Horse racing, Santa Anita

Santa Anita opinions for Thursday, Feb. 7

PREVIEW: Not sure what condition the turf course will be in after this week’s rains, but when half the card is on the green stuff you have to make some picks.

FIRST RACE: 1. Lil Milo, 2. Duluth, 3. Shaymin. LONG SHOT: Huddle.

SECOND RACE: 1. Irish Ballad, 2. Rak City, 3. Sergio. LONG SHOT: Victor’s Show.

THIRD RACE: 1. Daybreak, 2. See That Kat, 3. The Nine O. LONG SHOT: Roses and Candy.

FOURTH RACE: 1. Vegas Strong Baby, 2. Sierra Sunrise, 3. Equal Measure. LONG SHOT: Sass Machine.

FIFTH RACE: 1. Avalanche, 2. The Hunter, 3. Shaky Alibi. LONG SHOT: Trojan Spirit.

SIXTH RACE: 1. Bashful, 2. Secret Spice, 3. Mo See Cal. LONG SHOT: Just a Smidge.

SEVENTH RACE: 1. Builder, 2. Count Hu, 3. Gentle Prince. LONG SHOT: Frankie Machine.

EIGHTH RACE: 1. Lil Sydney, 2. Blame It On Kitty, 3. Frozen Money. LONG SHOT: Resident Liberal.

Good luck.

SUNDAY’S RESULTS (Dirt races only)

Top choice winners: 1 (Calm Down Lady $3.20, third race)

Second choice winners: 3 (Beantown Boys $9, second; Bizwhacks $4.80, fifth; I Am the Danger $5.40, seventh)

Third choice winners: 0

Long shot winners: 0

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Santa Anita opinions for Sunday, Feb. 3 (First post 11 a.m.)

PREVIEW: Not going to handicap the two turf races again. I don’t see how they run them on the green after Saturday’s drenching.

SECOND RACE: 1. Avanti Bello, 2. Beantown Boys, 3. Clear the Mine. LONG SHOT: Freedom Hill.

THIRD RACE: Calm Down Lady, 2. Gadot, 3. Glitter Gulch. LONG SHOT: Derby Luck.

FOURTH RACE: 1. Anuket, 2. Crreative Instinct, 3. Tapwater. LONG SHOT: Proud Emma.

FIFTH RACE: 1. Mercy Mercy, 2. Soothing, 3. Bizwhacks. LONG SHOT: Bold Mongolian.

SEVENTH RACE: 1. Soul Steit, 2. I AM the Danger, 3. Tough But Nice. LONG SHOT: Best Two Minutes.

EIGHTH RACE: 1. Surfing Star, 2. Nero, 3. Air Vice Marshal. LONG SHOT: Apalachee Bay.

NINTH RACE: 1. Lanacakes, 2. Jeweled, 3. Desired Edge. LONG SHOT: Venice.

Good luck.

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

Top choice winners: 3 (Leroy $7.80, first race; No Wine Untasted $9.20, fourth; Mucho Gusto $3.20, sixth)

Second choice winners: 3 (Omaha Beach $3.40, fifth; Battle of Midway $6.80, ninth; Isee It in Hiseyes $7, 10th)

Third choice winners: 2 (Denman’s Call $6.40, second; Holland Road $17.60, third)

Long shot winners: 0

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Santa Anita opinions for Saturday, Feb. 2

Preview: Put on your mud caulks.

FIRST RACE: Leroy, 2. Nap Lajoie, 3. Raul Rosas. LONG SHOT: Cyclometric.

SECOND RACE: 1. Allaboutmike, 2. Stone Hands, 3. Denman’s Call. LONG SHOT: Kochees.
Beantown Boys is likely to scratch from this race because he is enter back on Sunday or he would have been in my top three.

THIRD RACE: 1. Bedeviled, 2. Pioneerof the West, 3. Holland Road. LONG SHOT: Carville.

FOURTH RACE: 1. No Wine Untasted, 2. Team Hollywood, 3. Tyfosha. LONG SHOT: Leveler.

FIFTH RACE: 1. One Bad Boy, 2. Omaha Beach, 3. Polar. LONG SHOT: Alleva.

