OUT OF THE GATE
SANTA ANITA LEADERS (Through Thursday) JOCKEYS / WINS
Juan Hernandez / 23 Flavien Prat / 23
Antonio Fresu / 20
Frankie Dettori / 14 Umberto Rispoli / 12 TRAINERS / WINS
Mark Glatt / 14
Philip D'Amato / 13
Doug O'Neill / 11
Bob Baffert / 10
Steve Knapp / 10 WEEKEND STAKES AT SANTA ANITA
Saturday
▪ $100,000 Grade III Las Virgenes Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 1 mile
▪ $100,000 Grade III San Marcos Stakes, 4-year-olds and up, 1¼ miles (turf) ▪ $100,000 Grade III Palos Verdes Stakes, 4-year-olds and up, 6 furlongs ▪ $100,000 Sweet Life Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 6½ furlongs downhill turf course
DOWN THE STRETCH
▪ An intriguing matchup featuring two of the top 3-year-old fillies in California, Kinza and Kopion, highlight the five-horse $100,000 Grade III Las Virgenes Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday. The Las Virgenes is a major prep for the Santa Anita Oaks (April 6) and Kentucky Oaks (May 3). The Bob Bafferttrained Kinza, who will be making her debut around two turns, is the even-money favorite on the morning line. Kopion, trained by Richard Mandella, is
6-5. Two other $100,000 Grade III stakes – the San Marcos and Palos Verdes – also will be run Saturday. ▪ Hornblower Jay Cohen, nearly as much as staple at Santa Anita as the late “Shoeshine” Eddie Logan and “Paddock Captain” John Shear, returns to Santa Anita on Saturday after eight months away because of back problems that led to surgery. He says he originally injured his back several years ago, but it flared up on him in June. “They had to put in spacers, plus they had to stabilize the back (with a rod),” Cohen said of the surgery. “The problem there is they cut through the back and they cut in my side. Where they cut through the back, it's perfectly fine. Where they cut through my side is still a little bit messy. It's still swollen, but it's not going to stop me.”
▪ Tom Ryan, racing manager for co-owner SF Racing, told the Daily Racing Form's Steve Andersen on Thursday that Preakness and Pegasus World Cup winner National Treasure will run in the $20 million Saudi Cup, the richest horse race ever held that is scheduled for Feb. 24. National Treasure, trained by Baffert, won the Pegasus by a neck over Senor Buscador. American hopefuls White Abarrio, the 2023Breeders' Cup Classic winner, Saudi Crown and Senor Buscador are also scheduled to run in the Saudi Cup.
Super Bowl Sunday
NBA
Favorite
New Orleans 1 (2351/2) at Lakers Atlanta 31/2 (242) at Philadelphia at Boston 161/2 (2381/2) Washington at Toronto 2 (231) Houston at Milwaukee 141/2 (232) Charlotte at Sacramento 1 (2331/2) Denver
College basketball
Favorite
Dayton at Nevada at Colorado St.
NHL
Favorite
Edmonton Pittsburgh New York
MEN
Thursday's results AP TOP 25
at VCU San Diego St.
San Jose St.
at Ducks at Minnesota
at Chicago
No. 8 Arizona 105, Utah 99, 3OT UAB 76, No. 20 FAU 73, OT
OTHERS
Colorado 82, Arizona St. 70
Idaho St. 68, Sacramento St. 40 Montana 94, N. Arizona 66
UC Davis 71, Cal State Fullerton 58 UC Irvine 76, UC Santa Barbara 61 Washington St. 64, Oregon St. 58 Iona 74, Niagara 71
Memphis 84, Temple 77
Penn St. 89, Iowa 79
Coll. of Charleston 80, N.C. A&T 58 Liberty 88, Middle Tennessee 53 Northeastern 86, Campbell 76 UNC-Wilmington 75, Drexel 56
South Dakota 92, Denver 86, OT Wright St. 92, Detroit 85
Youngstown St. 97, Milwaukee 85, OT
Today's games AP TOP 25
No. 18 Dayton at VCU, 4 p.m.
No. 24 San Diego St. at Nevada, 5 p.m.
