Santa Anita: Paseana winner Golden Production to stick with stakes

ARCADIA, Calif. – Golden Production was taken for $40,000 the first time she showed up in a claiming race back in October, hasn’t been in a claiming race since, and likely won’t be for a while now, if ever, following a stakes victory Sunday at Santa Anita in the listed Paseana for older fillies and mares.

Golden Production ($20.80) went off as the second-longest shot in the six-horse field and showed impressive grit to turn back a late bid from Stanwyck and prevail by a head in the 1 1/16-mile race.

The win was the second stakes score of the weekend for veteran jockey Martin Pedroza, who also won the San Pasqual on Saturday with Blueskiesnrainbows.

Golden Production had won once in seven starts before being dropped into a claiming race here in October. According to trainer Peter Miller, owner Myron Miller – no relation to the trainer – suggested claiming Golden Production. She won that day, won a first-level allowance for her new connections at Hollywood Park in November, stepped up to a second-level allowance and won at Hollywood in December, and then won the Paseana, her fourth straight win, and third for the Millers.

“She was out of conditions, so it was either a high-priced claiming race or try these races,” Peter Miller said. “I think we’ll stick with these races now.

“We’ll try and run in some of these types of races to see if she belongs. I realize this wasn’t the top level. It was one step down.”