OUT OF THE GATE
(Through Thursday) JOCKEYS / WINS
Juan Hernandez / 39 Frankie Dettori / 18
Edwin Maldonado / 14 Three tied / 13
TRAINERS / WINS
Bob Baffert / 19
Doug O’Neill / 18
Philip D’Amato / 15
Steve Knapp / 12
Mark Glatt / 11
WEEKEND STAKES AT SANTA ANITA
Saturday
• $500,000 Grade I Santa Anita Handicap, 4-yearolds and up, 11⁄4 miles
• $500,000 Grade I Kilroe Mile, 4-year-olds and up, 1 mile (turf)
• $400,000 Grade II San Felipe Stakes, 3-year-olds, 11⁄16 miles
• $400,000 Grade II Buena Vista Stakes, fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up, 1mile (turf)
• $100,000 Grade III San Simeon Stakes, 4-yearolds and up, 6 1⁄2 furlongs downhill turf course
• $100,000 Grade III Santa
Ysabel Stakes, 3-year-old fillies, 11⁄16 miles
• $100,000Baffle Stakes, 3-year-olds, 6 1⁄2 furlongs downhill turf course
DOWN THE STRETCH
• Bill Spawr, 83, is retiring after 46 years as a trainer and will assume a role as equine consultant. Spawr, who recorded 1,709 victories, became a veterinarian before transitioning to training in 1977. His success came largely through the claim box and he won two winter-spring training titles at Santa
Anita in 1991and ‘96, two titles at Santa Anita’s Oak Tree meeting in 2000 and ‘01, and a pair of Del Mar summer titles in 1990and ‘94. Spawr, who still had 11 horses in his barn, told Santa Anita publicity they were disbursed between four trainers – Philip D’Amato, Jeff Bonde, Dean Pederson and Brad Cox.
• Javier Castellano, 45, has been named the winner of this year’s George Woolf Memorial Award by a vote of his peers. Santa Anita has been presenting the award since 1950 and it is one of the most prestigious awards in racing. The Woolf Award recognizes those riders whose careers and personal character gain esteem for the individual and the sport of horse racing. Castellano will be honored in a winner’s circle ceremony sometime this spring at Santa Anita. A four-time Eclipse Award winner, Castellano has won 12Breeders’ Cup races, two Preakness Stakes and the Kentucky Oaks.
• In addition to Saturday’s 86th edition of the $500,000 Grade I Big ‘Cap, Santa Anita will card three other graded stakes – the $500,000 Grade I Kilroe Mile; the $400,000 Grade II San Felipe Stakes, a key race on the Road to the Kentucky Derby; and the $200,000 Grade II Buena Vista Stakes. The San Felipe drew a field of 11, including the Tim Yakteentrained Practical Move and National Treasure. The latter was recently transferred from Bob Baffert to Yakteen so he can earn qualifying points for the Kentucky Derby.
— Art Wilson
MEN
AP TOP 25
Thursday’s results
No. 1 Houston 83, Wichita St. 66 No. 4 UCLA 79, Arizona St. 61 No. 5 Purdue 63, Wisconsin 61 No. 8 Arizona at USC, late
OTHERS
Thursday’s results
Stanford 83, Oregon St. 60 Oregon 84, Cal 51
Indiana St. 97, Evansville 58 Illinois 91, Michigan 87, 2OT Minnesota 75, Rutgers 74 Youngstown St. 71, Detroit 66
WCC TOURNAMENT At Orleans Arena, Las Vegas
Thursday’s first round
Portland 92, San Diego 74 Pacific vs. Pepperdine, late
WOMEN
AP TOP 25 (not including Pac-12)
Thursday’s results
No. 17 Michigan 63, Penn St. 61
No. 18 North Carolina 68, Clemson 58 No. 24 Middle Tenn. 72, North Texas 45
Today’s games
No. 1 South Carolina vs. Arkansas, 9 a.m. No. 2 Indiana vs. Michigan St., 9:30 a.m. No. 4 LSU vs. Georgia, 3 p.m.
No. 5 Maryland vs. Illinois, 6 p.m.
No. 7 Iowa vs. Purdue, 3:30 p.m.
No. 8 Virginia Tech vs. Miami, 5 p.m.
