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Santa Anita for Friday 25 March 2011
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Rained last night and early this morning. Not sure if they will be on or off the turf. Picks are OK with "average clarity" if they are moved to the main track. Track has been fair the last few cards and I hope it stays that way with the rain.
race 1 average clarity (if off the turf the selections are 5-4-3)
5 Great Passion love the drills since her most likely needed MSW debut....outstanding turf sprint pedigree
2 Tashara strong grass figs not to have graduated.....unusually a true sign of an animal not understanding what winning is about....hanging tendencies
3 Mutually Benefit good recent route turf races and now has put some more speed into this gal in the morning in preparation of her 1st in a turf sprint...Proctor could use a win
race 2 average clarity
5 Akeela lone route race 3 back was a decent 2nd at GG......so that makes me believe the 2 recent sprint races were nothing more then conditioners for today's endeavor going long
2 Sunny Peace needs time between starts and gets it.....Knapp barn is been somewhat hot
3 Twodollarstowin not much of a conventional dirt horse but only true closer in the field is a nice plus
race 3 average clarity (if off the turf the selections are 6-1-4)
6 Mazarron on good form and drops to score....only race on the sod fits well at today's level of racing
5 Dancing At Dark wide trip in last hides his 1st ever run on the grass.....very good work series from Sadler says all business today
1 Winning Desire has faced some nice competition in quite a few of his races....bred fine to handle the turf and ran well at Fpx in a two turn 7F affair...doubt a 2 turn mile will be a hindrance
race 4 average clarity
1 Balboa Bay shuffled back early and then showed good life from there in his 2nd lifetime start and 1st run on the dirt....trainer starts few but they are usually ready to roll
3 Afleet Cowboy tossed a clunker in last but previous was a very very bad trip race where he only got beat by 4 off of a long layoff....rebound today with a good trip and wins it
4 Preferred Behavior showing competitiveness in all 4 lifetime races....needs to move forward and his kind often do with their competitive make-up
race 5 average clarity
7 Requisition on the right end of the learning curve...barn is red hot...works since last are encouraging
2 Bronster last looks like the tune-up in a non-claiming event to be full throttle today in his 2nd outing after the layoff
3 Dime sprints/blinkers have yielded 1 win, 2 2nds, and a 3rd in 4 races....good recent drills is reassuring
6 Sahara Sky Hollendorfer wins at a 30% clip 1st time in his barn and that stat is with a couple hundred races.....won for fun in the mud in only start so an off track might be a plus
race 6 average clarity
1 ENTRY both 1/2's of the entry have a shot with the 1a seemingly the stronger 1/2 of the entry
2 Toscanova decent 1st long in last and is bred to appreciate route racing.....recent speed works hint that this filly once again will try to go wire to wire....should be more fit today 2nd at a route
6 Zee Chris sprints aren't bad and drops a small notch for 1st ever at a route
race 7 slightly below average clarity
7 Initial Impression has run well versus some stout fields....excellent work series says ready fresh off of the bench
8 River Glow broke slow and rushed and still managed to win which very few ever do with such a trip....steps up...good sign feels good....shot with clean break today
4 Hopeful Union nice sprinter and Ellis loves to strike 3rd after the layoff...also like the turf to dirt angle for this filly
9 Royal Tiger like this one cutting back 1 furlong and sure like the recent drills....race doesn't have a lot of speed so this one should be prominent from the get go and P Val is up
race 8 average clarity
5 What A Rush broke badly then showed life in lone race run last Summer.......best set of layoff drills for Avila in quite awhile....ready to roll fresh
3 Mr. Sierra excellent speed here...wire to wire attempt with Gomez as the pilot
4 Liberal Arts horrid trip in debut and dueled on a bad rail in 2nd lifetime start (no chance) at 7 to 5...lookout if luck changes today
8 Denny The Great blinkers off and Hess is dangerous with such an equipment change...works are good and supports the idea that blinks off are going to help
10 Jack Reacher flashed good speed in last and since Spawr has put endurance into him with some 6 furlong works....should last longer today
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