Tag: Zia Park Distaff

Canoodling has dominated ungraded stakes, such as this victory in the Zia Park Distaff last month. Now, she ventures into the deep waters of the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes at Santa Anita Sunday. (Image: Coady Photography)

Canoodling Cozying Up to the Big Time at Santa Anita’s La Brea Stakes

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Canoodling’s name translates into “engaging in amorous embracing, caressing, and kissing.” And on Sunday, the 3-year-old filly will be canoodling in deeper, rougher racing waters than she ever has. Canoodling finds herself back at Santa Anita Park, where she hasn’t raced since finishing fifth in the Listed Surfer Girl Stakes […]

Super Stock didn't pay a super price, going off at 1/20 in the Zia Park Derby. But the Arkansas Derby winner and Kentucky Derby starter gave trainer Steve Asmussen and jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. one of three stakes victories at New Mexico's Zia Park. (Image: Coady Photography)

Asmussen, Ortiz Parachute Into Zia Park, Depart with Three Stakes Titles

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Hall of Famer Trainer Steve Asmussen and Eclipse Award-winning jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. turned their Zia Park invasion into a walk in the park. The pair of Eastern invaders won three of the seven stakes on Zia Park’s Land of Enchantment Day card on Tuesday. That included the day’s biggest […]