Horse Racing News by Steve Andersen

For most of the owners and trainer chasing Saturday's $750,000 CashCall Futurity at Hollywood Park, the focus of the race is the lucrative prize. A win in the Grade 1 race would greatly help the chances of gaining a berth in the Kentucky Derby in May.

Saturday, Turbulent Descent stretched her unbeaten streak to three races in her first start around two turns in the $412,250 Hollywood Starlet Stakes at Hollywood Park.

When Turbulent Descent made a successful debut in a maiden race at Hollywood Park in October, winning under a hand-ride from jockey David Flores, a start in Saturday's $300,000 Hollywood Starlet became a feasible goal.

Santa Anita officially opened its newly installed sand-and-clay main track for training on Monday morning, although there was minimal activity from the approximately 200 horses on the grounds.

Free Pourin's victory in the third race Sunday at Hollywood Park gave trainer Bob Baffert the 2,000th win of his career, according to Equibase.

Zenyatta heard the hearty cheers of a California racing audience for the final time at Hollywood Park on Sunday, with an enthusiastic crowd lining the paddock and the winner's circle to bid farewell to the popular mare.

A cooler head has given Washington Bridge a three-race winning streak, the latest being her graded stakes debut in Sunday's $150,000 Bayakoa Handicap at Hollywood Park.

Zenyatta will be paraded between races at Hollywood Park on Sunday as part of Zenyatta Appreciation Day, a day before she is flown to Kentucky.

Left alone on the lead, Aggie Engineer proved impossible to catch in Saturday's $100,000 Native Diver Handicap at Hollywood Park.

On her own, the 6-year-old Zardana has had an excellent career, winning 8 of 22 starts, five stakes, and $464,276. She won the Grade 2 Bayakoa Handicap at Hollywood Park in 2009 and will be out to defend her title in Sunday's $150,000 running.