ARCADIA, Calif. – Pick-six bettors and front-running favorites have the same objective Friday at Santa Anita – to endure. While bettors try to stay alive in a pick six that begins with a $53,993 carryover, Hobbits Hero and Curlin Rules hope to carry their speed in split divisions of a second-level allowance on turf. Santa Anita officials expect the pick-six pool to exceed $250,000 on Friday as racing resumes after a three-day break. The sequence consists of back-to-back maiden-claiming contests in races 3 and 4, a turf allowance (race 5), a starter allowance (race 6), the second turf allowance (race 7), and a claiming sprint for fillies and mares (race 8). Here is a look at the sequence. Race 3: The 50 percent reliability of favorites in $20,000 maiden-claiming routes for fillies and mares will tempt bettors to “key” Space Cadet. Since Dec. 26, 2014 Southern California favorites have won 14 of 28 at the level. Only four winners paid more than $10. Space Cadet drops in class, stretches to a mile, and is reunited with Rafael Bejarano. The filly’s only previous route was the best effort of her career. Three secondary, or “B,” contenders include stretch-out Tinian and droppers Curlina Curlina and Trixie Topper. Race 4: Final times on the main track are slower than normal this fall, and the Santa Anita surface has played fair to all running styles. So-called “cheap speed” has had a tough time – only four of the 20 races at six furlongs have been won by a horse who led at every call. The profile poses a challenge for Topaz Time in this $40,000 maiden-claiming sprint for fillies and mares. She adds blinkers and appears to be the speed of the field. However, the “fairness” of the track may allow closer Sid the Squid, a two-time sprint runner-up, to win from behind. Santa Nella offers longshot intrigue. She broke slowly from the rail and finished third in her $20,000 maiden-claiming debut. A class hike signals optimism; second-time starters trained by Eric Kruljac are capable of upsets. Kruljac is 4 for 23 in the category since the summer of 2015. Hayley’s Comment drops from a maiden special weight. In what looks like a spread race, the key contenders in order of preference are Sid the Squid, Topaz Time, and Santa Nella. Race 5: Hobbits Hero is the speed of the field in this 1 1/8-mile turf race, a second-level allowance also open to $62,500 claimers. Richard Baltas trains Hobbits Hero, who has won 10 of 21. “He’s an old claiming horse that really likes to be ‘in’ the race,” Baltas said. “He’s the type of horse you don’t want to take too much hold of. He likes to be out there; he gets brave on the lead. And the rails are at 30 feet.” Itsinthepost finished second under similar conditions last out and is a threat from just off the pace. Hobbits Hero and Itsinthepost are primary, or “A,” contenders. Secondary contenders include also-eligible Somethings Unusual and comebacker Royal Albert Hall. Race 6: Conquest So True is the horse to beat in this starter-allowance route for fillies and mares, based on a runner-up finish her most recent dirt route three back. Apprentice rider Chad Lindsay entered Friday 0 for his last 18, an uncharacteristic dry spell likely to end with Conquest So True, one of the most probable winners on the card. Generous Pour stretches out as a secondary contender, although this route was not her first preference. She did not draw in from the also-eligible list of a turf sprint last Saturday. Race 7: Curlin Rules will employ the same running style as Hobbits Hero when he attempts to wire the second division of the turf allowance. A 3-year-old facing older, Curlin Rules ran the race of his career last out when he changed surfaces. “I think he really liked the grass,” trainer John Sadler said. “And the thing that should help him is the turf is so speed-favoring.” Four turf races at this meet at 1 1/8 miles or farther were won by up-front runners, including two who led gate to wire. The field includes the U.S. debut of Editore, a Group 1 winner from Brazil who arrived in April. He recovered from a pulled muscle sustained in his final start in Brazil and has worked well for trainer Paulo Lobo. Can Editore win first time out? Lobo is on the fence. “It’s always difficult to judge. He has a very good foundation,” Lobo said. Also-eligible Danas Best and recent Baltas claim Atomic Rule are secondary contenders. Race 8: Front-running dropper Miss Bliss will buck the track profile and try to wire this restricted claiming sprint, while Miss Bliss and route-to-sprint closer Chicago Angel will come at her late.