ARCADIA, CA (May 28, 2023)—In control on the lead throughout, John Sadler’s Kings River Knight powered to a 2 ¼ length win in Sunday’s first race at Santa Anita, the $100,000 Crystal Water Stakes. Ridden for the first time by Juan Hernandez, the 5-year-old gelding by Acclamation got one mile on turf in 1:34.55. The […]
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Courtesy of Santa Anita Arcadia, CA (May 28, 2023) — In a command performance, the Eric Kruljac-trained The Chosen Vron pounced on his competition a quarter mile from home and strode to a sensational 5 ½ length score in Sunday’s $100,000 Thor’s Echo Stakes at Santa Anita. Ridden for the seventh straight time by Hector […]
Arcadia, CA (May 26, 2023) – Adventurous trips and racing debuts often don’t go together, but Harris Farms’ homebred Sharp Ride found the winning formula in the 7th race at Santa Anita, a maiden special weight going five furlongs over the fast main track. The field of ten was away evenly, but soon the bumping […]
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Harris Farms’ homebred Closing Remarks is gracing the cover of the May issue of the California Thoroughbred magazine. The photo reflects her victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Royal Heroine Stakes at Santa Anita.
Arcadia, CA (May 14, 2023) – Timely Luck, our homebred filly by Prospect Park was favored to win the maiden special weight at Santa Anita that closed the day’s card. The 3-year-old filly did not disappoint, proving much the best over a field of nine other going one mile over the firm turf course. Away […]
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Arcadia, CA (May 13, 2023) – “How much the best was he?” Those words were fresh from Frank Mirahmadi’s lips, Smiling Tiger 3-year-old Upward Mobility passed under the wire to win the grassy 7th race after a rather bumpy six furlong trip. The trouble began with a stumble step one out from the start, but […]
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Arcadia, CA (April 29, 2023) – Fly a Fantasy, the 2-year-old Harris Farms-bred daughter of Smiling Tiger, made a smashing career debut in the 4th race at Santa Anita going four and one-half furlongs over the fast main track. The chestnut miss, under jockey Mike Smith, was away sharply, but found herself between horses in […]
Saratoga Springs, NY (April, 26, 2023) – California Chrome, the two-time Horse of the Year, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Dubai World Cup winner who was foaled, raised and trained at Harris Farms before he reached worldwide fame, was elected in his first year of eligibility, to the National Racing Hall of Fame. He joins […]
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Courtesy of Santa Anita Park ARCADIA, CA (April 8, 2023) — To quote the late, legendary Charlie Whittingham, “It was over when we entered.” And The Bald Eagle would’ve been right, as Doug O’Neill’s Ceiling Crusher pressed Tom’s Regret to the far turn and then opened up to air by 15 ½ lengths in Saturday’s […]
Courtesy of Santa Anita Park ARCADIA, CA (April 1, 2023)—Recently troubled but worry-free today, Harris Farms’ homebred Closing Remarks got a perfect trip in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 Royal Heroine Stakes at Santa Anita and she responded with an authoritative 1 ½ length score under Joe Bravo. Trained by Carla Gaines, Closing Remarks, the lone […]
Arcadia, CA (March 27, 2023) – Just a week to the day after the Vernal Equinox, Harris Farms’ homebred Glorious Spring blew in on the seasonal wind to take her place in the winner’s circle after the 5th race at Santa Anita Park going one mile over the fast main track. Off slowly from her […]
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Arcadia, CA (March 26, 2023) – Kristi’s Tiger took her lifetime bankroll over $300,000 and chalked up her sixth career victory in the 8th race at Santa Anita, an $87,688 allowance going six furlongs over the fast main track. The daughter of Smiling Tiger sat the rail trip down the backstretch as a lone pacesetter […]
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Courtesy of Santa Anita Park ARCADIA, CA (March 19, 2023)—First by a millimeter, heavily favored The Chosen Vron found a way to get it done in Sunday’s $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes at Santa Anita as he had show punters looking for a bridge to jump from before the photo finish came down. Owned in-part and […]
Harris Farms foaled and raised Grade I winner Fun to Dream was named 2022 California-bred Horse of the Year at the CTBA Awards Dinner on Monday night. She added to her previous California-bred accolades of champion 3-year-old Filly and Sprinter. During her championship season at three, Fun to Dream won five of her six starts […]
