Horse Racing: Today at Santa Anita Park, June 5
June 4, 2015 - 7:43 pm
Post Time 4 p.m.
Race 1 - 6 furlongs, Purse $35,000, Claiming $32,000, 3-year-olds and up
5 Oligarch - Claimed by Gary Stute off a sharp win for $25K; bumped up to $32K, but has the back class to handle the rise.
4 I B Mike - Gets class relief to face an easier test; has tactical speed to be forwardly placed from the start.
Long Shot - 1 My Secret Affair
Race 2 - 1 mile, Purse $56,000, Maiden special weights, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up
6 Savannah Sky - Rafael Bejarano has been riding first call for the white hot Richard Baltas barn; all these guys do is win.
3 Boat Drinks - Drayden Van Dyke had options and chose to ride here for John Sadler; switches from turf to dirt for this.
Long Shot - 2 Mahee
Race 3 - 1 1/8th miles (turf, rail at 24 feet), Purse $60,000, Optional claiming $62,500, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up
6 Arethusa - Was given an tough task last time in the grade 3 Santa Barbara; gets class relief and is reunited with Rafael Bejarano.
1 One More - Speedy sort draws the rail to save every inch of ground; a few years ago Mario Gutierrez was to ride I’ll Have Another in NY.
Long Shot - 4 Royal Temptress
Race 4 - 1 1/8th miles, Purse $23,000, Maiden claiming $30,000, 3-year-olds and up
8 Rob’s Golden Touch - Sliding down the maiden claiming ladder to this career low class; showed solid improvement in second start.
4 Hazardous Dreams - Another taking a slide down the maiden claiming ladder; has back speed numbers fast enough to crush these.
Long Shot - 1 Blame It On Tekela
Race 5 - 1 mile (turf, rail at 24 feet), Purse $35,000, Maiden claiming $75,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up
1 Housemaker - I like the rail post at a 2-turn mile on turf or dirt; short run to the first turn guarantees saving lots of ground.
2 Katy Drama - 3 of her 4 turf starts have been down the hillside turf course; she did run a mile once and lost less than a length.
Long Shot - 6 Betterlethergo
Race 6 - 5 furlongs, Purse $56,000, Maiden special weights, 2-year-olds
9 Annie’s Candy - Did everything but win in his career debut; interesting rider switch to Tyler Baze for the money shot.
2 Boldly True - Rafael Bejarano also rides first call for the maestro Jerry Hollendorfer; this FTS figures to be live on the tote.
Long Shot - 1 Nyquist
Race 7 - 1 mile (turf, rail at 24 feet), Purse $58,000, Optional claiming $80,000, Fillies, 3-year-olds
7 Paulina’s Love - Graduated first time out of the box for new barn, Richard Baltas; Rafael Bejarano for Gary Stevens who is at Belmont.
9 Miss Boom Boom - That was a brutal inch loss last time as the chalk; vote of confidence is getting mounts from Jerry Hollendorfer.
Long Shot - 2 Elementar
Race 8 - 6 furlongs, Purse $21,000, Claiming $12,500, 3-year-olds and up
4 Newfound Gold - Been away since a win in late October; he returns in a no claim spot, an extremely strong trainer angle.
2 Endless Cruise - Bill Spawr and Joe Talamo have a budding relationship; not often a horse wins and is dropped down in class.
Long Shot - 7 Parliamentarian
Best Bet - 6 Savannah Sky (race 2)
Santa Anita Thursday - Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 16/6/$37.20; Long Shots, 8/1/$8.60; Best Bet, 1/0/$0
Santa Anita Meet Totals - 333/90/$521.00; Long Shots, 165/27/$330.40; Best Bets, 20/9/$35.20
SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY - #6 Pass the Coffee (3/1) in race 8 at Churchill Downs. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Thursday, Sheikinator ran third at Churchill Downs paying $2.40 to show. Stats - 76/51/$372.10; Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick