The Barcelona head coach praised debutant and goalscorer Arthur following Saturday’s shoot-out win against Tottenham

Ernesto Valverde is excited about what Arthur can add to Barcelona after the Brazilian midfielder scored on his debut for the LaLiga champions.

It was a memorable debut for Arthur, who netted a stunning first-half goal as Barca defeated Tottenham 5-3 on penalties following a 2-2 draw at the International Champions Cup on Saturday.

Making his maiden appearance since arriving from Gremio in a €40 million (£35m/$46m) deal earlier this month, 21-year-old Arthur added to Munir El Haddadi’s 15th-minute opener 14 minutes later with an unstoppable shot from the edge of the penalty area, before Tottenham overturned a two-goal deficit in the second half to force a shoot-out.

Discussing Arthur’s debut at the Rose Bowl in California – where Malcom and Clement Lenglet also made their bows – Barca head coach Valverde told reporters: “He is a player who can give us a lot and he has shown he knows how to get the ball and give us a way out.

“Arthur has also shown how to approach shooting areas to score the goal he has scored.

“We have been training together for a while, just like with [former Sevilla defender] Clement Lenglet, with whom we have less doubts because he comes from LaLiga.

“In the case of Arthur we work so that he adapts. He had a good debut. He was very motivated.”

Barca’s night, however, was overshadowed by hamstring injuries to Denis Suarez and Andre Gomes.

Midifeld pair Suarez and Gomes were both forced off the field in the first half, putting a sour note on Barca’s winning start to their ICC campaign.

“It was the worst news of the night for us,” Valverde said. “It’s possible that we’ll lose them for the remainder of the [United States] tour.

“It will depend on the extent of the injuries.”

Click Here: kenzo online españa

Jorginho has already followed his former Napoli boss to Stamford Bridge, but the club’s chief warned there would be no further deals

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis has accused former coach Maurizio Sarri of trying to take his “whole team” with him to new club Chelsea.

De Laurentiis replaced Sarri with Carlo Ancelotti at the end of last season, a punishment for taking too long to make his mind up about his future.

Click Here: Cheap France Rugby Jersey

The coach remained contractually tied to Napoli even after his dismissal, before Chelsea eventually reached an agreement with the club to bring him to the Premier League, sacking Antonio Conte as a result.

Chelsea’s appointment of Sarri played a major role in the signing of midfielder Jorginho, who initially looked destined to join Manchester City .

But Jorginho is not the only player Sarri tried to bring with him to Stamford Bridge, according to his former boss.

“I didn’t like him saying that we both made mistakes, as I don’t think I made any,” De Laurentiis told Sky Sport Italia.

“He had a contract, so I could’ve said something because he was behaving in unacceptably, going against players he didn’t think were very good.

“I was not wrong to not challenge him, even if it would’ve been the most obvious thing [to do].

“These players gave him a lot. He massacred them in his famous training sessions, but they always reacted well.

“After that, he wanted to take my whole team to England and dismantle it. I had to lay down the law to Marina [Granovskaia, director at Chelsea].

“He wanted Jorginho and I gave him away after talking with Ancelotti, who told me he was expecting a lot from [Amadou] Diawara and that he wants to play [Marek] Hamsik deeper.”

As is true of many legal concepts, “contempt of court” can be inexact in its definitions or implications. But that doesn’t seem to be the case when it comes to Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her department’s treatment of thousands of students defrauded by the for-profit company Corinthian Colleges.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim in San Francisco on Oct. 24 slapped DeVos and her agency with a $100,000 sanction for civil contempt.

Kim found that, despite her having ordered DeVos’ agency in 2018 to cease collecting on federal loans taken out by the defrauded students, the Education Department had sent payment demands to 16,034 students. They included 847 whose credit reports had been dinged by the agency and 1,808 whose paychecks had been garnisheed or whose tax refunds had been withheld.

Eileen Connor, Harvard Law School

“There have to be some consequences for the violation of my order 16,000 times,” Kim ruled.

Kim’s ruling, stern as it is, fails to communicate the full flavor of the contempt DeVos and her department have shown toward those students — and students of other dishonest firms in the for-profit higher education sector — as well as for the processes established years ago to grant them loan forgiveness.

Don’t expect DeVos to feel the pain from Kim’s sanction. Although she’s an heiress by marriage to the DeVos family’s Amway merchandising fortune and estimated to be worth more than $1 billion, she won’t be getting the bill for the contempt citation — it goes to the taxpayers.

Those feeling the pain are the former Corinthian students, who were cheated of the opportunity to better themselves, and some of whom still struggle to make ends meet because the government hasn’t resolved their claims.

DeVos’ undermining of the forgiveness procedure started almost instantly after her confirmation as Education secretary in February 2017. She put a hold on a system that had been crafted under the Obama administration that effectively granted former Corinthian students full recompense on their government loans. Nearly a year later, she substituted an alternative process that was so legally flawed it was blocked by Judge Kim.

DeVos seemed to take the position that many, if not most, borrowers were intent on gaming the Obama system, claiming relief they didn’t deserve. She justified revoking the Obama-era program on grounds that “under the previous rules, all one had to do was raise his or her hands to be instantly entitled to so-called free money.” Told that she was legally bound to sign off on approvals for loan forgiveness that had been granted under Obama but not yet formalized, she added a handwritten note indicating she was signing the papers “with extreme displeasure.”

Meanwhile, she hasn’t shown the same skepticism toward the for-profit sector, appointing veterans of the industry to high-level jobs at the Education Department — including positions with direct oversight of the industry.

“The sector feels like they’ve never had a better friend in the federal government than Betsy DeVos,” says Eileen Connor of the Project on Predatory Student Lending at Harvard Law School, who represents plaintiffs in the lawsuit over the Corinthian settlement.

Click Here: liverpool mens jersey

Even after her department was raked over the coals by Judge Kim, DeVos tried to minimize her agency’s poor performance. “Loan servicers made an error on a small # of loans,” she tweeted. “We know & we’re fixing it.” Of course, the violation was her department’s, not the loan servicers’ — the department itself conceded in a report to the judge in September that it maintains “responsibility for the administration of its student loan portfolio” — and the “small #” was 16,000. DeVos, incidentally, couldn’t resist using her tweet to accuse Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), one of her most vocal critics, of lying.

In response to my request for further comment, the department referred me to a video featuring Mark Brown, chief operating officer of its Federal Student Aid unit, that was prepared after the contempt ruling. Brown asserts that refunds have been made to 99% of the borrowers who made payments on their loans or who had their wages or tax refunds garnisheed and that the department was working to correct credit reports for all the borrowers. Like DeVos, Brown blamed loan service firms for having “mistakenly billed” the borrowers. He also said, “We take full responsibility… We did not meet our own standard.”

A few words are warranted here about the company at the center of this case.

As has been amply documented in lawsuits and a congressional investigation, Corinthian Colleges victimized tens of thousands of typically low-income and minority students before it collapsed in 2015. The students were enticed by falsified job placement statistics to take out federal loans and spend those funds and their personal savings on technical and vocational programs.

Corinthian, a publicly traded company headquartered in Santa Ana, played a starring role in an investigation of the for-profit college industry conducted by a Senate committee in 2012. The committee reported that Corinthian, where the admissions staff was drawn chiefly from the ranks of salespersons and marketers rather than education professionals, had some of the highest student loan default rates and lowest student retention rates in the for-profit sector.

At its peak in 2009 and 2010, the committee said, Corinthian enrolled more than 113,000 students at 105 campuses in 25 states and online under the names of Everest, Heald College and WyoTech and collected some $1.7 billion in federal student aid.

Eventually the scam came crashing down. California then-Atty. Gen. Kamala Harris sued the firm in 2013, eventually winning a default judgment of $1.1 billion. More than 20 other states mounted their own investigations, and the federal Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed its own lawsuit alleging deceptive practices in 2014. The Education Department itself fined Corinthian $30 million in 2015 for “substantial misrepresentations” of job placement rates.

Corinthian’s insiders spent the years before its collapse riding high. Jack D. Massimino, its chairman and chief executive, collected $9.6 million in pay in 2011-13; Robert C. Owen, its chief financial officer, was paid $2.6 million over the same period.

The company recruited to its board former Secretary of Defense and U.S. Rep. Leon Panetta and former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial, then (and still) CEO of the National Urban League with $60,000 a year in pay and $90,000 in deferred stock grants.

