Race 1:
Perina’s Pride (#2)
Exits the barn of Gaston Grant (59 TimeformUS Trainer Rating) and moves to Robertino Diodoro (91 TimeformUS Trainer Rating).
Is in the best form of her career.
Rise in class off the claim suggests that an improved effort is expected.
5-2 on ML
Santa Anita
Grade 1 Malibu
1/4 110
1/2 115
Fin 126
Top 3: City of Light 121, Edwards Going Left 119, Favorable Outcome 117
Note: All TimeformUS Pace Figures blue (slow pace); race was 0.28 of a second faster than Unique Bella ran taking La Brea one race earlier on the card
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Grade 1 La Brea
Brett Davis
R1 - 8-5-7-12
R2 - 9-3-10-2
R3 - 5-4-8-10
R4 - 6-14-13-4
R5 - 2-11-5-3
R6 - 3-1-4-5
R7 - 7-9-12-6
R8 - 12-1-4-11
R9 - 9-1-13-6
R10 - 10-11-12-1
R11 - 4-13-3-6
Best - R11 No4 Lockheed
Longshot - R4 No13 Triumphal Trumpet
Best Play - R4 Q/QP 6,13,14
John Blance
R1 12-11-10-2
R2 9-5-3-1
R3 5-3-4-8
R4: 11-6-5-14
R5: 3-4-8-5
R6: 3-1-5-2
R7: 12-7-3-13
R8: 12-2-1-4
R9: 6-1-2-14
Race 4:
Professor Snape (#3)
Antonio Arriaga gets an 81 TimeformUS Trainer Rating with horses making their first start for his barn.
In a limited sample, Arriaga’s horses have been outperforming expectations at this Aqueduct meet.
This drastic rise in claiming price from $14,000 to $50,000 suggests that an improved performance may be forthcoming.
5-1 on ML
Aqueduct | Race 5 | Post Time 2:20 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs
Race 1:
Cadeaux de Paix (#5)
Went extremely wide around the turn in her debut.
Was compromised by a racetrack that was favoring speed horses last time.
H. James Bond has been having a very strong Aqueduct meet.
3-1 on ML
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Race 5:
Holding Aces (#6)
Aqueduct | Race 7 | Post Time 3:34 p.m. (ET) | Go to the TimeformUS PPs
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This is easily the most intriguing race on the Friday card, as it is full of viable contenders – all of whom seemingly have significant questions to answer.
Happy New Year! Let’s hope there are many pari-mutuel goodies for you to gather in 2018. Last week’s Pick was scratched, but even so in a week of nasty weather there were eight BreezeFigs maidens that won—six of them at double digit payoffs. The winners came at Aqueduct ($35 BreezeFigs trifecta), Fair Grounds, Gulfstream (two), Laurel (a $411 BreezeFigs exacta headed by It’s a Doozy, a propitiously named $84 winner), Santa Anita and Tampa Bay (two).
Race 7:
H Man (#6)
Ran some of his better races when previously in Jeremiah Englehart’s barn in late 2016.
Possesses early speed, which should be an advantage in a race where the other pace players may be lacking quality.
DRF Formulator Fact: Over the past five years, Jeremiah Englehart is 7 for 14 (50 percent, $4.53 ROI) second off the claim in dirt sprints with horses coming off layoffs of 50 days or more.
10-1 on ML