Tracking 17-19 right now..

Baffert: Game Winner; Improbable
Hollendorfer: Gunmetal Grey; Galilean
Mandella: Omaha Beach; Extra Hope
Desormeaux: Easy Shot (Sueno possible)
Pletcher: TBA
McPeek: Lemniscate
Casse: Our Braintrust
Stewart: Classy John
Asmussen: Long Range Toddy, Jersey Agenda, Laughing Fox (Captain Von Trapp possible)
Moquett: Frosted Ice
Silva: Sleepy Eyes Todd
Lukas: Market King (Or other)

What’s the max if they don’t split ?

14

If you’re one of the contenders, do you enter some stablemates just to force the split?

They are now planning on reopening on March 22nd.
https://www.drf.com/top-news/santa-a...chedule-458931

Bad news. I heard there was another breakdown today at Santa Anita. That is very surprising because I thought they were only open for limited training. I didn't think horses were even working yet. It is possible the horse could have broken down during a gallop. I don't know. I haven't heard any details yet.

I read that for timed, high speed exercises, a request has to be submitted 24 hours prior to the workout.
Cant find anything on a breakdown yet....

https://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2019...-for-training/

I haven’t seen it anywhere either and I actively searched the most reliable rumor mill out there - Twitter.

A horse was vanned off with a soft tissue concern. Otherwise OK.

Please get back to heralding celebrity deaths.

I think my friend's info was wrong. What happened was that a Phil D'Amato horse was vanned off. As fast as things spread, I guess that turned into "Phil D'Amato had a horse break down." From what I'm reading on DRF, it says, "One racehorse that was galloping was vanned off the main track early Monday, perhaps during the blackout. The incident was not serious, according to trainer Phil D’Amato, who was in Florida. After speaking with his help, D’Amato said via text that it was his understanding that a pony kicked the horse, who was “comfortable” after returning to his stable."

https://www.drf.com/top-news/under-w...a-anita-458971

:tro:
You can bet if this was true that the news would spread like wildfire on social media...I can only imagine what the circus is like outside the track

WEDNESDAY (3/13): Per Mike Willman, as of 9:15a PT, without incident, 150 workers on the main track so far this morning..

From Brad Free:
Sad.to report Princess Lili B broke both front legs at conclusion of half-mile workout Thursday at Santa Anita. Euthanized. Somber mood trackside. Training will continue this morning.

You know there are a lot of reasons why horses breakdown, so nobody should jump to conclusions. Maybe the track surface is wonderful, maybe the horse just took a bad step and it could have happened anywhere, maybe it was a soft tissue injury that was undiagnosed or treated improperly that caused a weakness in the animals' ability to jog properly? Let's wait for the necropsy report and the findings of the blue ribbon panel BEFORE suggesting SA management and or the racing surface is deemed the culprit. Tracks and the people maintaining them have rights too!

What do you do if you are an owner ? Trainer. ? What about the jocks and exercise riders ? It’s got to take a big toll on everyone mentally.

Catastrophic day for the sport we love...

Wow...I'm at a loss for words. This is a turning point for the sport for sure, I can only hope it will be in a positive direction. I have to hope that it will....

Does this mean the other Stronach-owned parks will be doing the same? It seems insincere to do it only at the CA tracks. Will the Preakness ban lasix?

If a horse in the wild takes a bad step and breaks thier leg, will an animal activist make a sound?

^^^
This

Insincere is putting it mildly. Outrageous that they basically blaming the victim. Do they think people and the press are dumb enough to not ask the question why horses are not breaking down at their other tracks and all tracks in general at the rate they are at Santa Anita? They need to shut it down for the season, rebuild the track from scratch and move the Breeders Cup. How can they and Breeders Cup proceed and risk the potential death blow that the sport would face if we had one or more incidents during Breeders Cup?