
Santa Anita for Friday 12 March 2010
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Handicappers Corner
Feel good about these 4 exacta boxes in the 5th race 1, 3  1, 5   1, 8  1, 9  Â
If the seemingly slow pace develops like I believe it will in the 7th race I like this straight trifecta bet  4-3-2
race 1  slightly above average clarity
7 Kaylie's Joy  earned a strong wake up fig in last with a bad trip.....same effort and a smoother journey and she should win
6 Champagneandlilies  wide trip in maiden debut...good work since....barns having a very good meeting....should move forward
5 Allie Wolf  showed stronger pace in her latest and now adds blinkers......can get loose with a good speed rider and......may........go........all.........the........way
race 2Â Â Â average clarity
2 Zilarator  little shot in last wide chasing a strong pace......Baff switches to his number one guy these days the vastly improved Martin Garcia...should be prominent thru-out
4 Drink At Last Call  logical drop to get to the circle of joy
7 Cranky Jack  strong series of tightly spaced drills and good sprint breeding makes this 1st timer dangerous
race 3   average clarity  Â
5 Paleo  consistently tries hard....only USA grass race he ran in turned out to be a very stout group with many firing big efforts in their next out
6 Fair Chase  some solid sprint efforts on the synthetic and well bred to fire on the grass.....barn has been hot 1st ever on the grass as well
4 Sky Chant  useful sprint in debut and now switches to the grass where she has breeding that strongly suggests that is where she has been pointed for
3 Roman Charity  proven on the SA hill grass course and that is 1/2 the battle
race 4Â Â Â slightly above average clarity
7 Brayden Buddy   on the improve with every start including a wide with solid pace effort in his last.....should be prominent thru-out
3  Warring Heart  long layoff for this drop down from the top to the bottom in the maiden ranks....works suggest he's healthy and sound enough to fire
2 Spinco Bob  showed life in debut and has an improved work since....should improve today
6 Whizer barn has only 1 win in their last 100 starts with maiden claimers but they do get this gelding to put in a decent closing run about 50% of the time
race 5Â Â Â average clarity
1 Wicked Mischief  all three races after his layoff are solid and the recent drills suggest we may see even better
8 Cape Town King  very very consistent shipper should be prominent from the get go
3 Scottish Diamond  2 1/2 months off....if he comes back the same he's the one to beat...not sure that he is though
5 Swiss Ski  subtle move forward in last and Bejarano sticks around...closing may get a lively pace to run at
race 6Â Â Â average clarity
3 Squeeze Me Tight  nice return to race wars after the layoff in her last.....should move forward for the awakening Ellis barn
1 Higher Incentive  ran well versus better in her only grass efforts on the SA hill turf course
4Â Life By R RÂ Â don't like using the over used word "bounce" (kind of like politicians and financial talking heads using "at the end of the day" too often) but if this horse "bounced" in his last and rebounds to his fab race 2 back....bombs away
5 Connie The Queen  dangerous looking invader has been laid up but is training well   Â
race 7Â Â Â above average clarity
4 Spurrier  race lacks pace and this well worked fellow should get the perfect chase / ponce position
3 Aggie Engineer very ratable horse looks loose here and has a good chance to take it wire to wire
race 8Â Â Â average clarity
9 One Man's Delight  5 year old gelding has caught some very solid fields and gets to face five 3 year olds in here
12 Turbulence big synthetic runs at GG and I sure like his grass breeding
8Â Romance Is Family
3Â Absolutlypositivly
6Â My Boy Walsh
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