When the reckoning eventually came, however, the government treated Corinthian’s leaders with kid gloves. In March, the Securities and Exchange Commission settled its fraud case against Massimino and Owen for a pittance — $80,000 and $20,000, respectively. Neither had to admit wrongdoing and neither is barred from serving again as an officer or director of another publicly traded company. Some of the students who got nothing out of their high-priced Corinthian “education” ended up owing more than that for programs that charged tuition as high as $75,000 a year.

In a letter to SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, Warren and fellow Democratic Sens. Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, Sherrod Brown of Ohio and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut called the settlement “shocking in its failure to appropriately hold these executives accountable for what they accurately termed “the largest collapse of an institution of higher education in American history.”

DeVos hasn’t made any secret of her indulgence toward the for-profit education sector. Among her earliest appointees was Julian Schmoke, a former dean of for-profit DeVry University, as chief enforcement officer and head of the Student Loan Enforcement Unit; in 2016, DeVry agreed to a $100-million settlement of Federal Trade Commission charges that it misled students with bogus employment statistics, covering some activities that took place while Schmoke was employed at DeVry.

Among DeVos’ other appointees were Diane Auer Jones, a former executive of Career Education Corp., which in 2013 had paid $10.5 million to settle a New York state investigation into inflated graduate employment claims, as principal deputy undersecretary (Jones served at CEC from 2010 to 2015); and Robert Eitel, a former executive at Bridgepoint Education and Career Education, as a senior advisor.

The loan forgiveness program that DeVos overturned had been crafted by the Obama administration to reflect Corinthian’s flagrant fraud. It offered fast-track relief to former students, canceling their outstanding federal loans and refunding money they already had paid. The government reached out to more than 300,000 former students to inform them of the program, and by Jan. 20, 2017, had processed more than 27,000 claims.

On that date, President Trump’s inauguration, the program stopped dead. By December 2017, the backlog had reached 99,000 applications. The following month, DeVos announced an “improved” system in which the average income of borrowers in a given Corinthian program would be compared with the earnings of graduates from a non-Corinthian program. The debt relief would be reflected in that ratio — in other words, Corinthian borrowers earning 60% of the control group’s income would be granted relief on 40% of their loan.

The plaintiffs in the Corinthian lawsuit termed this arrangement “illegal in at least seven different ways.” Judge Kim focused on the department’s use of Social Security records to make its calculations, which she concluded was a violation of federal privacy law. She issued an injunction halting the new system and ordered the department to “cease all efforts to collect debts” from former students who had filed for relief.

DeVos’ department displayed indifference to the court order. As Kim observed, the department made only minimal effort to inform the nine loan servicing firms it had under contract to deal with borrowers, sending them “a single email with three brief sentences of instruction” and not even mentioning that a federal court order was in place.

Government lawyers acknowledged that the department hadn’t complied with the injunction, but said it had been “working diligently” to rectify its failure. They argued that a contempt sanction would only “divert … unnecessarily” the department’s effort to comply.

Kim wasn’t having any of it. At an Oct. 7 hearing, according to court filings, she depicted the department’s attitude to be “at best … almost gross negligence of the magnitude of ‘we don’t care about the order, we’re going to do the minimal amount of effort we need’” and “at worst, it’s intentional flouting.” She said she was “astounded, really, just really astounded” at the “sheer scale of violations” of her injunction.

Nothing in Kim’s ruling will force DeVos or her department to perform better. DeVos is immune from the financial consequences of her performance, and judging from her record, immune from shame at leaving defrauded students hanging.

Some veterans of the for-profit higher education sector are still in place at the department, crafting policies that overlook the true nature of an industry bubbling over with fraud and deceit. If the authors of the next legal dictionary are seeking a solid definition of “contempt,” they need look no further than the Department of Education.

WASHINGTON — 

Rep. Katie Hill (D-Santa Clarita) announced Sunday that she would resign from Congress after allegations that she engaged in affairs with a congressional aide and a campaign staff member became public this month.

Hill announced the resignation in a letter to constituents, saying she was stepping down “with a broken heart.”

The letter did not specify when the resignation would take effect. Hill will be the first female member of Congress to resign in a post-#MeToo era. Her resignation will also be the first after a House rule banning sexual relationships with staffers was enacted last year in response to nearly a dozen male members of Congress resigning amid sexual harassment allegations.

“This is what needs to happen so that the good people who supported me will no longer be subjected to the pain inflicted by my abusive husband and the brutality of hateful political operatives who seem to happily provide a platform to a monster who is driving a smear campaign built around cyber exploitation,” Hill wrote in the letter.

“I know that as long as I am in Congress, we’ll live fearful of what might come next and how much it will hurt.

“For the mistakes made along the way and the people who have been hurt, I am sorry, and I am learning I am not a perfect person and never pretended to be,” Hill wrote.

Hill is in divorce proceedings with her husband of nine years, Kenneth Heslep. William Strachan, an attorney for Heslep, said his client had no comment when reached by The Times.

The resignation marks a dramatic fall for Hill, who was elected to Congress as part of the “blue wave” that allowed Democrats to take the House in 2018. She had been a regular presence on cable news shows and was chosen by her fellow freshmen as their representative to the House leadership. That position gave her a seat at the table with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) and some of the biggest names in the national party.

Pelosi raised money for Hill during the campaign, and Hill defended Pelosi when some Democrats were calling for new leadership. Hill leveraged the relationship in securing a coveted position among House leadership, a spot on the whip team and the vice chairmanship of the powerful House Oversight Committee.

“Congresswoman Katie Hill came to Congress with a powerful commitment to her community and a bright vision for the future, and has made a great contribution as a leader of the Freshman Class,” Pelosi said in a statement Sunday night. “She has acknowledged errors in judgment that made her continued service as a Member untenable. We must ensure a climate of integrity and dignity in the Congress, and in all workplaces.”

Hill’s prominence began even before her election. As a candidate, she drew the kind of attention that most first-timers can only dream of: profiles in national newspapers, major fundraisers and social media attention. Vice News spotlighted her campaign in a series of mini-documentaries.

The fall came just as quickly.

Last weekend, the conservative website RedState published a series of articles alleging that Hill had engaged in relationships with a member of her campaign staff and the House staffer. Hill denied the relationship with the House employee, which would be a violation of House rules, but did not deny the relationship with the campaign staff member.

The release of the stories, complete with intimate photos of Hill, sparked debate about a double standard in the male-dominated world of political sex scandals, particularly because Hill has blamed Heslep for releasing the photos. Hill’s resignation is likely to bring those questions further out into the open.

On Wednesday, in a letter to constituents, Hill again denied the alleged relationship with the House staff member but acknowledged she was involved in a separate relationship with a member of her campaign staff “during the final tumultuous years of my abusive marriage.”

“I know that even a consensual relationship with a subordinate is inappropriate, but I still allowed it to happen despite my better judgment,” the letter read.

The House Ethics Committee announced it was investigating whether Hill “may have engaged in a sexual relationship with an individual on her congressional staff,” an allegation Hill has denied. House rules were changed last year to prohibit relationships between members and their employees in response to multiple allegations of harassment levied against male members of Congress.

Hill also said she had contacted U.S. Capitol Police after intimate photos of her and another person were published by the RedState website. Photos of her were also published by a British tabloid.

Hill said Heslep “seems determined to try to humiliate me.”

In the letter announcing her resignation, Hill said she would continue to pursue legal options over the nude photos posted online without her consent. The personal photos were “weaponized” against her and an “appalling invasion” of her privacy, she wrote.

Hill’s plan to resign will force Democrats to find a new candidate to defend the House seat in a district that is evenly divided between Republicans and Democrats but went for Hillary Clinton in 2016. Hill won last year by 9 percentage points with 54% of the vote in the Antelope Valley district, which has trended Democratic in recent years as Los Angeles residents looking for affordable housing moved in. Democrats now hold a voter registration advantage there of nearly 5 percentage points.

Though Hill was expected to win a second term, her resignation will make it slightly more difficult for Democrats to retain the seat, said Dave Wasserman, political forecaster for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report.

In a statement, Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.), chairwoman of the House Democrats’ campaign committee, called Hill “a dedicated servant who brought an important perspective to our Caucus.”

“This evening I told her that I respect her decision and wish her well,” Bustos said. “There is no doubt that Democrats will continue to hold this increasingly blue and diverse seat, building on Katie’s resounding victory in 2018.”

