Soothsay will indeed skip Kentucky Oaks

ARCADIA, Calif. – Soothsay, winner of the Grade 2 Santa Anita Oaks on April 3, is staying in California this spring and will not start in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks on April 30 at Churchill Downs

Trainer Richard Mandella cautioned that Soothsay was not a definite runner for the Kentucky Oaks immediately after the Santa Anita Oaks, and said Sunday that the unbeaten filly will be pointed to the Grade 2 Summertime Oaks on May 30 at Santa Anita.

“She’s coming back to where she was,” Mandella said Sunday. “To get her completely back and ship her is too much.”

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Soothsay won her debut in a maiden special weight race at six furlongs on Feb. 26. The Santa Anita Oaks at 1 1/16 miles was her second start.

By Distorted Humor, Soothsay is owned by Claiborne Farm, Ramona and Perry Bass, and Adele Dilschneider.

The $200,000 Summertime Oaks at 1 1/16 miles is the leading race for 3-year-old fillies on dirt in the final weeks of the Santa Anita winter-spring season, which ends June 20.

On May 1, Mandella intends to start Missy P and Astute in the $75,000 Angels Flight Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at seven furlongs.

Astute won the Desi Arnaz Stakes at seven furlongs by 7 1/2 lengths at Del Mar last November, but has not raced since she finished a well-beaten fourth in the Grade 1 Starlet Stakes at Los Alamitos in December.

Missy P won a maiden special weight at 5 1/2 furlongs by 9 1/2 lengths on March 12 in her only start.

Pick six hit for $423,000

The 20-cent Rainbow pick six at Santa Anita was hit for $423,202 on Sunday on a ticket purchased for $64.80 at Los Alamitos, the track announced.

The pool began with a carryover of $197,941. Bettors added $295,170 to the pool Sunday.

The bet is paid in its entirety if there is only one winning ticket, or on days with a mandatory payout. On most days, the bet is paid to tickets with six winners, with another portion of the pool going toward a carryover until there is one winning ticket or a mandatory payout.

Sunday, a win by Sweetest Angel ($30) in the ninth and final race clinched the single-ticket payout. Had any of the other runners won, there would have been a carryover to Friday’s program.

The pick six is held on the final six races on the program. The winners of the other pick six races on Sunday were Rakassah ($7.20), Alcools ($6.60), Uncle Addouma ($41.40), Mucho Del Oro ($23), and Cezanne ($5.80). Alcools was the only winning favorite.