The second weekend of horse racing in 2026 was comparatively quiet throughout North America, but it surely nonetheless produced some notable performances, with the 4 graded stakes at Santa Anita Park and the preparatory Longines Kentucky Oaks drawing consideration.
The G2 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita has produced 10 Kentucky Derby winners (seven duel winners) because it was first held in 1935, and has a confirmed observe file as a springboard for 3-year-old horses, most lately producing Silver Allure in 1997 and Nyquist in 2016. Runhappy colt Sohappy, out of Mark Glatt’s secure, began his second marketing campaign with the next begin. On January tenth, he received this 12 months’s San Vicente by two lengths, and since successful his profession debut at Del Mar Race Course in late November, he has remained undefeated since his second profession race. Saturday’s win earned him a career-best 106 Equibase Velocity Determine, and he’s at the moment ranked second on each the general leaderboard and 3-year-old male division, with $120,000 in prize cash for 2026.
Explorer’s commanding five-and-a-quarter victory within the Santa Ynez Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday earned coach Bob Baffert a complete of 35 factors and vaulted him to the highest of the Street to the Kentucky Oaks leaderboard. Santa Ynez was Explorer’s debut race of the season and his first since Oct. 31, when he completed second by three-quarters of a size within the NetJets Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies. Income in 2026 was $60,000, with 35 Explorers tied.th entire and 10th Amongst 3-year-old fillies.
Jockey Flavian Prat has earned $238,530 in 5 win weeks, sitting on the high of the North American jockey leaderboard primarily based on earnings for the second week in a row this 12 months. As of 2026, Pratt has an unbelievable 34% win charge with 12 wins, and leads the jockey rankings by practically $100,000 over Jose Ortiz.
On the event entrance, Brad Cox has gotten off to a powerful begin within the new 12 months, beginning 39 video games to date in 2026 and reaching a forty five% win charge. Final week, Cox was 15-8 (53%) with a 75% in-the-money share and earned $336,108. Regardless of Cox successful greater than half of his begins final week, Mark Glatt led all trainers in earnings final week with $354,300. Jockey Glatt received 5 races final week, together with the San Vicente Stakes out of So Completely happy and the Las Flores Stakes out of Margarita Lady, shifting him as much as fifth place within the 2026 prize cash rankings.
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