Local Democratic activists played a major role in Hill flipping the seat, and supporters were dismayed by news of her resignation.

Eva Rejhons of Valencia, a 50-year-old Democrat who enthusiastically voted last year for Hill over Republican incumbent Steve Knight, said she was devastated.

“I don’t care about people’s sex lives, but if she brought a staffer into it — you’re just not supposed to do that,” she said.

Republicans immediately pledged to win back the seat with a hint of the allegations against Hill.

“California voters are completely disgusted at what they’ve seen from the socialist Democrats these past ten months,” Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.), who leads the House Republicans’ campaign committee, said in a statement. “We look forward to winning back this seat and giving voters in CA-25 someone they can be proud to support.”

The timing of a new election remained unclear Sunday and may depend on the timing of Hill’s actual resignation. State law gives the governor up to two weeks after a vacancy opens to set the date for a special election, but there is some flexibility.

The most likely outcome seems to be a special election that would coincide with the state’s March 3 primary, but the election could come as late as early May. The winner of that election would serve out the remainder of Hill’s term. The top two candidates in the March primary would face off again in November 2020 to serve a full term.

A special election coinciding with the primary could favor Democrats because the party has an active presidential nomination contest likely to draw partisans to the polls, but the Republicans do not.

Wire and Haberkorn reported from Washington and Mai-Duc from Los Angeles. Times staff writer Michael Finnegan also contributed to this story.

Click Here: liverpool mens jersey

Katie Hill, the freshman Democrat from Santa Clarita, told colleagues Thursday that she is leaving because of a double standard for female politicians

WASHINGTON — 

In a blistering, emotional final House speech, Rep. Katie Hill, the freshman Democrat from Santa Clarita, told colleagues Thursday that she is leaving Congress because of a double standard for female politicians, a ruthless political climate and a misogynistic culture that helped her estranged husband bring down her budding career.

“The forces of revenge by a bitter jealous man, cyber exploitation and sexual shaming that target our gender, and a large segment of society that fears and hates powerful women, have combined to push a young woman out of power and say she doesn’t belong here,” Hill, 32, said during her final floor speech. She plans to resign Friday.

Her decision came following publication of nude photos of her and allegations that she had romantic relationships with congressional and campaign subordinates.

Hill said after her speech that when she informed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco) over the weekend that she planned to step down, the speaker — who had become a mentor for the younger Californian — was surprised and urged her to stay and fight, at least for a while longer.

But Hill said the personal embarrassment, as well as a fear that her scandal would distract from Democrats’ other priorities, led her to decide to quit. She said she has barely left her bed since the pictures became public just over a week ago.

“I am leaving because of a misogynistic culture that gleefully consumed my naked pictures, capitalized on my sexuality, and enabled my abusive ex to continue that abuse, this time with the entire country watching,” Hill said. “I am leaving because of the thousands of vile, threatening emails, texts and calls that make me fear for my life and the lives of the people I care about.”

Hill apologized to her family, mentors and friends, and to the thousands of people who knocked on doors and made phone calls to get her elected.

“To every little girl who looked up to me — I hope that one day you can forgive me,” Hill said. “The mistakes I made and the people I’ve hurt that led to this moment will haunt me for the rest of my life.”

Hill acknowledged having a relationship with a campaign staffer but denies having had one with a congressional aide, which would be a violation of House rules. In a video statement Monday, she blamed her estranged husband and a campaign by “the right-wing media and Republican opponents” for using the pictures and false allegations to destroy her career.

Hill announced her resignation Sunday, just days after pledging she would fight. She said she learned over the weekend there were hundreds more private photos and text messages that might be released. It brings an end to the House Ethics Committee investigation into whether she had an affair with a member of her official staff, an act prohibited by a House rule approved after dozens of allegations of inappropriate behavior made against members of Congress and high-ranking staff members in the #MeToo era.

Hill has said that said she plans a legal fight against those who distributed nude and compromising photos of her. The congresswoman blames her husband, Kenneth Heslep. They are in the process of divorcing. He has not responded to requests for comment.

Though involved in local politics, including a successful proposition campaign to change how Los Angeles County provides support to its homeless population, Hill had never held public office before being elected to Congress in the blue wave of young, mostly female and minority Democrats, who helped take control of the House in 2018.

Pelosi told reporters that the photos and Hill’s resignation should serve as a warning.

“This is something that I think could spring from this that could be a benefit. Regardless of any errors in judgment that anyone may have made, it’s shameful that she’s been exposed to public humiliation by way of cyber exploitation,” Pelosi told reporters.

News of the allegations were first raised by a strategist of Hill’s former opponent in the conservative publication RedState.

Hill’s abrupt resignation surprised Capitol Hill. In just 10 months, Hill had quickly risen to become one of the party’s most powerful freshmen, a frequent spokesman to national media with multiple positions in leadership and the ear of Pelosi.

“She is an absolutely outstanding young public servant. She made her decisions, and her timing, and I respect that” Pelosi told reporters Thursday.

Hill gave her final House floor speech to a nearly empty chamber, with a smattering of tourists and three representatives. “I yield the balance of my time now, but not forever,” Hill said as she finished.

She has vowed to continue to work and speak against so-called revenge porn to ensure similar things don’t happen to other women, and said after her speech she is talking with various organizations about how best to do that.

Her fall comes less than a year after she was elected to Congress in a district long held by the GOP. Now Republicans see a chance to win back the seat, and a crowded field has already formed to replace her.

Katie Hill, the freshman Democrat from Santa Clarita, told colleagues Thursday that she is leaving because of a double standard for female politicians

Kenneth Heslep’s divorce from Katie Hill had grown nasty by the time he told a podcaster in late September that he was ready to talk publicly about his split with the Democratic congresswoman.

“Any interest in an interview, and the whole story yet?” Heslep texted Stephen Daniels, host of “Talk of Santa Clarita,” punctuating the offer with a smiling-face emoji. It was 1:40 a.m.

Daniels declined. “It was clear he wanted to air dirty laundry,” Daniels recalled Wednesday.

Conservative websites soon revealed that they had obtained some of Hill’s private texts and nude photos of her, including one with a campaign aide.

The main authors of the articles, it turns out, were former campaign advisors to Steve Knight, the Republican congressman ousted by Hill a year ago.

The result was a shocking shift in fortune for a woman on a rapid rise to power after capturing a long-held Republican seat in 2018 in the northern suburbs of Los Angeles. Hill has announced her resignation. Her last day is Friday.

Her sudden downfall is due in part to the relationship she acknowledged having with the campaign staffer and an allegation that she had an affair with a congressional aide, which she has denied.

But it’s also the product of what she and her allies see as a plot by her estranged husband and former Knight operatives to use naked pictures to destroy her. Heslep did not respond to calls for comment, and Knight denied personal involvement.

Now, Knight is considering a run to win back his House seat. Hill is trying to pick up the remnants of her professional and personal life.

::

Hill and her husband, longtime sweethearts, were both waiting tables before they got married in 2010. By the time Hill was elected to Congress last year in an electric race that drew volunteers from across California, the couple’s lives had taken sharply diverging paths.

Hill had become a top executive at a Los Angeles nonprofit serving the homeless. She was one of more than three dozen Democrats who unseated Republicans, helping her party take control of the House in a suburban revolt against President Trump. She quickly became a member of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s leadership team.

While Hill, 32, was working in Washington, Heslep, 35, was living a quieter life in California, taking care of the couple’s horse, goat, turkey, chickens and dogs on their farm in Agua Dulce, a small town in the dry mountains between Palmdale and Santa Clarita. He has been unemployed since 2014. In his divorce filing, he suggested that the only reason he’d previously held jobs at Hill’s nonprofit was because of her influence.

Then, in June, Heslep wrote in the divorce papers, Hill came home from Washington and told him she was leaving. “She took our only operable vehicle and left me stranded at our residence.” Heslep said he had to borrow money from his parents to hire a divorce lawyer.

Heslep, described in Hill’s resignation letter as an abusive husband, criticized the congresswoman in his texts with Daniels.

“Even though I have made it clear that I am not looking for anything excessive, she is still fighting even basic spousal support,” he complained.

The first public sign that Hill’s private life might cause serious political trouble came on Oct. 10, when RedState, a conservative website owned by Salem Media Group, ran a story quoting Heslep saying on Facebook that his wife had been sleeping with a male staff member for at least a year.

