Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes

Who says it never rains in Southern California? Well, for any music trivia buffs in the audience, it was the little-known Albert Hammond who sang those lyrics, but those living in and around metropolitan Los Angeles will confirm that the precipitation came with a vengeance this Christmas week, flooding parts of Interstate 5 and causing power outages and even the (very) odd threat of tornadoes. Nearly two inches of rainfall was recorded at Los Angeles International Airport, breaking a 54-year-old mark, while nearly four inches fell upon Woodland Hills and...

In honor of Laffit Pincay Jr.'s legacy, Santa Anita has renamed its long-standing San Antonio Stakes the Laffit Pincay Jr. Stakes. The Grade II test will be contested on Thursday, Dec. 26, opening day of Santa Anita' s 90th anniversary season. Pincay will join fellow Hall of Fame jockeys Bill Shoemaker and Eddie Delahoussaye with a Santa Anita stakes race named in their honor. "It really means a lot," Pincay said. "I remember when Shoemaker and Delahoussaye had a stakes named for them and I thought that was very special....