SIXTH RACE: 1. Nolo Contesto, 2. Mucho Gusto, 3. Gunmetal Gray. LONG SHOT: Magnificent McCool.

SEVENTH RACE: 1. Camzul, 2. Royal Aspirations, 3. Calder Vale. LONG SHOT: Toby Time.

EIGHTH RACE: 1. Scalper, 2. Norski, 3. Time Is Now. LONG SHOT: C Falls.

NINTH RACE: 1. Giant Expoectations, 2. Battle of Midway, 3. McKinzie. LONG SHOT: Sonneteer.

10TH RACE: 1. Candyman Garrret, 2. Das Bear, 3. Isee It in Hiseyes. LONG SHOT: Warrior’s Lullaby.

Good luck.

FRIDAY’S RESULTS (Main track races only)

Top choice winners: 1 (Queen Bee to You $6, fifth race)

Second choice winners: 0

Third choice winners: 1 (Matriculate $8.40, second)

Long shot winners: 1 (Had Enough K P $13.20, sixth)

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Santa Anita opinions for Friday, Feb. 1

PREVIEW: We predicted the turf races would be run on the main track on Thursday and we were right, but why did it take track management so long to take the first and sixth races off, which didn’t happen until less than an hour before first post? Sam story on Sunday. The first is scheduled for the turf. Why? Or better yet why not later on the program? It is suppose to pour in SoCal on Saturday. I’ll be shocked if anything is run on the grass but at least give it a couple hours more to dry out.
No picks in today’s turf races. I don’t see them being run on the surface. So just picks in the main track events.

SECOND RACE: 1. Quad, 2. Trapalanda, 3. Matriculate. LONG SHOT: Lindante.

FOURTH RACE: 1. Coil to Strike, 2. Sea’s Journey, 3. Soul Owner. LONG SHOT: Big Bad Gary.

FIFTH RACE: 1. Queen Bee ti You, 2. Harmony Victory, 3. Dulce Ride. LONG SHOT: Mongolian Humor.

SIXTH RACE: 1. Queen of the Track, 2. True Validity, 3. Thanks. LONG SHOT: Had Enough K P.

EIGHTH RACE: 1. Candy Cornell, 2. Solomini, 3. Kylemore. LONG SHOT: Beaumarchais.

Good luck.

THURSDAY’S RESULTS (Off the turf races not included)

Top choice winners: 1 (Extra Hope $8.20, seventh race)

Second choice winners: 2 (Microrithms $6.60, fourth; Perfect Ice Storm $8, fifth)

Third choice winners: 1 (Platinum Equity $6.20, second)

Long shot winners: 0

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Santa Anita opinions for Thursday, Jan. 31

PREVIEW: I don’t see any way the turf races will remain on that surface on Thursday. The rain is supposed to hit Arcadia around 8 a.m. and it’s going to rain the rest of the racing week. On Wednesday, Santa Anita postponed the turf stakes races this week due to the forecast and will run an all main track program Saturday and I suspect the same on Sunday. The thing is Santa Anita has been proactive this winter regarding the racing on the turf, but it didn’t for Thursday and Friday, which I don’t understand since the forecast has been out there since last weekend and I predicted on Twitter Sunday night there wouldn’t be any turf racing this week. We’ll see. So any picks for the grass on Thursday are for TURF ONLY. If I get the scratches early enough Thursday, I might re-look at those races. GOOD LUCK.

FIRST RACE (TURF ONLY): 1. Ice Kat, 2. Falcone, 3. Bellerin. LONG SHOT: Hot American.

SECOND RACE: 1. Ronton, 2. Spa Shackalacka, 3. Platinum Equity. LONG SHOT: Gain Ground.

THIRD RACE (TURF ONLY): 1. Big Buzz, 2. Dubnation, 3. Raging Tiger. LONG SHOT: Impeachableoffense.

FOURTH RACE: 1. The Hardest Way, 2. Captain Scotty, 3. Microithms. LONG SHOT: Graycaster,

FIFTH RACE: 1. Choi, 2. Perfect Ict Storm, 3. Tick Tock. LONG SHOT: Discrete Stevie B.

SIXTH RACE (TURF ONLY): 1. Fight On, 2. Risky Proposition, 3. Acker. LONG SHOT: Magic Musketier.