RedState identified the man as a congressional aide. Hill denied the allegation, but the House Ethics Committee launched an investigation. House rules adopted last year bar members of Congress from having sexual relationships with subordinates.

More was coming. Joe Messina, a former Knight campaign advisor who hosts a syndicated conservative radio show, said he received an anonymous email with a Zip file packed with private text messages and nude photos of Hill. He got more by ordinary mail.

He decided to write about it on his blog, but said he first notified the National Republican Congressional Committee to check whether anyone there knew about the material.

On Oct. 17, he posted a story saying he’d “received over 700 images, pictures, texts, and notes on the escapades of one Katie Hill, both before and after her election.”

“Pictures I’ve seen show her in sexual situations” with a woman on her 2018 campaign staff, Messina wrote. He did not publish any of the texts or photos and said he didn’t share them with anyone.

“I didn’t have to give them away,” he told The Times. “They were all over the place.”

NRCC spokeswoman Torunn Sinclair said the committee “never shopped, possessed or circulated photos of Congresswoman Hill.”

“We didn’t see the photos until they were published, just like everyone else,” she said.

The day after Messina’s post, RedState published an article by another former Knight campaign advisor, Jennifer Van Laar of Simi Valley. Her story included private texts and intimate photos of Hill and her female campaign aide. One of the pictures shows Hill naked.

Van Laar wrote that Hill and Heslep were involved in a three-way relationship with the woman.

The next blow came on Oct. 24. Van Laar’s byline appeared again, this time on a lengthier article for the Daily Mail with more nude photos and Hill’s private text messages.

Neither of Van Laar’s articles disclosed that she worked for Knight’s 2014 campaign for Congress.

The stories also did not mention that Van Laar agreed to work for congressional candidate Suzette Martinez Valladares when Valladares was running to unseat Hill in the 2020 election. (Valladares is now campaigning instead for state Assembly.)

On Twitter, Van Laar, who does political work under the name Jennifer Knight (no relation to the former congressman), is open about being a partisan.

“I don’t hide it and I don’t act unbiased,” she tweeted this week.

Van Laar also wrote on Twitter that she would support Knight’s 2020 campaign “in a heartbeat” if he gets in the race.

“We can take this back — it’ll take work and volunteers but we can do it!” she tweeted.

Van Laar declined to be interviewed.

Knight did not answer requests for an interview, but he issued a public statement Thursday that said neither he nor anyone involved in his 2018 reelection campaign against Hill “had any contact with her husband or anything to do with the release of private information about her.” He did not deny that Van Laar and Messina had worked for his previous congressional campaigns.

On Wednesday, Heslep’s father, Fred, defended his son, saying he did not release the images. “He was hacked, is what he said,” Fred Heslep told BuzzFeed News. “I think he started having computer issues, so that’s what made him think it was a hacking.”

Hill has apologized for having a sexual relationship with a campaign aide.

“I know that even a consensual relationship with a subordinate is inappropriate, but I still allowed it to happen despite my better judgment,” she said.

She also said she’d reported the photos’ release to the U.S. Capitol Police and hoped whoever distributed them is “punished to the full extent of the law.”

“I am going through a divorce from an abusive husband who seems determined to try to humiliate me,” she said in a statement addressing the ethics inquiry. “I am disgusted that my opponents would seek to exploit such a private matter for political gain. This coordinated effort to try to destroy me and the people close to me is despicable and will not succeed.”

Sharing private, nude photos of people without their consent and to inflict harm is illegal in many states and in Washington, D.C.

California’s law, which took effect in 2013, forbids the intentional sharing of such images when “the person distributing the image knows or should know that distribution of the image will cause serious emotional distress, and the person depicted suffers that distress.”

Hill’s lawyers demanded that the Daily Mail take down the nude photos, but they were still online Thursday. A spokesperson for the Daily Mail did not respond to a request for comment.

Hill worried that more compromising photos would emerge if she stayed in Congress. She feared “what might come next and how much it will hurt.”

In her farewell speech on the House floor Thursday, Hill said that she had not left her apartment since the photos were published more than a week ago.

“I’ve hidden from the world, because I am terrified of facing all the people I let down,” she said.

She hinted that she would not be long out of the spotlight: “Thank you, and I yield the balance of my time for now, but not forever.”

Click Here: liverpool mens jersey

Beverly Hills Mayor John Mirisch is one of the more provocative characters in the debate over the cause of California’s housing problems. In one recent speech, he compared the state lawmakers who are trying to strip some power from local governments to the villain in the Jewish holiday of Purim.

A frequent target of Mirisch’s bromides is state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who is among the most aggressive proponents of greater homebuilding in the Legislature.

On this episode of “Gimme Shelter: The California Housing Crisis Podcast,” Mirisch and Wiener debated for the first time. The episode is a recording of their conversation from the annual conference of the Southern California Assn. of Nonprofit Housing, which was held earlier this month in downtown Los Angeles. The debate lays out their stark differences of opinion over how California should grow.

“Gimme Shelter,” a biweekly podcast that looks at why it’s so expensive to live in California and what the state can do about it, features Liam Dillon, who covers housing affordability issues for the Los Angeles Times, and Matt Levin, data and housing reporter for CALmatters.

You can subscribe to “Gimme Shelter” on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Soundcloud, Google Play and Overcast.

Click Here: liverpool mens jersey

USC picked up its first basketball commit in the 2021 recruiting class Thursday when Santa Ana Mater Dei junior Harrison Hornery committed to the Trojans.

The Australian native chose the Trojans over a double-digit list of scholarship offers that included Pac-12 competitors Arizona, California, Utah and Washington State.

Hornery’s decision comes two weeks after he took an official visit to USC and the coaching staff was able to lay out how the Trojans plan to use the 6-foot-9, 210-pound forward in their offensive concepts. Hornery isn’t known as a back-to-the-basket big man. Instead, he spreads the floor and can knock down deep jumpers. He made 53 three-pointers his sophomore season at Mater Dei when he averaged 11.9 points and 6.1 rebounds

Hornery is rated by the industry-generated 247Sports Composite rankings as a three-star prospect. He is the No. 201 overall prospect in the 2021 class.

The Trojans signed one of their top recruiting classes in school history this past year, finishing No. 7 in the 2019 class rankings. The class was led by five-star big men Isaiah Mobley and Onyeka Okongwu, who are a part of talented six-man class that is expected to contribute significantly when USC opens the season next Tuesday against Florida A&M.

USC ranks No. 61 and only has one commit in the 2020 recruiting class, but that commit is the top player in the nation, Temecula Rancho Christian center Evan Mobley.

Click Here: liverpool mens jersey

Clippers coach Doc Rivers walks with a deliberate, rocking gait that hints at the damage heavy landings on hardwood courts did to his hips and knees during his playing career. There was no load management in his era, no thought to sitting out the second night of a back-to-back sequence as many NBA players do — and as Kawhi Leonard did for the first time as a Clipper on Wednesday.

“The reason I walk that way is because I kept playing,” Rivers said. “In our day if you missed anything, they would label you. And so you didn’t miss a minute in practice because you were scared to be labeled. So it’s just a different time, but I think it’s a better time, personally. I’m one of the old-school guys that think this new way is actually the right way of doing things. I really do. I think it’s about health, and for life health, too.”

Load management is the scourge of the NBA’s TV partners — the Clippers had to request the league’s approval to sit Leonard in Wednesday’s nationally televised game at Utah or incur a $100,000 fine — and a load of nonsense to fans who pay big bucks to see their favorite players and are disappointed when the coach makes it a load-management game for a key player or two. The concept isn’t going away, and the Clippers are calculating how often they’ll rest Leonard and other players to keep them fresh in April and beyond.

In his return on Thursday, Leonard hit merely five of 16 shots in the first half before warming up to finish with a season-high 38 points on 15-for-32 shooting in the Clippers’ 103-97 victory over the San Antonio Spurs. He played a season-high 34 minutes, seven seconds, including 10:55 in the fourth quarter of a generally tight game. “I think we were just aggressive all night,” Leonard said in a postgame TV interview. “It’s a good win.”