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Albany, CA (March 5, 2023) – Smiling Tiger filly Smiling Molly took her career bankroll over $100,000 with her victory in the feature race at Golden Gate Fields, a five and one-half furlong allowance over the all weather. The chestnut 4-year-old was off well and the chase was on with some very honest speed to […]
Arcadia, CA (March 4, 2023) – Rail speed is speed indeed. Unwritten Code, the daughter of Desert Code bred by Harris Farms, kept her 2023 record unblemished, and made her fifth consecutive visit to the winner’s circle with a frontrunning exercise in the second half of the opening daily double at Santa Anita. Unwritten Code […]
Arcadia, CA (February 11, 2023) – Unwritten Code, the 4-year-old daughter of Desert Code, remained undefeated in 2023 and scored her fourth straight victory in the 8th race at Santa Anita, a $73,500 allowance race going six and one-half furlongs over the fast main track. Flying out of the outside post in the field of […]
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Coalinga, CA (February 1, 2023) – Grade 1 winner Cistron sired his first reported foal, a filly out of the Acclamation mare Patriot Missile, born Jan. 30 at Harris Farms. A fourth generation Harris Farms homebred, she is the first foal from her dam, a half-sister to the G3-placed stakes winner Super Patriot ($371,554). The […]
POMONA, Calif. (Jan. 31 2023) – Poster Girl, carrying a foal from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Halladay, sold for $70,000 to top Tuesday’s California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Winter Mixed Sale at Fairplex. Consigned by Checkmate Thoroughbreds, Poster Girl broke her maiden first out at Newbruy at 2 and was graded-stakes place in […]
Parkfield, CA (January 19, 2023) – Grade 1 winner Halladay sired his first reported foal when a colt out of the Unusual Heat mare Katie’s Heat was born on Jan. 17 at Checkmate Thoroughbreds in Parkfield, Calif. Owned by Checkmate Thoroughbreds LLC, Hector and Denise Cuevas, Raul Montenegro, and Javier Montenegro, Katie’s Heat is a […]
Albany, CA (January 13, 2023) – With the atmospheric rivers flowing in Californa, the hunch bet of the day was Conquest Farenheit‘s Stormy Joe, who opened the card at Golden Gate Fields with his maiden victory going six furlongs over the all weather. Not letting the falling rain disturb him, the 3-year-old gelding was away […]
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Courtesy of Santa Anita Park ARCADIA, CA. (Jan. 7, 2023) – In the final race of the day on California Cup Day Saturday at Santa Anita, one of the state’s longest and most successful Thoroughbred owner/breeders, John Harris, witnessed his homebred Coalinga Road rally to take the $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic presented by City […]
Phoeniz, AZ (January 3, 2023) – Gypsy Rosie is the first winner of 2023 for Conquest Farenheit. The newly-turned 3-year-old filly broke her maiden in her second career start going five and one-half furlongs over the sealed main track at Turf Paradise. Recent rains moved the race from the turf to the dirt, but the […]
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Courtesy of DRF.com ARCADIA, Calif. – Fashionably Fast has run his last race. A six-time stakes winner against California-breds, Fashionably Fast was sent to co-owner and breeder John Harris’s farm in Coalinga, Calif., last week to begin his retirement, trainer Dean Pederson said Monday. Fashionably Fast won 10 of 33 starts and earned $807,143 in […]
Acclamation Son Kings River Knight Wins $100,000 Crystal Water S.
ARCADIA, CA (May 28, 2023)—In control on the lead throughout, John Sadler’s Kings River Knight powered to a 2 ¼ length win in Sunday’s first race at Santa Anita, the $100,000 Crystal Water Stakes. Ridden for the first time by Juan Hernandez, the 5-year-old gelding by Acclamation got one mile on turf in 1:34.55. The […]
The Chosen Vron Wins Seventh Consecutive Stakes
Courtesy of Santa Anita Arcadia, CA (May 28, 2023) — In a command performance, the Eric Kruljac-trained The Chosen Vron pounced on his competition a quarter mile from home and strode to a sensational 5 ½ length score in Sunday’s $100,000 Thor’s Echo Stakes at Santa Anita. Ridden for the seventh straight time by Hector […]
Sharp Ride Dashes To Debut Victory at Santa Anita
Arcadia, CA (May 26, 2023) – Adventurous trips and racing debuts often don’t go together, but Harris Farms’ homebred Sharp Ride found the winning formula in the 7th race at Santa Anita, a maiden special weight going five furlongs over the fast main track. The field of ten was away evenly, but soon the bumping […]
Closing Remarks Our Latest Cover Girl
Harris Farms’ homebred Closing Remarks is gracing the cover of the May issue of the California Thoroughbred magazine. The photo reflects her victory in the Grade 2, $200,000 Royal Heroine Stakes at Santa Anita.
