2/18: Santa Anita ($1.2MM C/O)
 

With difficult card and Cheroot a stunning $60 winner of the Daytona at Santa Anita Sunday, carryover reaches a monstrous $1.2 million for the Monday holiday card. Expect the pool to reach $5,000,000 on an approachable sextet.. Super High 5 also in carryover mode with $86k+ at stake in the finale..


SANTA ANITA

PRE-SCRATCHES..

5th: OC/N2X, F&M-4+, 1m-T (P6, P3, DD, Super)

Quality group kicks off '6' with Gaines pace princess Moonshine lined up wide and Cecil returnee Ainamaa perhaps needing one; Abrams' mare one of Chantal's 2 winners on meet, and looks tractable at attractive number..

Best Value: #2 Lightmyfirebaby 12-1 - 6th
Most Likely: #5 Siamese Cat 3-1 - 5th
Next Best: #7 Big Bertha 8-1 - 4th
Exotics Add: #11 Silver Moonshine 12-1 - 3rd


6th: CLM, 4+, 8.5f (P3, DD, Super)

Dime platers notoriously unreliable as singles and pilot looking for first photo of gathering, but Norway House looms one to beat with ungoggled Si Chimi the reasonable alternative..

Best Value: #7 Si Chimi 8-1 - 2nd
Most Likely: #1 Norway House 2-1 - WON
Next Best: #5 The Rye Man 5-2 - 5th


7th: MDN CLM, 3yo-F, 6.5f (P4, P3, DD, Super)

Best Value: #3 SCR (SCR Sub: #9 Run Savio Run 5-1) - 11th
Most Likely: #12 True Suggestion 7-2 - 2nd
Next Best: #10 Colony Trick 5-1 - 3rd
Exotics Add: #8 Forgiving Spirit 10-1 - 8th



8th: 21st Buena Vista H. (Gr. II), F&M-4+, 1m-T (P3, DD, Super)

2nd of skein's three turf miles a graded affair with handful of possibles..

Best Value: #8 Shermeen 8-1 - 4th
Most Likely: #5 Alexandra Rose 4-1 - 6th
Next Best: #7 Black Mamba 5-2 - 2nd
Exotics Add: #6 Trick's Pic 3-1 - 7th


9th: MSW, 3yo, 9.5f (DD, Super)

Super fun betting race with Tiz and Medjool constantly running into hot horses; Same may happen here with Street Royale and Pearl Fisher exiting classy affair, and Baffert returning interesting 'Screen'...

Best Value: #12 Pearl Fisher 15-1 - 4th
Most Likely: #6 STREET ROYALE 10-1 - 3rd
Next Best: #2 Tiz Now Tiz Then 5-1 - 7th
Exotics Add: #3 Medjool 7-2 WON ; #4 Screen to Screen 10-1 - 2nd


10th: CLM, F&M-4+, 1m-T (Super High 5)

Solid Puype fave 'Britney' has tricky task clearing from wide berth without coming up empty in lane..

Best Value: #2 Royal Prana 6-1 - 2nd
Most Likely: #13 Britney Heat 7-2 - 7th
Next Best: #9 Trick a Cat 8-1 - 5th
Exotics Add: #5 Lake Marina 12-1 - 3rd
High 5 Add: #6 Pindaric 8-1 - 8th


<$200 P6 Play:

5: 2-5-7-11
6: 1
7: 10-12
8: 5-7-8
9: 6-12
10: 2-13

4x1x2x3x2x2 = 96 x $2 = $192


<$75 P4 Play:

7: 10-12
8: 5-6-7-8
9: 2-6-12
10: 2-9-13

2x4x3x3 = $72


Good luck!
Steve

Steve,

Posted contest for this is Contest Thread...

Spydee,

Cool! Thx... Happy to offer up usual prizes for top finishers...!

can someone tell me the EST start for the 5th race? I cant get to equibase from work. thanks

Root, 5:34pm ET

2:34 PM PST

NT

thanks to you both

Wow,anybody else gunna leave the #1 enema off in the 5th? How can ya do that? I expect Blanc to win the 5th ,or the 9th.He has to.Doesn't he have just a win or 2 at the meet?Time to go,and he can ride when he has to.Has to mean more to him than us,today.

Scratch #3 Classy Attraction - Race 7

LINK to SA CHANGES: http://www.santaanita.com/racing/changes.php


FYI: Joel Rosario off ALL mounts today..

Rosario go down or something?

He went down 2 days ago. Bruised up his knee I think.

why no love for Costume?

R/D,

Eating away at me actually.. I hate the race.

My tickets

5)3.7,10
6)1,8
7)8,9,12
8)4
9)3,7
10)7,9
$144

5)3
6)1
7)8,12
8)7
9)2,3,11
10)5,7,9
$36

Ethiopian Pick 6 Ticket
3,9/3,5/12/6,7/2/2,7
$32

5)1
6)1,5
7)8,9,10,11,12
8)7
9)2,7,8,11
10)9

5)1,3,4,5,10
6)1,5
7)8,9,10,11,12
8)7
9)2
10)9

chantal is the greatest/blanc too ..they should have kids produce the worst jock ever,,,,,,,,

Just can't put serious money on a pick 6 out there.

nope i didnt play at all......to wild a card......and the funny thing is if the 1/5 dont get up here it thinned out 85 perc....imo