WOMEN
Underdog
Underdog
Thurdsay's results
AP TOP 25
No. 1 South Carolina 83, Missouri 45
No. 2 Iowa 111, Penn St. 93
No. 16 Virginia Tech 72, No. 3 N.C. State 61 No. 5 Ohio St. 71, Minnesota 47
No. 15 Louisville 73, No. 12 Notre Dame 66 No. 13 LSU 85, Vanderbilt 62
No. 14 Indiana 94, Michigan St. 91
No. 19 Gonzaga 83, Pepperdine 46
No. 23 Syracuse 62, Georgia Tech 59
OTHERS
Cal Poly 75, CS Northridge 68 Portland 58, Loyola Marymount 52 UC Irvine 60, UC Santa Barbara 38 UC Riverside 54, CS Bakersfield 48
Today's games AP TOP 25
Line
11/2 11/2 161/2
Line
-310/+245 Off/Off -315/+250
No. 4 Colorado vs. Oregon, 6 p.m.
No. 6 Stanford at Washington, 7 p.m. No. 9 UCLA vs. Arizona, 8 p.m.
No. 10 USC vs. Arizona St., 7 p.m.
No. 17 Oregon St. at No. 20 Utah, 6 p.m.
At TPC Scottsdale - Stadium Course Scottsdale, Ariz.
Purse:
Yardage:7,261; Par 71
Suspended first round
(66 golfers did not finish)
Sahith Theegala ...................... 33-32—65 -6 Shane Lowry ............................ 31-36—67 -4 S.H. Kim .................................... 32-35—67 -4 Jordan Spieth ........................... 34-34—68 -3 Martin Laird ............................. 36-33—69 -2 Kevin Yu .................................... 36-33—69 -2 Joel Dahmen ............................. 33-36—69 -2 Alex Noren ................................ 34-35—69 -2 Davis Thompson ...................... 35-34—69 -2 Aaron Baddeley ....................... 34-35—69 -2 Matt Fitzpatrick ...................... 34-35—69 -2 Luke Donald .............................. 35-35—70 -1 Eric Cole ..................................... 36-34—70 -1 Adam Schenk ............................ 36-34—70 -1 Sungjae Im ................................ 37-33—70 -1 Tom Hoge ................................... 34-36—70 -1 Brendon Todd ........................... 36-34—70 -1 Hayden Buckley ........................ 33-37—70 -1 Chris Gotterup .......................... 37-33—70 -1 Tyson Alexander .................... 38-34—72 +1 Erik van Rooyen ....................... 37-35—72 +1 Grayson Murray ...................... 35-37—72 +1 Luke List .................................. 34-38—72 +1 Ben Griffin ................................ 37-35—72 +1 Denny McCarthy ..................... 37-35—72 +1 Ben Taylor ................................. 37-35—72 +1 Kevin Chappell ......................... 35-37—72 +1 David Lipsky ............................. 37-36—73 +2 Greyson Sigg ............................ 36-37—73 +2 Robert MacIntyre ................... 36-37—73 +2 Joseph Bramlett ...................... 37-36—73 +2 Max Homa ................................ 36-37—73 +2 Rickie Fowler ........................... 36-37—73 +2 Andrew Putnam ...................... 36-37—73 +2 Garrick Higgo ........................... 37-36—73 +2 C.T. Pan .................................... 38-35—73 +2 Vince Whaley ........................... 36-37—73 +2 Tom Kim .................................... 37-37—74 +3 J.J. Spaun .................................. 35-39—74 +3 Victor Perez ............................. 37-37—74 +3
At Las Vegas Country Club Las Vegas
Purse:
Yardage:
First round
Paul Casey ...................................... 63—63 -7 Harold Varner III ........................... 63—63 -7 Thomas Pieters ............................. 65—65 -5 Bubba Watson ............................... 65—65 -5 Matthew Wolff .............................. 65—65 -5 Jason Kokrak ................................. 65—65 -5 Talor Gooch ................................... 66—66 -4
BASEBALL
American League BALTIMORE ORIOLES:
Claimed INF Livan Soto off waivers from the Angels.
Agreed to terms with OF Adolis Garcia on a two-year contract.
TEXAS RANGERS:
National League DODGERS:
Placed RHP Dustin May on the 60-day IL. Released RHP Austin Warren. Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Brasier on a two-year contract.
Agreed to terms with LHP Wandy Peralta on a four-year contract.
SAN DIEGO PADRES:
BASKETBALL
NBA NBA:
$8.8 million $20 million
7,089;
Par:
Fined Chicago C Andre Drummond $15,000 for making an inappropriate gesture on the playing court during a Feb. 6th game against Minnesota.
