Los Alamitos Racetrack News
Finders Key: From Far Back in the Pack to the Lead in ‘War Horse’
The movie, nominated Tuesday for an Oscar for best picture, used almost 300 horses for one battle scene. The best acting was by Finders Key, who also appeared in “Seabiscuit.”
Holcomb and Langton win two-man bobsled title, earn honor
Steven Holcomb and Steve Langton won the two-man bobsled world championship. This was the first title in two-man for the United States.
All News
Trainer Steve Asmussen and jockey Roman Chapa combined to win their third stakes at Sam Houston Race Park over the last three weekends when Color Code scored a front-running win in the $100,000 Two Altazano.
DREAM TEAM: GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
A closer look at our Coach of the Year and the entire girls team ...
Santa Anita apprentice Flores enjoying his leap year
ARCADIA, Calif. − Two days after he rode three consecutive winners, the fourth-ranked jockey at Santa Anita was in a much different competitive setting − staring down an Algebra II test at nearby Fernando Ledesma High School in El Monte, Calif.
KEISSER: Century Club inspired by Jennings' giving spirit
Claude Jennings missed his first Century Club banquet Tuesday night. Considering the first banquet he attended was the first one ever held, in 1957, it was a 55-year streak Claude cherished - but no more so than the man himself was cherished by the members of the preeminent sports organization in the city, and all those he helped.
National Signing Day a busy one for locals
Fountain Valley's Addie Espinoza gets around Edison's Karley Wester during a Sunset League match at Fountain Valley High School on Tuesday. ( SCOTT SMELTZER, HB Independent / January 31 , 2012 )
A Firebrand Media Publication
League play entered the second half of the season this past week with the basketball and soccer squads playing at Saddleback early in the week and at Calvary later this week, Breakers are competing in five winter season sports with Girls Water Polo the only prohibitive favorite to sweep to the league crown.