Sitting trackside at Clocker's Corner at Santa Anita on Thursday morning was legendary trainer Ron McAnally, who at the age of 90 continues to breed mares while maintaining a five-horse stable made up of exclusively homebreds at Santa Anita.
“I come out here when I can,” said McAnally, a three-time Eclipse Award winner who was inducted into the Racing Hall of Fame in 1990. “We're having some problems over at our house in Tarzana, so I need to be there a lot. But I love to come out here because the horses we have here all belong to us.”
McAnally has had one starter at the Classic Meet, the homebred Roses and Candy, who finished seventh in a starter/optional claimer on Jan. 3. In 2022, McAnally had 12 starters with one winner.
At the forefront of McAnally's mind on Thursday was a pair of unraced homebreds, He's Our Maker and Charm Your World, who are full siblings to 2021 Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby winner Rock Your World, who McAnally also bred with his wife Deborah. Both He's Our Maker and Charm Your World are by Candy Ride out of McAnally's broodmare Charm The Maker.
He's Our Maker, a 3-year-old colt, has been galloping at Santa Anita and is nearing his first work. Charm The Maker, a 2-year-old filly, is scheduled to arrive at Santa Anita from Kentucky next week.
“This business is hopes and dreams,” said McAnally, who is best known for guiding the Hall of Fame gelding John Henry to seven separate Eclipse Awards including two Horse of the Year titles in 1981 and 1984. “Horses have been my life and I've got to continue to be as good as I can as long as live.”
According to statistics from Equibase, McAnally has saddled 2,592 winners with more than 260 of those coming in graded stakes. In addition to John Henry, McAnally was also the trainer of Hall of Famers Bayakoa and Paseana.
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