California horse racing fans can go to many more stakes races than New Yorkers can, and the weather is a lot nicer. The racing industry in California is expanding with Santa Anita as its poster track. The track has added a synthetic surface, and the grounds occupy approximately 320 acres. Its landmark, 1,100-foot-long Grandstand seats 26,000 guests, and the giant infield area accommodates many thousands more.

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The 1-mile €400,000 Prix du Moulin de Longchamp was won by Goldikova, a 3-year-old filly trained by Freddie Head. This was her second Group 1 victory, and it was over Europe's other highly rated miler Henrythenavigator, who finished a disappointing fifth. Under jockey Olivier Peslier, Goldikova took control of the race six furlongs in and defended her lead from a late-charging Darjina to win by half a length. A trip to Santa Anita in October appears to be in Goldikova's future, according to Head: "She will definitely go to the Breeders' Cup now… She could go for the Mile or the Filly and Mare Turf." As for Henrythenavigator, he will be looking to regroup at the Group 2 Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Sept. 27 at Ascot on his way to the Classic or the Mile.

New Approach continued on his path towards the Breeders' Cup with a win in the €1M Irish Champion Stakes, a 1-1/4 mile turf race for 3-year-olds and up. Fans expecting to see a rematch between Epsom Derby winner New Approach, and Juddmonte International Stakes champion Duke of Marmalade were disappointed when the latter was scratched by trainer Aiden O'Brien due to soggy track conditions. Surprisingly, New Approach's fiercest competitor came in the form of 50-1 longshot Traffic Guard, who rallied late and fell short of the win by a mere half-length. New Approach's connections now have their sights set on more prestigious challenges—according to trainer Jim Bolger, "[Owner] Sheikh Mohammed is keen on [New Approach] running in the Breeders' Cup Classic."

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Jockey Michael Baze rode Georgie Boy to victory. (AP Images)

Georgie Boy kept his three-race streak alive this Saturday at the $200,000 San Felipe at Santa Anita with an exciting win against Gayego and Bob Black Jack. The three favorites had never run a route event before but watching those three finish with an outstanding push from Georgie Boy you wouldn’t know it.

After a recent injury to his San Vincente-winning jockey Rafael Bejarno, Georgie Boy was ridden by Michael Baze in a time of 1:42:35.

"They're both great, fine riders,” said Kathy Walsh, Georgie Boy’s veteran trainer. “We just went with the fact that Michael had been on the horse [for workouts] quite a bit last spring but only got to ride him in a race once. That, and I knew Michael had all the faith in the world in him."

"Around the far turn I just had to wait, wait, wait and at the top of the lane, I was able to swing out and say ‘Goodbye', He really impressed me more after we hit the wire,” said Baze. “I had a harder time pulling him up than I did during the race. I didn’t get him pulled up until the five-eighths pole.”

Georgie Boy will next appear in either the April 5 Santa Anita Derby or the Arkansas Derby a week later.

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Rafael Bejarano took a bad fall when his horse, Parisian Act, suffered a heart attack. (AP Images)

Rafael Bejarano a Santa Anita jockey was thrown to the ground very hard in the stretch of the final race on March 13 when his horse, Parisian Art, had a heart attack and died on the field. Bejarano was put into an ambulance on a stretcher and taken to local Arcadia Methodist Hospital.

Bejarano atop Parisian Art were well back of the field into the stretch, when the 3-year-old collapsed just past the eighth pole, falling to the ground and smashing Bejarano head first onto the track. The rider was thrown clear from the horse and remained motionless while the ambulance came to the scene.

Bejarano had two earlier wins on the same card. It was the 12th winning ride for Bejarano in 25 mounts since March 8. Bejarano has a total of 60 wins.

Bejarano is scheduled to ride Georgie Boy in the March 15 San Felipe Stakes (gr. II).

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Garrett Gomez was the winning jockey at Santa Anita. (AP Images)

Spring House rallied from sixth in the final half-mile to win his first start of 2008, taking the $150,000 San Luis Obispo Handicap at Santa Anita on Saturday.

Garrett Gomez rode Spring House well off the pace for the first mile, tracking the mare Sohgol, who led through a slow pace of 47.33 and 1:12.59. Eventually he moved closer to the front on the inside at the end of the backstretch. In the final furlong he moved to take the lead to win by 2.25 lengths.

Spring House is owned by R.D. Hubbard and trained by Julio Canani, and has earned $90,000. A gelding by Chester House, Spring House has won six of 30 starts and $544,284.

Surf Cat won at Santa Anita on Saturday. (AP Images)

Surf Cat came away with a win by a half-length in his first race since 2006 when he beat all challengers in the $150,000 San Carlos Handicap (Gr. II) on Saturday.

Bruce Headley, the trainer of Surf Cat, claimed his fifth Grade II victory. Surf Cat took charge in the head-to-head battle against Greg's Gold and the highly favored Johnny Eves.

Surf Cat finised the race in a time of 1:21:62 on Santa Anita's synthetic track. With Alex Solis aboard, Surf Cat came from the back of the seven-horse pack to nip Greg’s Gold.

Surf Cat paid $7 to win, $3.40 to place and $2.80 to show.

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Santa Anita was canceled yet again yesterday, marking the eighth racing day that they've pulled the plug since the meet started on December 26th of 2007. (AP Images)

As a result of a drainage problem and not to mention the wet winter weather conditions, the new synthetic track has too much standing wager and soft spots. Usually rainouts in horse racing are rare, but it's becoming a reoccurring issue with Santa Anita.

"What else can go wrong?" Santa Anita President Ron Charles said yesterday morning. "We're waiting for the rain to stop to see when we can begin some work."

Nothing has been confirmed yet, but a project to fix the drainage issue may have been scheduled.

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