Harris-Bred Timely Luck Makes Easy Work of Grassy Santa Anita MSW
Arcadia, CA (May 14, 2023) – Timely Luck, our homebred filly by Prospect Park was favored to win the maiden special weight at Santa Anita that closed the day’s card. The 3-year-old filly did not disappoint, proving much the best over a field of nine other going one mile over the firm turf course. Away […]
Smiling Tiger’s Upward Mobility Was Much The Best at Santa Anita
Arcadia, CA (May 13, 2023) – “How much the best was he?” Those words were fresh from Frank Mirahmadi’s lips, Smiling Tiger 3-year-old Upward Mobility passed under the wire to win the grassy 7th race after a rather bumpy six furlong trip. The trouble began with a stumble step one out from the start, but […]
Harris-Bred Smiling Tiger Filly Impresses in 2-year-old Debut
Arcadia, CA (April 29, 2023) – Fly a Fantasy, the 2-year-old Harris Farms-bred daughter of Smiling Tiger, made a smashing career debut in the 4th race at Santa Anita going four and one-half furlongs over the fast main track. The chestnut miss, under jockey Mike Smith, was away sharply, but found herself between horses in […]
California Chrome Elected to National Racing Hall of Fame
Saratoga Springs, NY (April, 26, 2023) – California Chrome, the two-time Horse of the Year, Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Dubai World Cup winner who was foaled, raised and trained at Harris Farms before he reached worldwide fame, was elected in his first year of eligibility, to the National Racing Hall of Fame. He joins […]
Harris Farms-Bred Ceiling Crusher Smashes Evening Jewel Field by 15.5 Lengths
Courtesy of Santa Anita Park ARCADIA, CA (April 8, 2023) — To quote the late, legendary Charlie Whittingham, “It was over when we entered.” And The Bald Eagle would’ve been right, as Doug O’Neill’s Ceiling Crusher pressed Tom’s Regret to the far turn and then opened up to air by 15 ½ lengths in Saturday’s […]
Harris Farms’ Homebred Closing Remarks Wins G2 Royal Heroine Stakes
Courtesy of Santa Anita Park ARCADIA, CA (April 1, 2023)—Recently troubled but worry-free today, Harris Farms’ homebred Closing Remarks got a perfect trip in Saturday’s Grade II, $200,000 Royal Heroine Stakes at Santa Anita and she responded with an authoritative 1 ½ length score under Joe Bravo. Trained by Carla Gaines, Closing Remarks, the lone […]
Harris Homebred Glorious Spring Wins Santa Anita Allowance
Arcadia, CA (March 27, 2023) – Just a week to the day after the Vernal Equinox, Harris Farms’ homebred Glorious Spring blew in on the seasonal wind to take her place in the winner’s circle after the 5th race at Santa Anita Park going one mile over the fast main track. Off slowly from her […]
Kristi’s Tiger Goes Over $300,000 in Earnings
Arcadia, CA (March 26, 2023) – Kristi’s Tiger took her lifetime bankroll over $300,000 and chalked up her sixth career victory in the 8th race at Santa Anita, an $87,688 allowance going six furlongs over the fast main track. The daughter of Smiling Tiger sat the rail trip down the backstretch as a lone pacesetter […]
Harris Farms Foaled and Raised The Chosen Vron Earns 10th Stakes Victory
Courtesy of Santa Anita Park ARCADIA, CA (March 19, 2023)—First by a millimeter, heavily favored The Chosen Vron found a way to get it done in Sunday’s $100,000 Sensational Star Stakes at Santa Anita as he had show punters looking for a bridge to jump from before the photo finish came down. Owned in-part and […]
Harris Farms Foaled and Raised Fun to Dream California-bred Horse of the Year
Harris Farms foaled and raised Grade I winner Fun to Dream was named 2022 California-bred Horse of the Year at the CTBA Awards Dinner on Monday night. She added to her previous California-bred accolades of champion 3-year-old Filly and Sprinter. During her championship season at three, Fun to Dream won five of her six starts […]
Smiling Tiger Filly Tenaciously Wins Golden Gate Feature
