Santa Anita horses to watch: Week of Dec. 28

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Trainer: John Sadler
Last race: Del Mar, July 21, race 8
Finish: 3rd by 3
Beyer: 85
A minor stakes winner and Grade 1-placed, this 3-year-old filly skipped the Grade 1 La Brea Stakes on opening day to run in the Grade 2 La Canada at 1 1/16 miles on Jan. 19 or the Grade 2 Santa Monica at seven furlongs on June 25.

LEMON DO ORO
Trainer: Bill Spawr
Last race: Hollywood, Nov. 9, race 2
Finish: 3rd by 6 1/2
Beyer: 56
Based previously in the East with trainer Graham Motion, this promising 2-year-old filly remained in California and was transferred to Spawr after finishing third in the Moccasin Stakes. Her next race, which is undetermined, will be her first on dirt.

LET FAITH ARISE
Trainer: Jerry Hollendorfer
Last race: Santa Anita, Nov. 2, race 3
Finish: 8th by 2 1/4 lengths
Beyer: 86
A four-time winner from seven starts, her fall campaign stalled when she got sick. But the stakes-winning daughter of Kafwain has resumed a regular workout pattern and looked good breezing a half-mile in 47.60 seconds Thursday.

HEAR THE GHOST
Trainer: Jerry Hollendorfer
Last race: Hollywood, Dec. 14, race 7
Finish: 2nd by 1/2
Beyer: 91
This gelding will be among the favorites when he drops into the Grade 2 Strub Stakes for 4-year-olds on Jan. 18. His most recent effort was a good runner-up finish, with trouble, against older in the Grade 3 Native Diver. His next start will be his third back from a layoff.