Sunday, October 2, 2011

Weemissfrankie headlines Oak Leaf today at Santa Anita

Sunrise over Santa Anita Sunday morning

Weemissfrankie, who won the Grade I Del Mar Debutante on Sept. 3, is the likely favorite in today's Oak Leaf Stakes at Santa Anita. The daughter of Sunriver trained by Peter Eurton is unbeaten in two starts.

Weemissfrankie is owned by a partnership that includes skateboarding star Rob Dyrdek, who hosts "Ridiculousness," "Rob and Big," and "Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory" on MTV. Dyrdek, who was out at Santa Anita to see his other horse, Mega Heat, win the 8th race, is expected to be at Santa Anita again today.

Here's the field for the Oak Leaf, which goes as the eighth race: Silent Saga, Victor Espinoza, 9-2; Self Preservation, Patrick Valenzuela, 4-1; Killer Graces, Joe Talamo, 15-1; Candrea, Martin Garcia, 4-1; My Gi Gi, Chantal Sutherland, 15-1; Wild Truffles, Alonso Quinonez, 30-1; Regal Betty, Joel Rosario, 20-1; Weemissfrankie, Rafael Bejarano, 5-2; Dreamcaster, Martin Pedroza, 8-1; and Charm the Maker, Garrett Gomez, 8-1.

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Zap! of the Week: Celebrities and Horses at Santa Anita

Zap of the Week

Larry Zap brings you some fun footage featuring celebs and their horses at Santa Anita.

Royal Punisher wins a nice allowance race for syndicated sports talk host Jim Rome's Jungle Racing. And pro skateboarder and actor Rob Dyrdek shows up in support of his good buddy Joe Ciaglia as his filly Jet Blue Girl breaks her maiden impressively. Dyrdek has recently bought into a couple of thoroughbreds with Ciaglia, trained by Peter Eurton.

Narrated by Larry Zap... Enjoy!

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