His schedule will be subject to careful management in November, when the Clippers will play three sets of back-to-back games. The first occurs next week with home games against Milwaukee on Wednesday and Portland on Thursday. The first game will be on national TV, so the game against the Trail Blazers could be a night Leonard sits. “We do it in advance, but what we have found out is when you do it, like, before the season starts it makes no sense,” Rivers said, adding that he leaves his coaching staff to decide when players will rest. “You get to the game and the guy feels great and you tell him, ‘This is your game,’ it’s like, ‘What are you talking about?’ ”

Leonard sat out 22 of Toronto’s regular-season games last season, and his playoff performance reflected the benefits of that rest: He averaged 30.5 points, 9.1 rebounds and 3.9 assists without missing any of the 24 games in the Raptors’ championship run. “Back in my day you just didn’t do it, so we didn’t know any better, do you know what I mean?” Rivers said. “What you don’t know will hurt you sometimes, I’ll say it that way.”

Credit — or blame — Spurs coach Gregg Popovich for introducing the concept of load management. In November 2012 the NBA fined the Spurs $250,000 after Popovich sent Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, and Danny Green back to San Antonio instead of playing them at the Miami against the defending champion Heat. None was injured at the time; it was the end of a six-game trip and second half of a back-to-back sequence.

“Everybody does what they need to do for their players. We’ve done it,” Popovich said Thursday. “Everybody’s done it to some extent, maybe moreso now than in the past.

“I’m sure guys like Larry Bird, Michael [Jordan] and Magic they’d wonder, ‘What the hell is going on around here? Just go play and be quiet.’ Can you imagine Kevin McHale saying, ‘I need rest tonight?’ It’s a new time and we’ve all done it so we’re all at fault, I guess.”

Click Here: paco rabanne perfume

The NBA has eliminated sequences of four games in five nights and has moved up the start of the season to incorporate more days off. Teams also have fewer back-to-back sets than in the past. “Back-to-backs didn’t bother me as much as four games in five days in four cities. That was hard,” Rivers said. “So I think the league has responded. They’re doing a good job of trying to stretch the schedule to allow guys to play more and then I think the next step may be….reduced games.”

Popovich was non-committal about cutting the NBA schedule. “That’s above my pay grade,” he said. “I coach pick-and-roll and defense and things like that.”

Rivers suggested Popovich apply the concept of load management to coaches. “The coaching fraternity is now trying to figure out the right amount of games for coaches. I got it at 20,” Rivers said. Popovich agreed, and added an idea of his own. “I just wish we were in sweatsuits,” he said. “I’m serious. I’m a big proponent of gym shoes and sweatsuits.”

The NBA isn’t ready for leisurewear management. But load management, like it or not, is here to stay.

Hello, my name is John Cherwa and welcome to our horse racing newsletter as we ready for the first five Breeders’ Cup races.

It’s Breeders’ Cup Day One. It’s for nothing but 2-year-olds, so I won’t be mentioning that again. Let’s get right to the previews.

$1 million Juvenile Turf Sprint (post 1:12 p.m.): This five-furlong race was originally scheduled at 6 ½ furlongs on the downhill turf course. But, when sprint racing was canceled on this course earlier in the year, it was moved to the shorter distance.

The favorite, at 3-1, is Four Wheel Drive for trainer Wesley Ward and jockey Irad Ortiz, Jr. He has won both his races on the turf course at sprint distances. He won at Colonial Downs by 3 ¼ and at Belmont by three lengths. The second favorite is Kimari st 7-2. He is also trained by Ward and will be ridden by John Velazquez. He won his last two races at Saratoga and Keeneland and finished second in the Queen Mary Stakes at Ascot. It’s a 12-horse field.

$1 million Juvenile Turf (1:52 p.m.): Arizona, at 5-2, is the favorite for Aidan O’Brien and Ryan Moore in this one-mile race. This is his first race in the U.S., having previously run in Britain, Ireland and France. He is 6-2-2-1 this year. His two wins came in May and June. He was second last out in the Grade 1 Darley Dewhurst Stakes at Newmarket.

The second favorite, at 4-1, is Decorated Invader for Christophe Clement and Irad Ortiz, Jr. He is two-for-three this year having won his last two at Saratoga and Woodbine. It’s a 14-horse field.

$2 million Juvenile Fillies (2:32 p.m.): Morning-line maker Jon White had trouble separating out the top of the field in the 1 1/16-mile race. He installed Donna Veloce as the favorite at 3-1. She runs for Simon Callaghan and Flavien Prat. She’s run only once, winning by 9 ¼ lengths over six furlongs at Santa Anita.

There are three fllies at 7-2: British Idiom (Brad Cox, Javier Castellano), Bast (Baffert, Velazquez), Wicked Whisper (Steve Asmussen, Joel Rosario). British Idiom has won bot her races at Saratoga and Keeneland, including the Grade 1 Alcibiad. Bast has won her last two both Grade 1s at Del Mar (DM Futurity) and Santa Anita (Chandelier). Wicked Whisper is also undefeated in two starts, winning at Saratoga and Belmont, the latter being the Grade 1 Frizette. It’s a nine-horse race.

$1 million Juvenille Fillies Turf (3:12 p.m.): The favorite in this one-mile race is Albigna at 9-2 for Mrs. John Harrington and Shane Foley. She has won three of her four races incuding a Grade 1 and 2. This is her first U.S. start havng run three times in Ireland and once in France. It’s a field of 14.

Both Daahyeh (Roger Varian, William Buick) and Sweet Melania (Todd Pletcher, Jose Ortiz) are 4-1. Daahyeh has won three of four including a Grade 2 and 3 while running in Britain and Ireland. Sweet Melania has won of her last three with a maiden win at Saratoga and a Grade 2 at Keeneland. She is two for five this year.

$2 million Juvenile (4:03 p.m.): This is the marquee race of the day at 1 1/16 miles. The race was even tougher until Maxfield scratched with a minor problem. The favorite, at 8-5, is Dennis’ Moment for Dale Romans and Irad Ortiz, Jr. He won his last two races by 19 ¼ and 1 ¾ lengths. He lost his rider in his first race. His last win was a Grade 3.

Close behind is Eight Rings at 2-1 for Baffert and Velazquez. He has also won two races by 6 ¼ and 6 lengths and he too lost his rider in his only loss. His won in the Grade 1 American Pharoah at Santa Anita. It’s a field of eight.

Santa Anita review

On Thursday, there was one stakes race, the $70,000 Lure Stakes for horses going a mile on the turf. Ronald R stayed back early and then came wide in mid-stretch to win by half-a-length.

Ronald R paid $29.40, $9.40 and $6.20. Ritzy A.P. was second and favorite River Boyne finished third.

Here’s what the winning connections had to say.

Ron Ellis (winning trainer): “When we claimed this horse, I told [part-owner] Jim [Harrison], that if we give the horse some time, he’d come back 100 percent. I give Jim the credit, because he went along with what I suggested and the horse is doing very well. It looked like there was a lot of speed in the race and [jockey] Drayden [Van Dyke] was confident he’d run well.”

Drayden Van Dyke (winning jockey): “I told Ron [Ellis] that there is plenty of speed in here and it sets up well for us on paper. I had a rather smooth trip and I had a lot of horse. I had to back him up a little when we got to the inside, but once we peeled outside he made it easy and he had a nice turn of foot. He did the same thing in his last two races at Del Mar.”

Santa Anita preview

There are three stakes on non-Breeders cup races at Santa Anita. First post is a sleepy-eyed 10:45 a.m.

Grade 2 $200,000 Marathon Stakes: You can guess by the name it’s a long race, 1 ¾ miles to be exact. Campaign is the 4-5 favorite for John Sadler and Rosario. He generally runs about 1 ½ miles on either turf or dirt. He’s won three-of-seven races this year and is five-for-12 lifetime. He was fifth in the Pacific Classic and fourth in the Santa Anita Handicap this year.

Second favorite at 5-2 in Itsinthepost for Jeff Mullins and Van Dyke. The 7-year-old gelding has mostly been a turf horse and is 10-of-40 lifetime. His last win came in the Charlie Whittingham at Del Mar in May, 2018. It’s the first race, so get there early.

$200,000 Golden State Juvenile Fillies: The Golden State, juvenile and fillies should give a big hint about what this race is about. All you need is the distance, which is seven furlongs. Been Studying Her for Dan Ward (which means it was a Jerry Hollendorfer horse) and Mike Smith. She won her first two races and then finished fourth in the Chandelier. Cutting back the distance should help.

At 3-1 is Bulletproof One for Peter Miller and Javier Castellano. She won her first three races before finishing sixth and second in her last two races, both lower-level stakes. This has a field of 12.