SEVENTH RACE: 1. Extra Hope, 2. Gray Magician, 3. Kingly. LONG SHOT: Big Scott Daddy.

EIGHTH RACE: 1. He Be Mojo Risin, 2. Loud Mouth, 3. Abusive Gary. LONG SHOT: King Lebron.

SUNDAY’S RESULTS (Abbreviated picks)

Top choice winners: 2 (Arms Runner $10.60, fourth race; Don’t Stalk Me $5.80, seventh)

Second choice winners: 1 (Nice Work $4, fifth)

Third choice winners: 1 (Conquest Tsunami $4.80, eighth)

Long shot winners: 1 (Mesut $24.60, 10th)

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Santa Anita opinions for Sunday, Jan. 27

Preview: Sorry abbreviated picks today.

FIRST RACE: 1. Catoca, 2. Mogolian Window, 3. Don’t Blame Judy. LONG SHOT: Madaket Sunset.

SECOND RACE: 1. Copy Begone, 2. Powder.

THIRD RACE: 1. Mucho Unusual.

FOURTH RACE: 1. Arms Runner, 2. Eric the Trojan.

FIFTH RACE: 1. Popcorn for Eddie, 2. Nice Work.

SIXTH RACE: 1. Kitty Boo, 2. Stella Malone, 3. Atina. LONG SHOT: Chatty.

SEVENTH RACE: 1. Don’t Stalk Me, 2. Treasure Hunter.

EIGHTH RACE: 1. Hunt, 2. Cistron, 3. Conquest Tsunami. LONG SHOT: Blended Citizen.

NINTH RACE: 1. Conquest Flatterme, 2. Eskenforadrink.

10TH RACE: 1. Shadow Sphinx, 2. North County Guy, 3. Erotic. LONG SHOT: Mesut.

Good luck.

SATURDAY’S RESULTS

Top choice winners: 2 (Littlebitamedal $11.80, seventh race; Christy Jackson $5.40, eighth)

Second choice winners: 4 (Listing $7, third; Spend Spend Spend $3.80, fifth; Tooreen Dancer $13, sixth; S Y Sky $6, ninth)

Third choice winners: 1 (Mo Bob $18.40, first)

Long shot winners: 1 (Touching Rainbows $8, fourth)

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Santa Anita opinions for Saturday, Jan. 26 (first post 11:30 a.m.)

FIRST RACE: 1. Arch Anthem, 2. Aussie Fox, 3. Mo Bob. LONG SHOT: Ready Say Go.

SECOND RACE: 1. Just Hit Play, 2. Runningwscissors, 3. Two Fifty Coup. LONG SHOT: Mad Mike.

THIRD RACE: 1. Irish Heatwave, 2. Listing, 3. Our Silver Oak. LONG SHOT: Offshore Affair.

FOURTH RACE: 1. Heck Yeah, 2. Richard’s Boy, 3. Edwards Going Left. LONG SHOT: Touching Rainbows.

FIFTH RACE: 1. Oozle, 2. Spend Spend Spend, 3. Lady Ninja. LONG SHOT: Family Girl.

SIXTH RACE: 1, Vevina, 2. Tooreen Dancer, 3. Tonahutu. LONG SHOT: Gratzie.

SEVENTH RACE: 1. Littlebitamedal, 2. It Makes Sense, 3. Exultation. LONG SHOT: Bear Chum.

EIGHTH RACE: 1. Christy Jackson, 2. Smitten Kitten, 3. Don’teatmycookies. LONG SHOT: Pulpitinthesky.

NINTH RACE: 1. Cordiality, 2. S Y Sky, 3. Pulpit Rider. LONG SHOT: Bella Luma.

10TH RACE: 1. Builder, 2. Roaring Fork, 3. Union Rebel. LONG SHOT: Buck Duane.

11TH RACE: 1. King Abner, 2. Accountability, 3. Camino Del Paraiso. LONG SHOT: Unusually Green.

Good luck.

FRIDAY’S RESULTS

Top choice winners: 1 (Heloise $6.60, fifth race)

Second choice winners: 3 (Silk From Heaven $5, second; Ostini $8, fourth; Souter $6.40, ninth)

Third choice winners: 0

Long shot winners: 0

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