ARCADIA, Calif. - The five winners of Saturday's stakes for California-breds at Santa Anita are bound for the Del Mar summer meeting, with one prominent runner likely to also start at Los Alamitos next month. Not all are likely to run in stakes in their next appearances. Private Gem, winner of the $100,500 Thor’s Echo Stakes for sprinters, and Santa Barbarian, the surprise winner of the $126,500 Snow Chief Stakes for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles on turf, will be considered for allowance races. Sneaker, who won the $101,000 Fran’s Valentine Stakes for fillies and mares on turf, is likely to run in the $100,000 Osunitas Stakes, a restricted race at a mile on turf, on July 20. Om N Joy, the dramatic winner of the $125,500 Melair Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles on dirt, will be pointed to the $150,000 Fleet Treat Stakes going seven furlongs at Del Mar on July 25. Kings River Knight, who won Saturday’s $101,000 Crystal Water Stakes at a mile on turf for the third consecutive year, has the $100,000 Bertrando Stakes for statebred milers at Los Alamitos on dirt on June 21 as a short-term objective. Om N Joy was the most exciting winner of the program, closing from last of six through the final half-mile to win by a half-length. Om N Joy, who won the $126,000 Evening Jewel Stakes for statebred 3-year-old fillies at 6 1/2 furlongs on April 5, overcame a troubled start in the Melair. “It was a huge effort because of our start,” trainer Aggie Ordonez said on Sunday morning. “She made it happen, though.” A return to sprints is not a concern with Om N Joy, who has won 3 of 10 starts for owners Jerry and Connie Baker, Michael Golovko, and Terrence Scanlan. The Bakers bred Om N Joy. “I love the turnback,” Ordonez said. “We know she can do it. The key is to stay against California-bred 3-year-old fillies.” Private Gem won for the fourth time in five starts in the Thor’s Echo, his stakes debut. He may run in an allowance race since his win on Saturday, and a win in an allowance race for statebreds on turf on April 5, do not count against his eligibility. Private Gem has won twice on dirt and twice on turf. “He might be a little better on dirt,” trainer Mark Glatt said. Private Gem races for the Saints or Sinners partnership of Mark Pine and Hans and Anna Maron. Private Gem had two starts in 2023, missed all of 2024 and has made three starts this year. “He didn’t have any major problems,” Glatt said. “He had a couple of different things. Time goes by fast. All of a sudden you have a year off. The owners “let me be patient and they were rewarded.” Santa Barbarian provided the shock result of the afternoon, closing from last of eight to win the Snow Chief Stakes by a half-length over 2-1 second choice Cali Cat. Santa Barbarian paid $89.20. Santa Barbarian races for Richard Barton, who was the winning breeder of three of Saturday’s 10 races. Santa Barbarian has won 2 of 5 starts. He was fifth in a $32,000 claimer for maidens on dirt March 23 in his third start and rebounded to win a maiden race for statebreds at a mile on turf May 9. Winning trainer Ryan Hanson credited jockey Kazushi Kimura’s effort in the Snow Chief. Kimura moved Santa Barbarian closer to the front on the outside as the field ran down the backstretch. “Anytime you win a stakes, you’re delightfully surprised,” Hanson said. “Kazushi rode a great race. He was patient. When he tipped out on the backstretch, he let the horse move into a good spot without any effort.” Hanson said Santa Barbarian could return in an allowance race on turf. A start on dirt is unlikely, even though the next stakes for 3-year-old statebreds is the $150,000 Real Good Deal Stakes at seven furlongs on dirt at Del Mar on Aug. 1. “He couldn’t win a maiden 32 on dirt,” Hanson said. While Hanson said he would prefer to run Santa Barbarian against statebred 3-year-olds, the gelding may be considered for the $150,000 La Jolla Handicap for 3-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles on turf at Del Mar on Aug. 3. “The horse likes distance,” Hanson said. Kings River Knight, a 7-year-old gelding, is unbeaten in two starts at Los Alamitos – the Bertrando Stakes and E.B. Johnston Stakes, making the Bertrando Stakes a logical goal. “That’s a good race for him,” trainer John Sadler said on Sunday. At Del Mar, Kings River Knight is a candidate for the $150,000 California Dreamin’ Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on turf for statebreds Aug. 2. Kings River Knight was second in the 2023 California Dreamin’ Stakes in his only stakes appearance at the track. “We’d like to run in the three races,” Sadler said. The first objective in that trio of stakes was achieved on Saturday in the Crystal Water Stakes, the seventh stakes win for Kings River Knight, who races for the family of the late Bud Johnston, Integrity Thoroughbred Racing, and Kenneth Tevelde. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.