$200,000 Golden State Juvenile: This race is ditto the fillies races except for boys. Square Deal for Callaghan and Prat is the favorite at 7-2. He has crossed the finish line first in five of his races, which means I’m leading up to one of those races being a disqualification.

The second favorite, at 4-1, is Cali Dude for Sadler and Ruben Fuentes. He won his only race by 1 ¼ lengths. It’s a field of 13.

Ciaran Thornton’s SA pick of the day

RACE EIGHT: No. 7 Crystalle (8-1)

Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf: This is a very tough race. American horses, East Coasters, dominate this race, winning nine of 11 with California horses stinking the joint up, never being first or second. Trainer Chad Brown has also won 5 of 11 times. Crystalle ran second behind the Chad Brown Selflessly in the Miss Grillo with a devastating late kick last out. The horse has the top back speed in this race and that second in the ‘Grillo satisfies an interesting race criteria. The Belmont Miss Grillo has resulted in five-of-11 winners of this race including two of the last three. I am placing this horse above Selflessly because he should have won that race easily had jockey Joel Rosario not been in California into the turn. The race prior when closer to the pace he won. 8-1 is fantastic value for this race. Top Play and value in this race.

As a special for readers, my Breeders Cup package includes all of Santa Anita free for the weekend, a 50% savings for only $35.

Thursday’s result: Impossible Task was bet down to 5/2 and looked a little green despite not being a debut horse. Tracking third throughout Joel Rosario made a nice late move to run second. Make a note of this horse next out if they send longer. Impossible paid $4.40.

Ciaran Thornton is the handicapper for Californiapick4.com, which offers daily full card picks, longshots of the day, best bets of the day.

Big races preview

A look at graded stakes or races worth $100,000 or more on Friday. All times PST.

10:45 Santa Anita (1): Grade 2 $200,000 Marathon Stakes, 3 and up, 1 ¾ miles. Favorite: Campaign (4-5)

11:55 Santa Anita (3): $200,000 Golden State Juvenile Fillies, Cal-bred fillies 2-years-old, 7 furlongs. Favorite: Been Studying Her (5-2)

12:32 Santa Anita (4): $200,000 Golden State Juvenile, Cal-bred colts and geldings 2-years-old, 7 furlongs. Favorite: Rookie Mistake (7-2)

1:12 Santa Anita (5): Grade 2 $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, 2-year-olds, 5 furlongs on turf. Favorite: Four Wheel Drive (3-1)

1:24 Aqueduct (9): $150,000 Tempted Stakes, fillies 2-years-old, 1 mile. Favorite: Power Move (8-5)

1:52 Santa Anita (6): Grade 1 $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf, 2-year-old colts and geldings, 1 mile on turf. Favorite: Arizona (5-2)

2:32 Santa Anita (7): Grade 1 $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, fillies 2-years-old, 1 1/16 miles. Favorite: Donna Veloce (3-1)

3:12 Santa Anita (8): Grade 1 $1 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, fillies 2-years-old, 1 mile on turf. Favorite: Albigna (9-2)

3:37 Churchill (9) $120,000 Dream Supreme Stakes, fillies and mares 3 and up, 6 furlongs. Favorite: Mia Mischief (6-5)

4:03 Santa Anita (9): Grade 1 $2 million Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, colts and geldings 2-years-old, 1 1/16 miles. Favorite: Dennis’ Moment (8-5)

7:27 Remington (6): $100,000 Clever Trevor Stakes, 2-year-olds, 7 furlongs. Favorite: Jungle Runner (2-1)

Los Alamitos weekend preview

It’s time to turn things over to marketing and meda guru Orlando Gutierrez, who will tell us about the upcoming weekend at Los Alamitos. Orlando, the floor is yours.

“Los Alamitos Race Course will open its gates at 9 a.m. on Friday and at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday for simulcast of the Breeders’ Cup. Advance wagering on Saturday’s card will be available all day and night on Friday.

“On Friday night, A Political Spell, a solid sixth-place finisher in the Grade 2 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity, returns for the first time since the trials to the Grade 1 Ed Burke Million Futurity when she headlines a strong seven-horse field in the $12,125 allowance feature for 2-year-olds at 330 yards. The eight-race card will start at 7 p.m. and will feature a Pick 6 Carryover of $6,123. The sequence will start in the third.

“A Political Spell was impressive in her career debut cruising to a ¾-length win in a Kindergarten trial. She did not have the sharpest of breaks in the final, but at the midway point she was still in the top four early before settling for sixth. She did not have a great outing in the Ed Burke trials, as she was far back the entire way. Trainer Juan Aleman will look for a return to form from the Rancho El Cabresto-bred filly, as she’s eligible to race in the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity trials at the end of the month. It would give Newcomb a strong trio for those trials, as he also owns Sacred Nation, who was second by a nose in the Grade 2 Hobbs American Futurity in early October, and Cattail Cove, the third-place finisher in the Governor’s Cup Futurity.

“Conquering Marie will go after her second stakes win of the year when she heads a field of 3-year-old fillies in the $15,000 Jaimie Jay Handicap at 350 yards on Saturday. Nine races are on tap with the first race scheduled shortly after the final Breeders’ Cup race at Santa Anita at approximately 6:35 p.m.

“Conquering Marie had racing luck on her side when winning the Grade 2, $211,000 Golden State Derby by a head on Aug 18. While several of the top contenders got interfered with at the start after a rival broke in sharply from an outside post, Conquering Marie, who left the gate from post three, broke alertly and ran beautifully, while avoiding trouble on the way to victory at 38-1 odds. Conquering Marie sailed away from there, on the way to a winning 400-yard time of 19.66 seconds. A sharp filly all season, she also ran fourth in the Grade 3 PCQHRA Breeders Derby and was third in the Adequan Ruidoso Derby Challenge also at 400 yards. Ruben Castro will pilot her from post six.

“The richest race of the weekend at Los Alamitos will take place on Sunday with the $1,072,850 Golden State Million Futurity for 2-year-olds. Up And Atem, who posted the fastest qualifying time in the trials on Oct. 20, will start from post nine, while stablemate Circle City, who posted a daylight win in the trials, will race from the six. The Ed Allred-owned duo will take on a field headed by Governor’s Cup Futurity runner-up Runforyourlife and Ed Burke Million third place finisher Geothermal. Runforyourlife and Geothermal will start from post 1-2, respectively. A total of 10 juveniles will be start in the Golden State Million final at 400 yards.”

Ed Burgart’s LA pick of the day

SEVENTH RACE: No. 2 Fdd Texas Tea (7-2)

This 2-year-old filly hails from the strong Justin Joiner barn and could have gone much faster than her solid 12.3 workout clocking for 220 yards from the gate on Oct. 12. Working on the inside of a three-team set, she quickly assumed command while under a big hold and was never asked for her best in defeating her two workmates before galloping out with smooth strides. Two of her main rivals, Trents Toys and Black Jack MV, look beatable. Trents Toys hasn’t come away alertly in three starts and Black Jack MV, the 2-1 morning-line favorite, failed to improve when fourth in his second start two weeks ago.

Final thought

If you would like to subscribe to the newsletter you can click here and sign up. Remember, it’s free, and all we need is your email, nothing more. Tell your friends, or even people you don’t like that much.

Any thoughts, you can reach me at [email protected]. You can also feed my ego by following me on Twitter @jcherwa.

Now, the stars of the show, Thursday’s results and Friday’s entries.

Click Here: paco rabanne perfume

Santa Anita Charts Results for Thursday, October 31.

Copyright 2019 by Equibase Company. Reproduction prohibited. Santa Anita, Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, California. 20th day of a 23-day meet. Clear & Firm

FIRST RACE.

5½ Furlongs Turf. Purse: $50,000. Maiden Special Weight. 2 year olds. Time 22.51 44.67 56.10 1:02.16

Winner–Smooth Like Strait B.c.2 by Midnight Lute out of Smooth as Usual, by Flower Alley. Bred by Cannon Thoroughbreds, LLC (KY). Trainer: Michael W. McCarthy. Owner: Cannon Thoroughbreds, LLC. Mutuel Pool $215,793 Exacta Pool $104,711 Superfecta Pool $44,601 Trifecta Pool $72,857 X-5 Super High Five Pool $13,983. Scratched–Too Late.

