Parting Gift

Trainer: Nick Zito

Last race: Feb. 10, 10^th

Finish: 6^th by 7

Beyer: 67

Hard to count the number of times this one got steadied during course of mid-level conditioned claimer on turf, his first start in nearly four months. Expect big improvement with clean sailing next time.

 Synchronizing

Trainer: Jane Cibelli

Prairie Rebel

Trainer: Richard Scherer
Last race: Feb. 9, 7th
Finish: 6^th by 4 1/2
Beyer: 78

Thought connections had found the key to this turf allowance horse – holding him way off the pace and letting him make one big run. Not ideal, but it was looking effective. Suddenly, he was on the lead here setting a strong pace? No idea what that was about. Rebound very possible with tactical change.

 How

Race 3
Ro Bear (#7)
The TimeformUS Pace Projector is predicting that he'll be close to the pace in a situation favoring the front-runners.
Has been wide against rail biases in each of his last two starts.
Gets a rider upgrade to Kendrick Carmouche, who continues to have a great meet.
4-1 on ML

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Santa Anita

Grade 2 Arcadia Stakes

1/2          131

3/4          127

Fin           123

Top 3:  Bolo 123, What a View 124, Conquest Enforcer 122

Note:  Bolo has won last two times coming off a long layoff, regressed last time; beware at low odds next out.

Feb. 11

Gulfstream

Suwannee River (race 9)

SALSITA
Trainer: Jeff Mullins
Last race: Feb. 9, 5th
Finish: 1st by neck
Beyer: 85
This veteran turf mare unleashed a huge late kick (23-second final quarter on a “good” course). Claimed for $40,000 by Mullins from Richard Baltas, this eight-time winner can fire right back, up in class.

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Race 4:
Investigator (#4)
Ran better than it appears last time after chasing a strong pace that collapsed.
Has run well in most of his two-turn attempts.
Randi Persaud has sent out some live runners at this meet.
4-1 on ML.
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ARCADIA, Calif. – Options are limited Sunday at Santa Anita. Blame the rain.

Three races are scheduled for grass; the status of the turf sprints, races 1 and 5, and the turf route, race 8, is uncertain. That leaves six races on dirt; the average field size Sunday is seven starters per dirt race. It is tough to find value in small fields, and virtually impossible with races such as Sunday’s.

Race 2 is a maiden-$20K in which the favorite, Latino Mo, tries for the 12th time to win a maiden race. Her last-start Beyer Speed Figure was a 37. No thanks.

Sunday’s fourth race at Gulfstream is a race sure to attract attention to the presence of Malagacy (3), who romped by 15 lengths at first asking Jan. 4 in the slop. But a horseplayer obviously can’t expect any kind of sizable return backing that colt, who is 2-5 on the morning line.