The eighth race Sunday looked like it might be a race in which a filly could turn in a performance that would make her one to follow. And it seemingly proved that way, though it wasn’t the filly the public, or this handicapper, expected.
Holiday Camp was bet like he could not lose race 2 Saturday at Santa Anita, a five-furlong sprint for maiden 2-year-olds.
A pick six carryover of $109,125 is up for grabs Sunday at Santa Anita. The sequence begins in race 4. Now is a good time for a closer look.
Swept Up, a half-sister to stakes winners Cash Refund and Early Return who won her debut May 10, is among the better horses running Sunday at Churchill Downs. She goes in the eighth race, a first-level allowance, and looks a strong chance to improve her record to 2 for 2.
Miz Ida, who ran fifth in the Mint Julep Stakes Saturday at Churchill, likely would have been more competitive with a clean trip, though how much more is a matter of opinion.
One well-deserved classic winner for Robert Evans and Christophe Clement, whose lightly raced Tonalist (11th, $20.40) capped a Peter Pan-Belmont Stakes double in just his fourth and fifth career starts.
Baffle Me finished off the board as the favorite going long first time out this year, but the 5-year-old mare is positioned for a rebound in today’s featured $100,000 Intercontinental Stakes
Sam-Son Farm and trainer Malcolm Pierce won their third turf race of the meet with their fifth starter, the classy underachiever Aldous Snow ($11.00).
Favorites Pender Harbour and Ultimate Destiny will renew their rivalry in the $125,000 Steady Growth at 1 1/16 miles, the distance over which the latter notched two stakes last year, while beating the former.
DRF Plus handicapping analysis for Santa Anita on Sunday, June 8.
