SANTA ANITA
Race 1
No. 2 Distracting won at .60 cents on the dollar in her last start and will be odds on again today. Her stablemate No. 4 Pink Lollipops has two wins here and will try and upset. 2-4
Race 2
2yo maiden fillies go a mile on the grass. No. 4 Sarach is bred for the grass and the trip in this her second start. Her stablemate No. 9 Villano never got untracked in her one and only after getting squeezed off at the start. She will go better today. 4-9
Race 3
Baffert sends out his usual two in this 2yo maiden race, No. 1 Really Mr Greely and No. 4 Z Big Apple. After that you need to hit the all button as this one is really wide open. 1-4-all
Race 4
No. 2 Shezabigbroad gets a turn back in distance as she goes down the hill. With little early speed in here No. 5 Promiscuoussuances may find herself alone turning for home. She could get brave. 2-5
Race 5
No. 6 Idontrollonshabbos exits our HTW list for a trainer who hits at around .38% first off the claim. He is in top form and had a real nice run over the surface. We will single in the pick five. 6
Pick five
1st 2-4
2nd 4-9
3rd 1-4
4th 2-5
5th 6
Race 6
Down the hill we go. No. 1 Relentless Heat has won two of his four starts going down the hill and will find a fast early pace. No. 10 Candy’s Sunrise ran good in his one start going 6 furlongs on the Hollywood grass last year and may take to this downhill course as he will sit right off the hot pace. 1-10
Race 7
No. 6 Mack’s Gold Bullet will try and turn the tables on No. 1 Imperial Pride who ran him down last time out. No. 11 Dave’s Pacemaker gets Tyler and will be coming with a late run. 1-6-11
Race 8
The feature today is the 100k Senator Ken Maddy going down the hill. No. 3 Broken Dreams could not handle the pace in the Grade 2 Yellow Ribbon but will find these much easier. No. 6 Byrama looked good winning the Unzip Me here on September 29th and is in top form as Bejarano fits this one like a glove. 3-6
Race 9
We finish the day with 20k maidens going a flat mile and speed has ruled in these races, so we will go with No. 7 I Feel Free who just may pop today and his stablemate No. 3 Givimaway with the hot riding Maldonado getting the leg up. 3-7
Pick four
6th 1-10
7th 1-6-11
8th 3-6
9th 3-7
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Richard Saber, a former director of race and sports at the famed Stardust book, is GamingToday’s horse racing and sports handicapper. Contact Richard at [email protected].