Albany, CA (March 5, 2023) – Smiling Tiger filly Smiling Molly took her career bankroll over $100,000 with her victory in the feature race at Golden Gate Fields, a five and one-half furlong allowance over the all weather. The chestnut 4-year-old was off well and the chase was on with some very honest speed to […]
Five Consecutive Wins For Harris-bred Unwritten Code
Arcadia, CA (March 4, 2023) – Rail speed is speed indeed. Unwritten Code, the daughter of Desert Code bred by Harris Farms, kept her 2023 record unblemished, and made her fifth consecutive visit to the winner’s circle with a frontrunning exercise in the second half of the opening daily double at Santa Anita. Unwritten Code […]
Harris Farms-bred Desert Code Filly Romps in Santa Anita Allowance
Arcadia, CA (February 11, 2023) – Unwritten Code, the 4-year-old daughter of Desert Code, remained undefeated in 2023 and scored her fourth straight victory in the 8th race at Santa Anita, a $73,500 allowance race going six and one-half furlongs over the fast main track. Flying out of the outside post in the field of […]
Coalinga Road Graces Cover of California Thoroughbred
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Harris Farms Welcomes Cistron’s First Foal
Coalinga, CA (February 1, 2023) – Grade 1 winner Cistron sired his first reported foal, a filly out of the Acclamation mare Patriot Missile, born Jan. 30 at Harris Farms. A fourth generation Harris Farms homebred, she is the first foal from her dam, a half-sister to the G3-placed stakes winner Super Patriot ($371,554). The […]
Mare In-foal to Halladay Tops CTBA Winter Mixed Sale
POMONA, Calif. (Jan. 31 2023) – Poster Girl, carrying a foal from the first crop of Grade 1 winner Halladay, sold for $70,000 to top Tuesday’s California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Winter Mixed Sale at Fairplex. Consigned by Checkmate Thoroughbreds, Poster Girl broke her maiden first out at Newbruy at 2 and was graded-stakes place in […]
First Foal for Grade 1 Winner Halladay
Parkfield, CA (January 19, 2023) – Grade 1 winner Halladay sired his first reported foal when a colt out of the Unusual Heat mare Katie’s Heat was born on Jan. 17 at Checkmate Thoroughbreds in Parkfield, Calif. Owned by Checkmate Thoroughbreds LLC, Hector and Denise Cuevas, Raul Montenegro, and Javier Montenegro, Katie’s Heat is a […]
Second 2023 Maiden Breaker for Conquest Farenheit
Albany, CA (January 13, 2023) – With the atmospheric rivers flowing in Californa, the hunch bet of the day was Conquest Farenheit‘s Stormy Joe, who opened the card at Golden Gate Fields with his maiden victory going six furlongs over the all weather. Not letting the falling rain disturb him, the 3-year-old gelding was away […]
Harris Farms Homebred Coalinga Road Wins $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic
Courtesy of Santa Anita Park ARCADIA, CA. (Jan. 7, 2023) – In the final race of the day on California Cup Day Saturday at Santa Anita, one of the state’s longest and most successful Thoroughbred owner/breeders, John Harris, witnessed his homebred Coalinga Road rally to take the $200,000 Unusual Heat Turf Classic presented by City […]
Conquest Farenheit Filly Wins Second Time Out
Phoeniz, AZ (January 3, 2023) – Gypsy Rosie is the first winner of 2023 for Conquest Farenheit. The newly-turned 3-year-old filly broke her maiden in her second career start going five and one-half furlongs over the sealed main track at Turf Paradise. Recent rains moved the race from the turf to the dirt, but the […]
Multiple Stakes Winning Harris Homebred Fashionably Fast Retires
Courtesy of DRF.com ARCADIA, Calif. – Fashionably Fast has run his last race. A six-time stakes winner against California-breds, Fashionably Fast was sent to co-owner and breeder John Harris’s farm in Coalinga, Calif., last week to begin his retirement, trainer Dean Pederson said Monday. Fashionably Fast won 10 of 33 starts and earned $807,143 in […]