SMOOTH LIKE STRAIT had good early speed and dueled inside, fought back when headed leaving the turn to regain the lead in upper stretch, inched away under urging and won clear. IMPOSSIBLE TASK saved ground stalking the pace, came out in upper stretch and gained the place. DEAN MARTINI angled in and dueled outside the winner, put a head in front leaving the turn and into the stretch, drifted in some in the stretch and bested the others. PHAST PHAROAH chased outside a rival then inside on the turn, came out into the stretch and lacked the needed rally. WITCH’S VOW stumbled at the start, settled a bit off the rail then outside a rival on the turn, came three wide into the stretch and did not rally. HEYWOODS BEACH chased outside a rival then a bit off the rail, angled in on the turn, came out into the stretch and lacked a further response. DRASARIO (IRE) broke a bit slowly, saved ground chasing the pace throughout and was not a threat in the drive. NINEELEVENTURBO dropped back outside a rival then just off the rail, angled in on the turn and failed to menace.

SECOND RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $50,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies. 2 year olds. Time 23.83 49.23 1:15.77 1:29.32 1:41.82

Winner–Gingham B.f.2 by Quality Road out of Chapel, by Pulpit. Bred by Stone Farm (KY). Trainer: Bob Baffert. Owner: Kelly, Sarah and Wiltz, Jane. Mutuel Pool $225,217 Daily Double Pool $51,841 Exacta Pool $106,062 Superfecta Pool $52,177 Trifecta Pool $77,394. Scratched–none.

GINGHAM pulled between horses then stalked outside a rival, continued between foes leaving the backstretch and on the second turn, steadied in tight passing the quarter pole, came out in upper stretch, rallied to the front under a moderate hand ride a sixteenth out and was under a hold in the final strides. SARALIN tugged her way along inside then saved ground stalking the pace, split horses leaving the second turn, came out into the stretch, bid alongside a rival to gain the advantage then inched away in midstretch but could not hold off the winner. ANTIGONE dueled between horses, edged away a bit off the inside leaving the second turn, found the rail in the stretch and bested the others. LIZZARIO five wide into the first turn, pressed the pace four wide then stalked three deep leaving the backstretch and on the second turn, came four wide into the stretch and weakened. I’M THE HERO bobbled a bit at the start, had good early speed and dueled inside, stalked leaving the second turn and gave way in the drive. WELL DONE SALLY four wide into the first turn, dueled three deep between horses then three wide leaving the backstretch, continued three wide on the second turn and into the stretch and had nothing left for the lane.

THIRD RACE.

7 Furlongs. Purse: $28,000. Maiden Claiming. 2 year olds. Claiming Price $50,000. Time 22.71 46.26 1:12.21 1:25.90

Winner–Govenor Cinch Dbb.c.2 by Govenor Charlie out of Ghostly, by Ghostzapper. Bred by Mike Pegram, Karl Watson & Paul Weitman (CA). Trainer: Tim Yakteen. Owner: Watson, Karl, Pegram, Michael E. and Weitman, Paul. Mutuel Pool $199,846 Daily Double Pool $24,062 Exacta Pool $116,242 Superfecta Pool $47,984 Trifecta Pool $75,661 X-5 Super High Five Pool $9,526. Scratched–none.

50-Cent Pick Three (5-4-7) paid $9.50. Pick Three Pool $49,382.

GOVENOR CINCH stalked outside, bid four wide into the turn then outside the runner-up leaving the turn, took a short lead into the stretch, battled outside that rival under left handed urging through the drive and gamely prevailed. CARNELIAN HERO broke in and a bit slowly, went up inside to duel for the lead, fought back leaving the turn and through a long drive and continued gamely to the wire. INCLUDE THE TAX came out early, chased three deep then off the rail, came three wide into the stretch, drifted in some and held third. SUCCESSFUL COMMAND angled in and saved ground chasing the pace, came out leaving the turn and into the stretch and lacked the needed rally. PAPA TONY had speed outside then dueled three deep, fell back some and angled in on the turn and a bit off the rail into the stretch and weakened. WICKED BLUE chased outside a rival then briefly between foes, continued off the inside into the turn, came out into the stretch and also weakened. BALTIMORE BEECHO had speed off the rail then dueled between horses, dropped back and angled in on the turn and gave way.

FOURTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $31,000. Starter Optional Claiming. 2 year olds. Claiming Price $40,000. Time 24.03 48.16 1:13.44 1:26.48 1:40.31

Winner–Absolute Weapon B.r.2 by Oxbow out of Right Decision, by Bernardini. Bred by Calumet Farm (KY). Trainer: Andrew Lerner. Owner: ERJ Racing, LLC and Strauss, William. Mutuel Pool $185,529 Daily Double Pool $20,889 Exacta Pool $112,102 Superfecta Pool $35,997 Trifecta Pool $65,684. Scratched–none.

50-Cent Pick Three (4-7-3) paid $3.60. Pick Three Pool $30,719.

ABSOLUTE WEAPON had speed a bit off the rail then angled in and set the pace inside, inched away on the backstretch, kicked clear on the second turn, came a bit off the fence in the stretch, opened up under some strong handling and a crack of the whip inside the eighth pole and steady handling late. OLD TRAFFORD stalked three deep then outside on the backstretch and outside a rival on the second turn, came four wide into the stretch, drifted in some and gained the place. DELP saved ground stalking the pace, came out into the stretch and bested the others. DESTINY’S JOURNEY pressed the pace outside the winner then stalked off the rail, was outside a rival leaving the turn, came out into the stretch and weakened. VASTLY DEEP pulled between rivals early then stalked between foes, angled in on the second turn and also weakened. BILLY K stalked three deep then off the rail, dropped back and angled in on the second turn, gave way and was eased in the final furlong.

FIFTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $32,000. Claiming. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $32,000. Time 23.20 46.67 1:10.73 1:22.76 1:34.92

Winner–Quinnie B.f.4 by English Channel out of Q T Shae, by Unusual Heat. Bred by Mark Devereaux, Scott Gross & Mark Gross (CA). Trainer: Carla Gaines. Owner: Devereaux, Mark and Gross, Scott. Mutuel Pool $202,796 Daily Double Pool $29,468 Exacta Pool $105,833 Superfecta Pool $33,030 Trifecta Pool $62,815. Scratched–Candy Swirls, Gone to Bali.

50-Cent Pick Three (7-3-1) paid $34.75. Pick Three Pool $41,123. 50-Cent Pick Four (4-7-3-1) 3114 tickets with 4 correct paid $47.50. Pick Four Pool $193,902. 50-Cent Pick Five (5-4-7-3-1) 75 tickets with 5 correct paid $343.10. Pick Five Pool $422,062.

QUINNIE tugged some early, saved ground stalking the pace, came out into the stretch, rallied under urging to gain the lead outside a rival in deep stretch, edged away and held. TIG TOG (IRE) angled in and also stalked the pace inside, cut the corner into the stretch then came out for room in upper stretch and finished well. SABURAI stalked inside then a bit off the rail on the backstretch, bid outside the pacesetter on the second turn, to take the advantage into the stretch, inched away in midstretch, fought back in deep stretch then held third. WIND TARTARE (FR) chased outside a rival, split horses leaving the second turn, came three wide into the stretch, drifted in some late and lacked the needed rally. PACIFICA (FR) had speed outside foes then edged away and angled in, set the pace inside, fought back on the second turn and into the stretch and weakened in the final furlong. SOUTH BOOT SHIRLEY pulled some early, stalked outside a rival then three deep into and on the second turn and into the stretch and had little left for the drive.

SIXTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $21,000. Maiden Claiming. Fillies. 2 year olds. Claiming Price $30,000. Time 24.18 48.79 1:15.03 1:28.59 1:42.27

Winner–Teachers Big Dream B.f.2 by Mr. Big out of Corissa’s Birthday, by Half Term. Bred by Academic Farms (CA). Trainer: Eddie Truman. Owner: Academic Farms. Mutuel Pool $233,934 Daily Double Pool $21,681 Exacta Pool $130,731 Superfecta Pool $57,386 Trifecta Pool $81,771 X-5 Super High Five Pool $12,651. Scratched–none.

50-Cent Pick Three (3-1-3) paid $145.85. Pick Three Pool $39,262.

