Saturday’s San Felipe Stakes Presented by DK Horse is the second of three Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve points preps held at Santa Anita Park, following the Robe
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Stars of Yesterday: Looking Back at Best San Felipe Stakes Winners
Saturday’s card at Santa Anita Park includes the $200,000, Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes Presented by DK Horse. Some of California’s top 3-year-olds will square off in the final local prep race for the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby.
Pioneering Jockey Patricia Cooksey Wouldn’t Change Anything
Any discussion of Patricia “P.J.” Cooksey’s trailblazing career as a jockey has to involve her boxing record, unsanctioned as those bouts were. “I had three fistfights,” she said proudly, “and I’m 3-0.” Cooksey was born in Youngstown, Ohio, and, with three older brothers to deal with, she learned to assert herself at an early age. “They didn’t go easy on me or give me any breaks,” she said.
2026 Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles: Rebel Stakes Winner Class President
Welcome to Kentucky Derby Prospect Profiles, where we take a look each week at a recent winner of a race the Road to the Derby schedule which offers qualifying points to the 1 ¼-mile classic race May 2, 2026, at Churchill Downs.
