Wagering action Saturday at Santa Anita will be limited to a low-budget $1 pick three on the final three races. It’s a $12 play (2 x 2 x 3).
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Race 7
DANCINGTHENIGHTAWAY (5) is favored in this seven-furlong N1X for fillies and mares. Impressive winner of both her starts, she should be gone if she clears pace rival SAYES SO (10).
Some big, competitive fields in the Grade 3 La Prevoyante and Grade 3 W. L. McKnight make the pick three involving those races (8-10) quite attractive. They also sandwich a competitive Mr. Prospector.
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Race 8
Some deep, tough races in the middle of the card make races 4-6 attractive for a pick three play. The difficult races likely will add up to a hefty payout.
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Race 4
Horseplayers will have a smorgasbord of post-Christmas opportunities Friday, including opening day at Santa Anita, the resumption of racing at Aqueduct, and a solid card at Gulfstream Park.
At Gulfstream, I’m focusing on three relatively straightforward contenders that can serve as linchpins for horizontal and/or vertical exotic wagers.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Opening day at the Great Race Place can be dangerous to a bankroll. The temptation is to come out firing. Fields are big, and overlay opportunities abound.
Well, maybe.
Shared Belief “should” win the Grade 1 Malibu, race 8. However, the best horse is likely to be overplayed. He is 4-5 on the morning line.
Santa Anita’s winter-spring meet has been luring top trainers and horses in North America, since the track opened on Christmas Day in 1934. This meet, which begins Friday, Dec. 26, boasts 39 graded stakes, including eight Grade 1 stakes. Let’s use DRF Formulator to see which trainers have excelled at the meet in recent history, which angles have been most profitable, and which ones are best to avoid.
A competitive opening leg gives appeal to the pick three comprising races 5-7. An added benefit may be a solid ‘A’ in Leg 2, the Grade 1 La Brea, with TARIS, and then a contentious Grade 2 Mathis Brothers Mile with the promising HEART TO HEART as a key.
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Race 5
COMMENT: Dortmund stayed unbeaten and confirmed his status as a leading Kentucky Derby aspirant – but it wasn’t easy. The son of 3-year-old champ Big Brown came into this off smashing wins at Santa Anita and Churchill Downs, earning status as a heavy favorite in this small field. He sat a few lengths behind Firing Line and Mr.