TEACHERS BIG DREAM angled in and set a pressured pace inside, inched away leaving the second turn, came a bit off the rail in the stretch and won clear under urging. VANNAVANNA BO BANA chased outside a rival then three deep, went outside a foe on the second turn and off the rail into the stretch and gained the place. SHARP TURN chased outside then alongside a rival, went three deep on the second turn and into the stretch and bested the others. K P CATS WILD saved ground chasing the pace then came off the rail on the backstretch, went outside on the second turn and four wide into the stretch and lacked the needed rally. CIRCLEOFCOLOR angled in on the first turn and saved ground off the pace, came out a bit in the final furlong and did not rally. TOTALLY NORMAL went up to press the pace between horses then stalked a bit off the rail, angled in on the second turn and weakened. CALESE saved ground chasing the pace, came out leaving the second turn and three wide into the stretch and also weakened. KUDA HURAA prompted the pace three deep then outside the winner, dropped back leaving the second turn and into the stretch and gave way.

SEVENTH RACE.

1 Mile. Purse: $50,000. Maiden Special Weight. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. Time 23.57 47.03 1:12.83 1:25.47 1:38.75

Winner–Amatara B.f.3 by Yes It’s True out of Love At Noon, by Afternoon Deelites. Bred by James M. Herbener Jr. &Matthew R. Herbener (KY). Trainer: Richard Baltas. Owner: Voric Stables. Mutuel Pool $290,879 Daily Double Pool $28,132 Exacta Pool $168,448 Superfecta Pool $72,134 Trifecta Pool $102,309 X-5 Super High Five Pool $13,260. Scratched–none.

50-Cent Pick Three (1-3-5) paid $144.15. Pick Three Pool $36,386.

AMATARA stalked a bit off the rail, bid outside the pacesetter to take the lead leaving the second turn, kicked clear into the stretch, found the rail in the drive and drew off under a brisk hand ride. SAVING SOPHIE chased off the rail then a bit off the fence, split horses on the second turn, came three wide into the stretch and gained the place. COVER VERSION angled in and settled off the pace inside, came out a bit on the second turn and into the stretch and edged rivals for the show between foes late. CATCH THE EYE saved ground chasing the pace, came out on the second turn and into the stretch, angled in late and was edged for third. KARMICALLY stalked three deep then outside a rival, continued outside on the second turn and four wide into the stretch and was edged for a minor award three deep on the line. MUCHO MACHO WOMAN sped to the early lead, set the pace inside, opened up on the backstretch, dueled briefly along the rail leaving the second turn and weakened. PAIGE RUNNER chased between horses then a bit off the rail, angled to the inside on the second turn and also gave way in the drive. FULL ECLIPSE three deep on the first turn, stalked outside a rival, came three wide into the stretch and had nothing left for the drive.

EIGHTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $70,000. ‘Lure Stakes’. 3 year olds and up. Time 22.32 44.49 1:08.79 1:21.32 1:33.18

Winner–Ronald R (IRE) Ch.g.5 by Nathaniel (IRE) out of Amazon Beauty (IRE), by Wolfhound. Bred by M. Morrissey (IRE). Trainer: Ronald W. Ellis. Owner: Hotter Than H Racing LLC. Mutuel Pool $428,802 Daily Double Pool $57,604 Exacta Pool $257,537 Superfecta Pool $106,735 Trifecta Pool $167,142 X-5 Super High Five Pool $16,161. Scratched–Tule Fog.

50-Cent Pick Three (3-5-8) paid $90.90. Pick Three Pool $52,518.

RONALD R (IRE) a bit slow to begin, settled just off the rail, swung three wide into the stretch and rallied under urging to be along in time. RITZY A. P. stalked between horses then outside a rival, came out four wide into the stretch, bid outside a foe in midstretch, put a head in front between horses in deep stretch and fought back to the wire. RIVER BOYNE (IRE) bobbled some at the start, stalked inside then between horses on the backstretch and second turn, waited off heels into the stretch, split rivals in midstretch and finished well along the inside. RESTRAINEDVENGENCE stalked three deep, bid three wide into the stretch, gained a short advantage, fought back between horses in deep stretch and was outfinished for third. BROWN STORM (CHI) chased between horses, drifted out leaving the second turn, came three wide into the stretch and weakened. DOUBLE TOUCH (GB) saved ground stalking the pace, continued inside in the stretch and lacked a rally. ANDESH (IRE) a bit slow to begin, chased three deep, steadied when forced out some leaving the second turn, angled to the inside into the stretch and did not rally. LIL MILO had good early speed and dueled outside a rival, was between horses nearing and into the stretch and in a bit tight in upper stretch, then weakened. DECLARATIONOFPEACE dueled inside, fought back leaving the second turn, came a bit off the rail into the stretch and had little left for the drive.

NINTH RACE.

6 Furlongs. Purse: $15,000. Claiming. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $12,500. Time 22.02 45.83 58.62 1:12.50

Winner–Busy Paynter B.f.3 by Paynter out of Busy Mis, by Miswaki. Bred by Robert L. Losey, Paul McGinty & WinStarFarm, LLC (KY). Trainer: Brian J. Koriner. Owner: Dare To Dream Stable LLC (Michael Faber), Crawford, Robert J., Faurot, Rod, Graham, Gary and Koriner. Mutuel Pool $313,766 Daily Double Pool $94,328 Exacta Pool $166,734 Superfecta Pool $68,571 Super High Five Pool $15,163 Trifecta Pool $97,310. Claimed–Coilette by Marjorie Avery. Trainer: Lorenzo Ruiz. Scratched–At the Margin, Hola Mazuma, Promnesia.

50-Cent Pick Three (5-8-1) paid $30.30. Pick Three Pool $174,478. 50-Cent Pick Four (3-5-8-1/4/7/8) 2508 tickets with 4 correct paid $171.45. Pick Four Pool $563,524. 50-Cent Pick Five (1-3-5-8-1/4/7/8) 1058 tickets with 5 correct paid $3,467.05. Pick Five Pool $340,710. 20-Cent Pick Six Jackpot (3-1-3-5-8-1/4/7/8) 17 tickets with 6 correct paid $5,879.86. Pick Six Jackpot Pool $181,825. Pick Six Jackpot Carryover $436,837. 50-Cent Consolation Pick Three (5-8-7) paid $19.50.

BUSY PAYNTER had good early speed and dueled inside, inched away on the turn, kicked clear and proved best under some urging. SECRET MANEUVER chased between horses then off the rail, angled in on the turn, came out in midstretch and edged a rival late for the place. COILETTE had speed between rivals then stalked a bit off the rail, angled in on the turn, continued inside in the stretch and was edged late for second. TRIBAL DANCE four wide early, stalked outside a rival then a bit off the rail leaving the turn and into the stretch and weakened in the final furlong. HEART OF THE NILE chased three deep, continued outside on the turn and three wide into the stretch and also weakened. BLEW BY YOU between horses early, dueled outside the winner, stalked a bit off the rail then outside a rival on the turn, came out into the stretch and also weakened. WARM IT UP bobbled sharply at the start, settled a bit off the rail then inside on the turn and into the stretch and lacked a response in the drive.

Santa Anita Entries for Friday, November 1.

Santa Anita, Santa Anita Park, Arcadia, California. 21st day of a 23-day meet.

FIRST RACE.

1¾ Mile. Purse: $200,000. ‘Marathon Stakes’. 3 year olds and up.

SECOND RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $80,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. Fillies and Mares. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $40,000.

THIRD RACE.

7 Furlongs. Purse: $200,000. ‘Golden State Juvenile Fillies’. Stakes. Fillies. 2 year olds. State bred.

FOURTH RACE.

7 Furlongs. Purse: $200,000. ‘Golden State Juvenile’. Stakes. Colts and Geldings. 2 year olds. State bred.

FIFTH RACE.

5 Furlongs Turf. Purse: $1,000,000. ‘Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint’. Stakes. 2 year olds.

SIXTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $1,000,000. ‘Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf’. Stakes. Colts and Geldings. 2 year olds.

SEVENTH RACE.

1 1/16 Mile. Purse: $2,000,000. ‘Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies’. Stakes. Fillies. 2 year olds.

EIGHTH RACE.

1 Mile Turf. Purse: $1,000,000. ‘Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf’. Stakes. Fillies. 2 year olds.

NINTH RACE.

1 1/16 Mile. Purse: $2,000,000. ‘TVG Breeders’ Cup Juvenile’. Stakes. Colts and Geldings. 2 year olds.

TENTH RACE.

7 Furlongs. Purse: $80,000. Allowance Optional Claiming. 3 year olds and up. Claiming Price $40,000.