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Santa Anita for Thursday 3 March 2011
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Decent looking card to start another week of racing at beautiful Santa Anita. Wish I was there!
race 1 average clarity
6 Money Lover good chance to sit in a good stalk position...laid up awhile but he's up for 25K so I believe he will be ready fresh
7 Jax El in sharp form and appears to be speed of the speed in this spot
1 West Ruler 2 for 2 in sprints on the AW and decently bred for the sod.....3 speed types in a 7 horse affair might set things up nicely for this late runner
race 2 slightly below average clarity
1 Nisus one year away from racing but training as if he is very sharp and ready fresh off of the bench for his new trainer
6 Gaelic Glory back in short rest off of only a 5F race is usually a good thing
2 Santa's Love on the right end of the learning curve at GG....trainer is capable when he ships to S Cal
8 R. E. King somewhat sketchy work pattern for this 1st timer but on the other hand he sure has popped some solid works for this lowly level
race 3 average clarity
4 Where's The Remote solid animal for this 62.5K level....very solid work series suggest Mitchell is all business
6 Worth Repeating ditto for this Mandella charge
5 Falcon Rock another awfully nice animal for this level....$50K purse seems to have enticed 3 solid runners to compete in a high priced claimer...blinkers on to help this marathon specialist sit closer in a shorter 1 1/8 mile affair
race 4 average clarity
4 Ranchero good MSW debut for this Baffert charge and 2 reassuring drills since...bred to possess solid sprint capabilities
7 He's So Stylish private purchase here and Hollendorfer is usually stellar 1st out in this situation
3 Screaming Destiny owns good sprint speed on the AW...major factor today if he responses well to the new SA surface
5 Britt's Brother Guillot barn is more then capable with a 1st timer and this fellow has some strong drills
race 5 average clarity
7 Rule The Storm very competitive sort when she is able to sit on or near the front end and she should be able to get that desired position today
9 Beautiful American lead type only will need our top choice to take back and chase and I believe she will....has run solid races when loose at today's 1 mile distance on the grass
1 Entabeni late runner will have fingers crossed that both of our top picks will knock heads early
2 Elle Pickle deep closer looks as if she may have had 2 tune-ups off of a long layoff and now drops and will be at full throttle today at a very big price
race 6 average clarity
5 American Wildcat GG invader just worked an eye popping 4 furlongs suggesting he will love the switch to conventional dirt
3 Ominous Thomas bit of a suspicious drop but a major factor if he is healthy enough to preform at about 80% of his previous ability
7 Edgewick Road competitive sort finally gets a top echelon jockey in Rosario...good history at today's 25K claiming level
4 Ohana Spirit N Cal invader is 1 for 1 on conventional dirt......seemingly ample pace in this affair and that should help his closing style
race 7 slightly above average clarity
6 Rauschenberg very nice grass horse should be able to sit close up in a race seemingly set for those near the front...bad trip in last hides his sharp form some
2 Hughesy all 4 of his lifetime turf races run around 2 turns sure look good on Top Turf Today performance ratings
9 Dahoud owns enough early speed to possibly be able to clear from his far outside post.....good shot to go all the way if Rosario can make that happen
7 Rule Breaker broke slowly in U S of A debut....owned speed in GB and this would be a good spot to show it here
race 8 average clarity
2 Titian solid last and claimed by O'Neill....strong drill for new barn....maybe sitting on lifetime best today
5 Semper Augustus very strong drills for a trainer like Walsh who doesn't push her 1sters too hard...rather sure ready to roll 1st out of the box
4 Super J. D. Periban charge is training like he will be at full throttle for his debut into the world of thoroughbred racing
8 Bryan Daniel solid 1st ever on conventional dirt in his latest...that race fits fine and any move forward would only be icing on the cake
7 Kemper County out of a very good producing broodmare and training like he is ready in his mc claimer debut
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