Paulick Report | By Victor Ryan
After a highly successful 2025 campaign, multiple graded stakes winner Queen Maxima will kick off her 5-year-old season as the expected favorite in the Grade 3, $100,000 Las Cienegas Stakes for older fillies and mares Sunday at Santa Anita. The Las Cienegas is contested at about 6 ½ furlongs on Santa Anita’s unique hillside turf course.
