HORSE RACING

By Richard Eng

Post Time noon

Race 1 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $22,000, Claiming $16,000, 4-year-olds and up

2 High Standards – Tiny edge in a very difficult opener; ran well in return off a 7-month hiatus, switch to Joel Rosario.

6 Trumpet Player Jay – Tepid chalk in a wide-open affair; runs for half his price tag when second in showing high speed.

Long Shot – 1 Justice Reigns

Race 2 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $54,000, Maiden special weights, 3-year-olds

2 Chico d’Oro – Epitome of a horse that is the one to beat; the edge you’ll have is seeing the action on the many FTS.

1 Purely Awesome – Leap of faith that this Kathy Walsh baby will improve a lot in second start; sure to get overlooked.

Long Shot – 6 Dubber

Race 3 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $23,000, Maiden claiming $30,000, 3-year-olds

1 Classy Lion – Taking the biggest class drop in racing from MSW to maiden claiming; third start off an 8-month hiatus.

7 Rockin Harbor – Ran great from parking lot post 12 in last; he figures to see a wicked-fast pace to close into.

Long Shot – 8 Honor Among Us

Race 4 – 1 1/16th miles, $250,000 Santa Anita Oaks, Fillies, 3-year-olds

3 Turbulent Descent – One loss and pundits are ready to pan this filly; she’ll be tighter and can make amends on Zazu.

2 Zazu – Surprised she is not the morning-line favorite off a win in the Las Virgenes; quality filly is getting better.

Long Shot – 1 May Day Rose

Race 5 – 6 1/2 furlongs (turf), $75,000 Clocker’s Corner Handicap, Fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up

8 Unzip Me – This hillside course specialist has been pointed for this spot; Well Deserved is her main foe early on.

7 Reba Is Tops – Another who loves the hillside turf course; she has a powerful late kick, will sit and make one run.

Long Shot – 9 Broken Dreams

Race 6 – 6 furlongs, Purse $16,000, Claiming $12,500, Fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up

12 Lutess – Don’t typically like a maiden grad facing winners for the first time; this is a bad field, she may just be better.

7 L’Enchanteresse – Sliding down the claiming ladder to this career-low level; no one in this field likes to win races.

Long Shot – 11 Imperatriz

Race 7 – 6 1/2 furlongs (turf), Purse $30,000, Claiming $25,000, 4-year-olds and up

10 Galleta Monstruo – Dead-late closer drops to the class he last won at; figures to sit in arrears and explode late.

11 Pack Your Bags – Speedball tactics from a parking lot post; sliding down the claiming ladder to this career low.

Long Shot – 7 Leandros

Race 8 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $54,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, 3-year-olds

4 Oh My Honor – FTS has bullet works and appears ready to fire; you’ll see the tote action long after I’m in print.

3 Liberal Arts – I guarantee he faced tougher at Del Mar than he does tonight; troubled second in a good debut.

Long Shot – 6 Tiz a Budman

Race 9 – 1 mile (turf), $300,000 Frank Kilroe Mile, 4-year-olds and up

9 Jeranimo – Beaten favorite in the Sunshine Millions Turf; likely bounce off a big San Gabriel win, can rebound here.

4 Caracortado – Logical chalk went from overlooked to now overhyped; this by far will be his toughest test for class.

Long Shot – 2 Fluke

Race 10 – 1 1/4 miles, $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap, 4-year-olds and up

5 Twirling Candy – He’s one horse who is much better on dirt than synthetics; has shown the ability to rate this year.

8 First Dude – Bob Baffert has four in here, this guy is clearly his strongest card; his best is good enough to upset.

Long Shot – 3 Gladding

Race 11 – 1 mile (turf), Purse $56,000, Optional claiming $25,000, Cal-breds, 4-year-olds and up

5 Excelling – Like the trainer switch to the maestro Jerry Hollendorfer; colt has lots of room for improvement.

4 Absolutlypositivly – Lost to the top choice two races ago; rebounded with a sharp win in last, they are close to equals.

Long Shot – 1 He’s a Dance Star

Best Bet – 9 Jeranimo (race 9)

Santa Anita Park Friday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 14/5/$37.20; Long Shots, 8/1/$12.00; Best Bet, 1/0/$0

Santa Anita Park Totals – 702/195/$1,236.70; Long Shots, 351/50/$492.40; Best Bets, 41/16/$65.50

SIMULCAST PICK OF THE DAY – 4 Toby’s Corner (5/2) in race 10 at Aqueduct. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Friday, Hallway won at the Fair Grounds paying $5.00 to win, $3.40 to place and $2.20 to show. Stats – 40/29/$239.70