Waived F Harry Giles III.
BROOKLYN NETS:
70
Peter Uihlein ................................. 66—66 -4 Anirban Lahiri ............................... 66—66 -4 Graeme McDowell ....................... 66—66 -4 Pat Perez ........................................ 67—67 -3 Bryson Dechambeau .................... 67—67 -3 Dustin Johnson .............................. 67—67 -3 Adrian Meronk ............................... 67—67 -3 TyrrellHatton ................................ 67—67-3 Cameron Smith ............................. 67—67 -3 Caleb Surratt ................................. 67—67 -3 David Puig ...................................... 67—67 -3 Abraham Ancer ............................. 67—67 -3 Sebastian Munoz .......................... 67—67 -3 Andy Ogletree ............................... 67—67 -3 Danny Lee ....................................... 68—68 -2 Henrik Stenson .............................. 68—68 -2 Lucas Herbert ................................ 68—68 -2 Euginio Chacarra .......................... 68—68 -2 Jinichiro Kozuma ........................... 68—68 -2 Jon Rahm ........................................ 68—68 -2 Brooks Koepka .............................. 68—68 -2 Carlos Ortiz .................................... 68—68 -2 Joaquin Niemann .......................... 68—68 -2 Kieran Vincent ............................... 68—68 -2 Scott Vincent ................................. 68—68 -2 Charl Schwartzel .......................... 69—69 -1 Cameron Tringale ......................... 69—69 -1 Hudson Swafford .......................... 69—69 -1 Kalle Samooja ................................ 69—69 -1 Branden Grace .............................. 69—69 -1 Sergio Garcia ................................. 69—69 -1 Lee Westwood ............................... 69—69 -1 Richard Bland ................................ 69—69 -1 Marc Leishman .............................. 69—69 -1 Laurie Canter ................................. 69—69 -1 Martin Kaymer ............................. 71—71 +1 Charles Howell III ......................... 71—71 +1 Patrick Reed .................................. 72—72 +2 Brendan Steele ............................. 73—73 +3 Matthew Jones ............................. 73—73 +3 Louis Oosthuizen ......................... 73—73 +3
DP WORLD - QATAR MASTERS
At Doha Golf Club Doha, Qatar Purse:
Yardage:
First round
Wu Ashun, China ..................... 33-34—67 -5 Zander Lombard, S. Africa .... 33-34—67 -5 Haydn Barron, Australia ........ 33-35—68 -4 N. Norgaard Moller, Denmark .34-34—68 -4 Jaco Prinsloo, South Africa...36-32—68 -4 Clement Sordet, France ......... 36-32—68 -4 Harrison Endycott, Australia . 36-33—69 -3 Daniel Hillier, New Zealand ... 35-34—69 -3 Rikuya Hoshino, Japan ........... 34-35—69 -3 Sung Kang, South Korea ........ 36-33—69 -3 Tom McKibbin, N. Ireland ...... 34-35—69 -3 Max Rottluff, Germany .......... 35-34—69 -3 Paul Waring, England ............. 34-35—69 -3
Also
$2.5 million
7,315;
Daniel Brown, England ............ 37-33—70 -2 Alex Fitzpatrick, England ....... 36-34—70 -2
DETROIT PISTONS:
Acquired F Simone Fontecchio from Utah in exchange for F Kevin Knox II and a draft consideration. Acquired F Danuel House Jr. and draft consideration in exchange from Philadelphia for draft consideration. Waived Gs Joe Harris and Killian Hayes and F Danuel House Jr.
INDIANA PACERS:
Acquired G Cory Joseph and cash consideration from Golden State in exchange for draft consideration.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES:
Oladipo.
Par:
NEW YORK KNICKS:
72
Acquired F Bojan Bogdanovic and G Alec Burks from Detroit in exchange for Gs Malachi Flynn, Quentin Grime, Ryan Arcidiacono and Evan Fournier and draft consideration.
Acquired G Ochai Agbaji and F Kelly Olynyk from Utah in exchange for G Kira Lewis Jr and F Otto Porter Jr. and draft consideration. Acquired G Spencer Dinwiddie from Brooklyn in exchange for F Thaddeus Young and G Dennis Schroder. Waived G Spencer Dinwiddie.
TORONTO RAPTORS:
Waived G Victor