ARCADIA, Calif. – Macias has conspicuous speed. Somethingabouther is more discreet. Both will use front-running tactics Thursday at Santa Anita trying to wire the turf routes that are races 5 and 7.
Macias won a mile turf race, long ago. In 2009, he won the Eddie Logan Stakes for 2-year-olds at Santa Anita. Macias is now 7, trained by Robertino Diodoro, and the horse to catch in the starter handicap.
“He’s got some old back class to him; I think he’ll be all right,” Diodoro said by phone from Turf Paradise, where he notched his 1,000th training win on Monday.