Horse racing notes: Santa Anita purse cuts begin this month

Opening day of the Classic Meet at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. • $300,000, Grade II Santa Anita Oaks, 3-year-old fillies, 1 1/16 miles* $125,000 Echo Eddie Stakes, California-bred 3-year-olds, 6 1/2 furlongs• Santa Anita is reducing purses for the two-month portion of its season known as the Hollywood Meet, starting Friday, April 19 after a week off.

• Two big changes in the Kentucky Derby contenders list: Santa Anita-based Endlessly is in, after trainer Michael McCarthy had indicated the Jeff Ruby Steaks winner at Turfway Park would run in a grass race on the Derby undercard. Timberlake is out, trainer Brad Cox said after the Rebel Stakes winner faded to fourth behind Muth in the Arkansas Derby.

• Kent Desormeaux’s victory aboard Bob Hess-trained Ashcroft on March 24 at Santa Anita, the racing Hall of Famer’s first from 16 mounts in 2024, marked the 39th year in a row he has ridden at least one winner. Desormeaux, 54, has 6,168 wins, 17th among North American thoroughbred jockeys all-time and fourth among active riders.

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