ARCADIA, Calif. – A veteran gelding who sprints on turf and a 3-year-old filly who routes on dirt both reprise familiar roles Saturday in separate Grade 3, $100,000 races at Santa Anita. Sumter reemerges as a favorite in a hillside sprint and Bank Shot resumes her normal role as longshot in a dirt route. Sumter should win the Daytona Stakes, while Bank Shot could win the Summertime Oaks. The 6 1/2-furlong Daytona, race 8, and 1 1/16-mile Summertime Oaks, race 11, are the top races Saturday on a 12-race card as Santa Anita nears the end of the long winter-spring racing season that began way back on Dec. 28. The meet ends Sunday. Sumter, 7, is a hillside specialist listed at 5-1 in the Daytona. The price will drop after the official scratch of Grade 1-placed Zio Jo. Others entered in the Daytona are comeback stakes winners First Peace and Freedom’s Not Free, 3-year-old stakes winner Later Than Planned, and likely pacesetter Modus Bestia. :: Play Santa Anita racing with confidence. Get DRF Past Performances, Clocker Reports, and more. Richard Mandella trains Sumter, who suffered an impossible trip last out racing a mile in the Grade 3 American. Blocked the length of the lane, Sumter never had a chance. As usual, he trained great following the fifth-place finish. “He’s trained great since he was a 2-year-old,” assistant trainer Gary Mandella said. “The old man is the most consistent horse in the barn.” Sumter, 6 for 33 with $598,870 in earnings, is back doing what he does best, which is sprint. He won the Grade 3 San Simeon Stakes two back on the hill, his first graded stakes victory. Mike Smith rides Sumter, who drew post 12. First Peace finished second in the 2024 Daytona, but his 2025 campaign was a two-start bust. He finished next-to-last both races. Mark Glatt trains First Peace, a Grade 2 hillside winner training well for his return. Mike Smith rode First Peace in his last 16 starts, but he stays with Sumter. Kazushi Kimura now rides First Peace. Glatt also entered Freedom’s Not Free, who is making his first start since finishing second last summer in the Grade 2 Del Mar Derby. Later Than Planned will try to become the first 3-year-old to win the Daytona. He scratched May 17 from the Cinema Stakes after a minor hiccup in his training. The Daytona is the first start against older for Later than Planned. The race is a prep. “It’ll set him up well for Del Mar, and he could also be a contender after that at Kentucky Downs. That’s kind of our ultimate goal,” trainer Phil D’Amato said, referring to the $1.5 million Music City Stakes on Sept. 5. Modus Bestia is expected to set the pace in the Daytona, though trainer Richard Baltas acknowledged “he has gone a little bit off form. I’m trying him on the grass, and if he doesn’t run good, I’m going to give him a break.” Baltas also entered Friendly Confines, who had a tough trip finishing eighth last out in the Siren Lure Stakes. Grade 1-placed Zio Jo is likely to scratch due to a foot issue, trainer Doug O’Neill said Wednesday. O’Neill supplemented Irish Royalty to the Daytona for $2,000 following back-to-back allowance wins on the main turf sprint oval. :: Access morning workout reports straight from the tracks and get an edge with DRF Clocker Reports Summertime Oaks Bank Shot is always a longshot in stakes, and she will be again Saturday in the Summertime Oaks. Bank Shot opened at 8-1 against 4-5 program favorite Mizumi and 3-1 second choice Marjoram. It’s an easier group than what Bank Shot faced in three winter stakes at Santa Anita. Ryan Hanson trains Bank Shot, who is making her first start since April 4, when she finished third to winner Meaning in the Grade 2 Santa Anita Oaks. Meaning subsequently finished second in the Kentucky Oaks. “Out here throughout the winter, [Bank Shot] was having to race against two or three of the top fillies going into the [Oaks] preps,” Hanson said. “She always tries, she’s doing good, her last work” – a bullet 58.40 seconds over five furlongs – “was super, and we’re happy to get back going.” Prior to her third in the Santa Anita Oaks, Bank Shot finished second in the Grade 3 Santa Ysabel and third behind Meaning and Explora in the Las Virgenes Stakes. Adrian Escobedo regains the mount on Bank Shot. He rode the filly in her first six starts, including her maiden win and two in-the-money finishes in stakes. Bank Shot is the most accomplished Summertime Oaks entrant, while the least accomplished happens to be the most likely winner. Mizumi, a sprint winner with an 85 Beyer Speed Figure in her career debut May 2, stretches out as the controlling speed. Bob Baffert trains Mizumi, who should be long gone under Juan Hernandez. Marjoram stretches out after winning the Grade 3 Senorita Stakes on the hill. The Summertime Oaks is the first two-turn try for Marjoram, whose trainer is Michael McCarthy. Others in the Summertime Oaks field are Sugaree, Daring Pursuit, Mo’ Em Down, and Wolf Hill. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.