SANTA ANITA
Race 1
In this mile turf race No. 2 Pistol Packin Rose comes into this in top form and owns a big last work. No. 3 Cynthiana gets Prat riding for Baltas and is a must use. No. 10 War Moccasin gets her first start off the $50k Hollendorfer claim and we will use. 2-3-10
Race 2
$8k fillies and mares go a mile. No. 1 Forbidden Command is a re-claim by Miyadi with Maldo gunning from the bell. No. 5 Papercoversrock won her last race and it was her first try at this level, she can repeat. 1-5
Race 3
2yo maiden fillies go 5-1/2 furlongs. No. 1 Patricia’s Ring gets Mike Smith riding for Carla Gaines which makes us take notice, this filly is out of the dam Erhu who has dropped 5 winners from 5 starters including two stakes winners, has been working a hole in the wind. No. 2 Secret Spice gets her second start and exits a race in which the second place finisher came back to score next out. 1-2
Race 4
Optional $75k 3yo fillies go a mile on the grass in a wide open affair, the two key players in here are No. 2 Tonahutu who gets her second start in the states after just missing by a dwindling nose last out. No. 6 Aura Rose finished 3rd in the race just missing by 3/4 of a length, we key those two with No. 1 Joe’sgoldenholiday. No. 3 Goseecal and No. 4 Resky Business. 2**-6**with 1-3-4
Race 5
$50k maiden 2yo go a mile. No. 4 Flip the Coin Jan exits our HTW list and gets his first start off the $50k O’Neill claim. No. 8 Craft Brew exits the same race and gets his second start on the West Coast after shipping in from Gulfstream Park and moving into the barn of Cerin. 4**-8
Race 6
Maiden 2yo go six furlongs. No. 4 My Boo just missed by a nostril in his first start after a wide trip, he will love the extra half a furlong today. No. 1 Raven Creek exits the same race and looks the speed unless one of the first-time starters is a runner. 4**-1
Race 7
THE $200K GRADE 2 JOHN HENRY AT 1-1/4 ON THE GRASS
We will use two here in the late pick four. No. 7 Inordinate who gets Nakatani back on for Baltas, he won with this guy one race back here at Santa Anita going 1-3/4 on the grass. No. 8 Hunt is in the best form of his life and is looking for his 3rd straight stakes win. 7-8
Race 8
Optional $40k fillies and mares go 6-1/2 furlongs. No. 7 Sheza Chattykat is the key here, she exits our HTW list as a $$$ play we will single in the pick four and play exacta boxes keying her with No. 1 Anonymity. No. 6 Just a Little Hope and No. 9 Dominating Woman. 7*** with 1-6-9
Race 9
We will go singling again keying on No. 10 Malko in this $25k claimer going 1-1/8 on the grass, he gets a huge rider switch to Prat and will love this distance, we will key him in exacta boxes using the No. 2 At Ease and No. 7 Rye Patch the chalk. 10** with 2-7
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