Horse Racing News on February 15, 2014

Four months after his victory in the Nov. 2 Breeders' Cup Classic, Reeves Thoroughbred Racing's Mucho Macho Man will be returning to Santa Anita Park for his next start.

Following the injury to Exit Stage Left, the presumptive favorite for Saturday's Grade 3, $200,000 El Camino Real Derby, Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Hollendorfer called up the reserves in the form of Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Williams' homebred Tamarando, and

Hronis Racing LLC's Iotapa didn't lose any time taking the lead in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,250 Santa Maria at Santa Anita, and she also didn't waver in her control of the pace under jockey Joe Talamo.

West Point Thoroughbreds' Twilight Eclipse opened his 2014 season with a nice victory in Saturday's Grade 2, $200,000 Mac Diarmida at Gulfstream Park, proving best by a determined one-length margin. Now a four-time stakes winner, the Tom Albertrani-traine

Gallagher's Stud's Inimitable Romanee captured her second graded stakes in a row in Saturday's Grade 3, $100,000 The Very One Stakes at Gulfstream Park.