Masochistic

The Blood-Horse reported Friday that Grade 1 winner Masochistic will be transferred from trainer Ron Ellis to Bob Baffert after completing several months’ rest at Taylor Made Farm. The 7-year-old gelding has been Ellis’ care for the last ten starts, including his disqualification from a second-place finish in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint due to […]

Masochistic, one of the top California-based sprinters, has been given some time off and has been turned out for at least 60 days, according to a report in the Daily Racing Form. The 7-year-old gelding most recently finished off the board as the favorite in the G2 Churchill Downs Stakes May 6. Masochistic currently is at Taylor […]

Katherine Ball’s homebred Limousine Liberal finally added that elusive graded stakes victory to his resume on Saturday, taking the lead at the head of the stretch under Jose Oritz in Saturday’s G2 The Churchill Downs Stakes and holding on over a traffic-compromised Awesome Slew by a head on the wire. A 5-year-old son of Successful […]

Milt Gilman, W.C. Racing and Westside Rentals.com’s homebred Denman’s Call was the upset victor of Saturday’s G1 Triple Bend Stakes at Santa Anita, besting multiple G1-winning sprinter Masochistic by a length at the wire. The 4-year-old son of Northern Afleet was marking just the second win of his eight-race career, covering seven furlongs over Santa […]

Graded stakes winner Masochistic returns to the races for the first time in 2017 this Saturday at Santa Anita. The 7-year-old gelding, trained by Ron Ellis, heads a competitive field of seven sprinters in the Gr. I, $400,000 Triple Bend Stakes going seven furlongs on the main track. MASOCHISTIC: Favored in his last three starts, […]

Star crossed Masochistic, who has by any measure, a most unusual lifetime resume, will make his 7-year-old debut going seven furlongs in Saturday’s Grade I, $400,000 Triple Bend Stakes—his first start since being disqualified from second place purse money in the Grade I Breeders’ Cup Sprint at Santa Anita on Nov. 5. Fifth in his […]

The Breeders’ Cup issued the following statement regarding the ruling to disqualify Masochistic from his second-place finish in the 2016 G1 Breeders’ Cup Sprint: Breeders’ Cup Limited announced today that it has notified trainer Ron Ellis and the owners of Masochistic, Jay Em Ess Stable and Los Pollos Hermanos Racing, of action taken pursuant to […]

When news broke last month that Breeders’ Cup Sprint runner-up Masochistic tested positive for anabolic steroids after the race, many fans were shocked to learn steroids are still present in American racing. In California, a trainer must report the administration of anabolic steroids to a horse in his care to the California Horse Racing Board, […]

Pursuant to California Horse Racing Board Rule 1859.5, the stewards at Santa Anita issued a ruling today disqualifying Masochistic from his second-place finish in the Breeders’ Cup Sprint and redistributing his share of the purse ($255,000) based on positive test findings for the anabolic steroid stanozolol. On Nov. 5, 2016, Masochistic, trained by Ron Ellis, finished […]

Anyone else suffering from Masochistic fatigue? For a 6-year-old who’s made just 14 career starts, he sure gets a lot of attention. There was the big maiden win at Churchill Downs on Kentucky Derby day in 2014 when the California-bred gelding won by 14 lengths. His career debut six weeks earlier – against fellow Cal-breds […]