A couple of California-bred stakes races for 3-year-olds make up the interior portion of the Presidents Day late pick four at Santa Anita. The sequence offers horseplayers a bit of everything – a dirt sprint, a turf route, a dirt route and a turf sprint. Race 6 is the kickoff leg of the wager, with a scheduled post time of 6:14 Eastern. Here’s a look at the sequence.

RACE 6

Oaklawn Park | Race 9 | Post Time 5:10 p.m. (CT) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs
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Aqueduct | Race 7 | Post Time 3:54 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs

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Brett Davis

R1: 5-4-12-7

R2: 6-13-10-4

R3: 8-1-11-4

R4: 10-2-5-12

R5: 4-10-3-8

R6: 10-1-4-2

R7: 11-9-3-1

R8: 3-1-6-4

R9: 1-3-2-6

R10: 2-9-4-3

R11: 7-2-11-1

Best Bet: R11 n7   E/W   Roundabout  

Longshot: R8 n3   Dundonnell

Best Play: R8   Q/QP   1,3,6

Paul Lally:

R1: 5-7-4-12

R2: 6-2-4-3

R3: 11-6-3-8

R4: 9-5-2-1

R5: 10-9-3-2

R6: 1-6-10-9

Race 6:
Miss Sizzle (#7)
Went way too fast in the early going of her last start, her first with blinkers.
The Pace Projector is predicting that she could be in a position to control this race on the front end.
DRF Formulator Fact: Over the past five years, Linda Rice is 9 for 25 (36 percent, $3.63 ROI) with maidens coming off layoffs of greater than 180 days in dirt sprints.
5-2 on ML
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The late pick four at Laurel was the original play here, but with the equine herpesvirus scare at Belmont Park causing a multitude of scratches it may be best to focus on the earlier races, which may offer better value.

:: See Kenny Peck’s pick four play in DRF TicketMaker and bet it with DRF Bets

Aqueduct | Race 6 | Post Time 3:23 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs [link: https://timeformus.com/basicpps/202953 ]

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A couple Bob Baffert 3-year-olds and the one-two finishers of last month’s Fifth Season figure to have something to say in Oaklawn’s late pick four (races 7-10) Monday.

Race 2:
Swiping Dan (#3)

Raced very greenly in his first start with blinkers last time; should be better prepared this time.

Faced better maiden special weight fields in his two prior route attempts.

DRF Formulator Fact: Over the past five years, Kelly Breen is 11 for 32 (34 percent, $4.40 ROI) with maidens going from sprints to routes on the dirt.

5-2 on ML

The 12-race Saturday card at Gulfstream, stacked with highly competitive starter-allowance races, is a real doozie, and some fans will find themselves having a difficult time sorting it all out. I’ll try to take an edge by singling Starship Jubilee in race 10 and otherwise trying to cover some bases with this late pick 4 play: