HOT SPRINGS -- A day-after-Christmas race in California is not where one expects to find the reigning Kentucky Derby winner. The traditional Dec. 26 opening at Santa Anita Park, billed as the Great Race Place, becomes racing's megacenter with the return Thursday of Mystik Dan, last seen in a second-place finish in the... read full story
"Let's just say we're overdue for a Derby champ to step up."