Horse Racing News by Jack Shinar

Stretching out for the first time, Callback became a grade I winner Jan. 31 when she took the field gate to wire to win the $300,000 Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita Park for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.

Champion Take Charge Brandi got her 3-year-old campaign off to a winning start with a surprisingly tight head victory in the $100,000 Martha Washington Stakes Jan. 31 at Oaklawn Park, her fourth consecutive win.

Her bid to upset champion Take Charge Brandi in the Starlet falling just short last time out, the Bob Baffert-trained Maybellene appears to be the one to beat in the $300,000 Las Virgenes Stakes Jan. 31 at Santa Anita Park.

It may be Super Bowl Sunday but the eyes of the racing world will be on Texas Red as the overwhelming Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner returns to Santa Anita Park in the $200,000 San Vicente Stakes Feb. 1.

Longshot Mischief Clem won the $250,000 California Cup Derby for 3-year-olds by a head in a photo finish at Santa Anita.

Lochte returned to his winning ways when fending off late-running Old Time Hockey and favored Sky Flight in a Tampa Bay Stakes thriller on the turf Jan. 24.

Eblouissante, a half sister to the legendary Zenyatta, has been retired from racing and will begin her breeding career, it was announced Jan. 23.

Stockbridge Capital Group, which owns the 238 acres that includes shuttered Hollywood Park, and the real estate development firm belonging to St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke, have revealed plans to build an 80,000-seat NFL stadium on the Inglewood, Cali

Shrinking Violet, a bargain buy for owner/trainer Wesley Ward making her initial start at Santa Anita Park, scored a 10-1 upset in the $200,000 Monrovia Stakes on the hillside turf course Jan. 4.

After struggling at times during his previous three seasons, veteran turf runner Finnegans Wake has found a home in California, coming from off the pace once again to capture the $200,000 San Gabriel Stakes Jan. 3 at Santa Anita Park.