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Santa Anita for Sunday 18 February 2018

Feel rather good about a rebound to our winning ways following yesterday's debacle. Tomorrow's card also looks good.

Best of luck as always!

 

race 1    average clarity

2  Radish   SCRATCHED OUT OF THE RACE  last appeared to be a tune-up off of the long layoff.....that and the drills put in since are quite nice.......race on SA hill in February is solid and disguised by a bad trip......filly seems likely to sit in a ground saving close up position

6  Glorious Hour   solid conventional MSW debut back in February at the difficult debut distance of 7F.......decent layoff race at GG for her 2nd lifetime start........good grass pedigree.....if she does take to the sod look for her to finish with vigor

3  Meal Ticket   sold effort down the hill in latest especially considering the extended 15 month hiatus from the game.......two reassuring works since.....not out of the win picture by any means

5  Beauty Divine

4  California Breeze

8  Chalky

 

race 2    average clarity

3  Justify   Baffert appears to have his 1st timer well prepared for the challenge of getting 7 panels in his MSW debut........finished his a.m. preparation with two consecutive 6F gate drills........mom has tossed 2 winners from 2 starters

4  Camby   lifetime best and better than par for today's MSW level was run two back and at today's somewhat specialty distance of 7F.....that and this colt might have better endurance coming off of a two turn mile

2  Show Time Rocket   broke slightly tardy and still managed to grab the lead in his MSW.......3 tightly spaced works since.......might be tough on the front end if he breaks better today

 

race 3    average clarity

3  Beantown Boys   plenty of speed signed up should enhance the chances of this off pace runner who should trail the field and come roaring down the stretch........he has been breaking a bit slow of late but that might not matter as much in this spot

6  Big League   four-year old gelding should sit 3 or 4 lengths behind a small wall of speed and get 1st crack at the leaders down the stretch.......gelding has been 1st and 2nd the only two times he was put up for a tag like today

5  Burn Me Twice   might be rated too low as he is capable of winning on or off or the pace.......but.......he has put in a sporadic work tab since his latest which was 3 months ago.......thus placed as 3rd selection.......albeit a dangerous one

 

race 4    above average clarity

5  Colosi   ultra impressive in his 1st run down the SA hill grass course breaking 2 lengths slow and losing about 2 lengths by running a bit wide.....yet......he finished very fast and then galloped out very well.......believe this gelding loves the turf

1  Hemp Hemp Hemp   colt is a very nice grass horse and from a barn that knows how to win grass races........only rated as 2nd selection because Espinoza is dynamite on the dirt but not so hot on the grass especially considering the quality of the mounts that he gets.......he is only 9 for his last 155 on the grass

2  Pubilius   like our 2nd choice he has very little to prove on the turf.......but he has been in turf routes and he might not get enough pace up front to get up in time

 

race 5    average clarity

2  Awesome Anywhere   MC20K debut fits solidly here and he appears to be lone speed.......that and he retains the advantage of Edwin Roman and his 5 lbs weight break

7  Williston Dude   1st out following the claim is one dangerous proposition for the opposition when the trainer is Mark Glatt......that and with the change in trainers comes a rider upgrade..........not out of the win picture by any means here

6  Path of Exile   7F seems like a good fit and it likely might not be for many in here.......and he has the potential for his lifetime best (or worst) as this is the 1st time he has run off of very short rest

4  Beloved Holiday

3  Cosmotivo

5  Awesome E K

 

race 6   below average clarity

5  Cynthiana   lifetime best was run on 21 July sprint to route 2nd out following a layoff.....same scenario today......that and Nakatani seems likely to grab the rail on the 1st turn as the 4 horses lined up inside of her are either much slower or faster than she is.....nice work tab to boot

3  The Tulip   good history back in short rest in Ireland........1st race in the USA off of short rest today.......race two back at SA is a par like race for today's level......dangerous sort from a trainer who seems overdue

4  Siberian Iris    nice layoff sprint turf race down the hill in her latest......Prat wisely sticks around for today's route.......trainer/rider have been a "live" combo of late after months of not being one

7  Girl Downstairs

2  Candy Swirls

6  Glory and Power

 

race 7    above average clarity

8  Velvet Jones   off pace filly seemingly needs to go bad or have to deal with a bias that would work against her not to be formidable here.......hot rider/trainer in Baze/Miller to boot

3  Ransomed   new to the scene apprentice rider Franklin Ceballos is doing nicely and like so many bug boys he is at his best sitting near the lead......and......it appears he should have this mare sitting 1st, 2nd or 3rd down the back stretch

2  Majestic Diva   seems at her best racing in sprints and her latest race which was at 5 1/2F is hidden in its strength as this gal was caught wide on a day the rail was biased........that and expect this four-year old to sit closer today with the blinkers going back on after being absent for a race

5  Sharp Holiday

1  Blissful Lady

 

race 8    average clarity

6  Selcourt   filly owns as much early speed as any female on the grounds and only seems to have one other speed type to put away and that filly starts from the 1st post......and this Sadler four year old shows one sharp 5F drill a week ago

5  Skye Diamonds   awfully impressive record on conventional dirt as in 8 wins and 2 seconds in 12 starts........that and she has wheeled off 6 straight wins when racing at 6 of 6 1/2 furlongs........one heck of  a nice claim (and training job) back in August of 2016 by Spawr and company

3  Coniah   filly has been on a nice roll since Morey took over the training duties of this five-year old mare.......solid race turf to turf two races back......turf to dirt today.......not impossible

 

race 9    average clarity

3  Mischievous Song   blinkers off for the 1st time and just what you want to see as in good-looking works (assuming she trained with them off).........1st on the sod and a route but she owns a solid pedigree to handle both.......good post and turf rider and trainer to help her handle the conversion

1  Bunny Yogurt   only grass race at a route that she competed in is solid considering today's level........the winning final time for two-year fillies in November was very fast and supported by the fact it turned out to be a key race.....jock upgrade and with a good post......such a deal

7  Curlin's Journey   decent layoff race in last and four works since........seems all set for today's drop into high-priced maiden claiming........that and she is coming off a 9F grass race which should boost her endurance for today's one mile affair when push comes to shove in the late stages

6  Biscate

11 AE   Super Patriot

4  Sekhmet's Revenge

 

 

Posted on February 18, 2018 at 10:43 am by richs · Permalink
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