linda's Gift was trained by Hall of Famer Richard Mandella. The 5-year-old mare won last year's GIII Red Carpet Stakes at Del Mar before returning this season to win the GIII Santa Ana Stakes at Santa Anita. The Calumet Farm-bred mare finished fifth, beaten less than three lengths in the May 27 GI Gamely Stakes....