King of Gosford wins one for the home team at Santa Anita

ARCADIA — “Horses for courses” can be a powerful angle at the racetrack, no matter where the horses in question come from.

King of Gosford was proven on the Santa Anita turf course long before he scored a mild upset in the $300,000, Grade I Shoemaker Mile on Memorial Day, but Be Your Best shipped in from Florida to find grass footing to her liking in the $300,000, Grade I Gamely Stakes and her Saffie Joseph Jr. stablemate Skippylongstocking made the same trip to validate the trainer’s faith...