ARCADIA, Calif. – Never mind that Splendora won only two of her first seven starts. In four starts since last summer the 5-year-old mare has been unstoppable. On Saturday at Santa Anita, Splendora is expected to extend her win streak to five when she stretches back out to two turns in the Grade 1, $300,000 B. Wayne Hughes Beholder Mile, which is carded as race 4. “She’s just getting better and better with age,” trainer Bob Baffert said. “She looks great. Hopefully she gets a good trip and stays healthy this week.” Six fillies and mares are entered in the Beholder, including Splendora’s stablemate Nafisa, whose three-race win streak includes the Grade 3 La Canada Stakes in January. The others are California-bred stakes-winning comebacker Om N Joy, Florida-based shippers Dazzling Move and Bless the Broken, and Simply Joking. Both of Splendora’s graded wins came at seven furlongs – the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint last fall at Del Mar and the Grade 2 D. Wayne Lukas last month at Santa Anita. Two turns? No problem. She earned a 100 Beyer Speed Figure crushing a one-mile restricted stakes last summer at Del Mar. Baffert hedged when asked if Splendora will be a two-turn filly this year. “We’re going to pick our spots, but at Breeders’ Cup, it will be Filly and Mare Sprint. Unless . . . you never know.” :: Santa Anita Classic Meet! Get DRF Past Performances, Clocker Reports, and more. Splendora, owned by Michael Talla with new partners Randy and Jenny Boyd, has won six races and $980,800 from 11 starts. Juan Hernandez rides the potential pacesetter and certain chalk. Splendora is listed at 4-5. Beholder favorites are 6 for 10 since the race was shortened to one mile. Beyond class and speed figures, Splendora benefits by the pace scenario. Her main pace rival is stablemate Nafisa. They are not likely to go head and head. Nafisa was a 12-start maiden until she returned to dirt last fall. She has won all three starts since, including the La Canada last out. “I finally got some dirt racing for her, she’s getting better,” Baffert said. “She’s in there with that good filly, but maybe she’ll get a piece of the action.” Kazushi Kimura rides Nafisa, who falls short on figures. Her career-best Beyer is 83. A wild card is Dazzling Move, who arrived Tuesday from Florida. A Grade 3 winner and Grade 1-placed, Dazzling Move is trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. He expects her to improve from a pair of fifth-place sprints while stretching out and adding a small blinker in her third start back from a layoff. “She’s stretching back out to two turns; her best races [are] two turns,” Joseph said. “We’ve been trying to ride her a little more patient, but now with blinkers on we’re going to be a little more forward again.” Dazzling Move exits the highly rated Grade 2 Inside Information at Gulfstream Park, and will be ridden by Tyler Gaffalione. A 5-year-old mare with four wins from 22 starts, Dazzling Move’s best races last year earned figures that give her an upset chance. “You don’t get many two-turn [races] at the mile distance,” Joseph said, explaining the ship. “Obviously, she has to beat Splendora, but [Dazzling Move] is out there because we think she could.” Bless the Broken, third in the Kentucky Oaks last spring, scored a solid comeback victory two months ago in a second-level allowance at Fair Grounds. Brad Cox, who trains Bless the Broken, won the 2023 Beholder Mile with A Mo Reay. Florent Geroux rides Bless the Broken. :: Access morning workout reports straight from the tracks and get an edge with DRF Clocker Reports Om N Joy has not raced in nearly five months, and trainer Aggie Ordonez acknowledged her Grade 3 route winner might be up against it. “I’m excited to take on the big shots, but if there was a Cal-bred dirt route, I’d be in it,” Ordonez said. “I’m not looking to be a hero, but I want to keep her on the dirt. And I think she’ll find her best game routing.” Om N Joy, now 4, has won five of 13, and will be ridden by Kent Desormeaux. Although the filly’s slow workout Feb. 12 caused raised eyebrows, Om N Joy has posted two solid works since. Two turns will be her game this year. “As a 3-year-old, seven-eighths was great for her, but as she’s gotten bigger and stronger, I had in my mind that she’s gonna be a heckuva route horse,” Ordonez said. “I feel like she is fit enough to give a good showing. Is she at the top of her game? That’s hard to do [off a layoff]. She’ll try anyway. After all, David did beat Goliath. Ordonez said with a laugh, “I’ll bring my slingshot.” :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.