No. 10 Notre Dame vs. N.C. State, 11 a.m. No. 13 Duke vs. No. 18 N. Carolina, 3 p.m. No. 14 Ohio St. vs. No. 17 Michigan, noon
PAC-12 TOURNAMENT
At Michelob ULTRA Arena, Las Vegas Wednesday’s late first round
Oregon St. 56, USC 48
Thursday’s quarterfinals
No. 19 UCLA 73, No. 21 Arizona 59 No. 6 Stanford 76, Oregon 65 Washington St. 66, No. 3 Utah 58 No. 20 Colorado vs. Oregon St., late
Today’s games
No. 6 Stanford vs. No. 19 UCLA, 6 p.m. Washington St. vs. No. 20 ColoradoOregon St. winner, 8:30 p.m.
WCC TOURNAMENT At Orleans Arena, Las Vegas Thursday’s first round
Pepperdine 63, Santa Clara 60
Saint Mary’s 74, Loyola Marymount 43
CarsonYoung .......................... 30-33—63-9 Akshay Bhatia .......................... 34-32—66 -6 MaxMcGreevy ........................ 33-33—66-6 Nicolas Echavarria .................. 31-36—67 -5 Bill Haas .................................... 33-34—67 -5 Augusto Nunez ........................ 33-34—67 -5 Scott Piercy ............................. 33-34—67 -5 Ryan Blaum .............................. 34-34—68 -4 Jason Dufner ............................ 36-32—68 -4 Tano Goya ................................. 32-36—68 -4 PaulHaley ................................ 32-36—68-4 Andrew Novak ......................... 34-34—68 -4 Matthias Schmid ..................... 33-35—68 -4 Sam Stevens ............................ 33-35—68 -4 Camilo Villegas ....................... 35-33—68 -4 Wesley Bryan ........................... 34-35—69 -3 Greg Chalmers ........................ 34-35—69 -3 Brice Garnett ........................... 34-35—69 -3 Ryan Gerard ............................. 36-33—69 -3 Brent Grant .............................. 36-33—69 -3 Cody Gribble ............................ 34-35—69 -3 Brandon Harkins ..................... 35-34—69 -3 William McGirt ........................ 34-35—69 -3 Geoff Ogilvy ............................. 34-35—69 -3 Chris Stroud ............................. 35-34—69 -3 John VanDerLaan .................... 34-35—69 -3
At The New Tanjong Sentosa Island, Singapore Purse:
Yardage:
First round
$1.8 million
6,776;
Par:
72
Elizabeth Szokol ...................... 30-34—64 -8 Yuka Saso ................................. 32-35—67 -5 Ayaka Furue ............................. 33-35—68 -4 Ariya Jutanugarn .................... 33-35—68 -4 Hyo Joo Kim .............................. 33-35—68 -4 Nelly Korda ............................... 33-35—68 -4 Jeongeun Lee6 ......................... 32-36—68 -4 Patty Tavatanakit ................... 34-34—68 -4
At Club Sonoma, Monterrey, Mexico Purse:
Surface:
$259,303
Hardcourt outdoor
WOMEN’S SINGLES
Round of 16
Mayar Sherif (7), Egypt, def. Wang Xinyu, China, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4. Elise Mertens (4), Belgium, def. Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romania, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Caroline Garcia (1), France, def. Nuria Parrizas Diaz, Spain, 6-3, 6-2.
WOMEN’S DOUBLES
Quarterfinals
Kimberly Birrell, Australia, and Fernanda Contreras Gomez, Mexico, def. Mayar Sherif, Egypt, and Tereza Mihalikova, Slovakia, 6-3, 4-6, 11-9. Elena-Gabriela Ruse, Romania, and Anna Bondar (1), Hungary, def. Rosalie Van Der Hoek, Netherlands, and Fang-Hsien Wu, Taiwan, 7-6 (1), 6-0.
At The Princess Mundo Imperial Acapulco, Mexico
Purse:
Surface:
$2,013,940
Hardcourt outdoor
MEN’S SINGLES
Quarterfinals
Tommy Paul (7), United States, def. Mackenzie McDonald, United States, 6-2, 6-2. Alex de Minaur (8), Australia, def. Taro Daniel, Japan, 6-2, 6-2. Taylor Fritz (3), United States, def. Frances Tiafoe (6), United States, 6-3, 6-4.
MEN’S DOUBLES
Quarterfinals
Wesley Koolhof, Netherlands, and Neal Skupski (1), Britain, def. Fabien Reboul and Sadio Doumbia, France, 6-4, 6-4 Lucas Miedler and Alexander Erler, Austria, def. Casper Ruud, Norway, and William Blumberg, United States, 6-4, 6-3. Andre Goransson, Sweden, and Ben McLachlan, Japan, def. Mackenzie McDonald and Ben Shelton, United States, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 11-9.