ARCADIA, Calif. - Bobby Frankel was a sensational handicapper before he became a Hall of Fame trainer. That background came in handy on Sunday. He looked at the past performances for the Grade 2, $150,000 San Gorgonio Handicap, saw that none of the seven runners had much speed, and figured if he might as well step up and take it.

Wednesdays in January usually are pretty sleepy around the racetrack, but this Wednesday figures to be one of the biggest days of the year for handicappers. Both Santa Anita and Aqueduct had big pick six carryovers entering Sunday's cards, and when no one was able to take down the pick six at either track, it yielded massive carryovers at both tracks for their next cards on Wednesday.

Neither track races Monday or Tuesday. With two days off for bettors to handicap the races and replenish the bankroll, both pools should be enormous.

ARCADIA, Calif. - E Z Warrior was the fastest gun in the West last summer, and after being gone for six months, he came back Sunday at Santa Anita, still in the same position.

E Z Warrior ($3), breaking from the rail, shot to the lead and never looked back in a powerful performance in the $80,000 San Miguel Stakes, winning under a hand ride in a swift 1:08.82 for six furlongs. He beat Hurry Up Austin by 1 3/4 lengths, with Noble Court another three-quarters of a length back in third.

HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. - Buffalo Man kicked off Gulfstream Park's 3-year-old stakes season with a 3/4 length decision over 3-2 favorite Out of Gwedda in Sunday's $100,000 Spectacular Bid Stakes.

Buffalo Man, a son of El Prado owned in partnership by Rick Pitino's Ol'Memorial Stable and C. Ed Glasscock, rallied from perfect position outside the early leaders to take command entering the stretch of the six furlong Spectacular Bid.. He edged clear leaving the eighth pole then withstood late bids from Out of Gwedda, Green Vegas and James Wilfred.

ARCADIA, Calif. - A pick six sequence in which every favorite, including several at short prices, were defeated on Saturday at Santa Anita yielded a carryover of $137,859.99 into Sunday's card.

There is a nine-race card on Sunday, with first post time at 12:30 p.m. Pacific time. Post time for the start of the pick six, the fourth race, is shortly after 2 p.m.

PHOENIX – Florida Keys, winner of the $40,000 Black Mountain Handicap on the dirt here in mid-December, is now targeting bigger and better things – Saturday’s $75,000 Cotton Fitzsimmons Mile.

The Fitzsimmons is on turf, which is Florida Keys’s best surface, according to trainer Troy Bainum, who cites the horse’s victory in the Walter Cluer Memorial Stakes on Nov. 11 here as proof.

ARCADIA, Calif. - Dixie Meister got the pace set-up he desired in the Grade 2, $150,000 San Pasqual Handicap on Saturday at Santa Anita. But he had to call on all his strength in the final yards to hold off longshot Armenian Summer, who also benefitted from the contested pace and made a belated run to just miss in a race where the speed collapsed and the stretch runners dominated.

Back from a three-month layoff after her wire-to-wire maiden win, Laila's Punch came from off the pace to take the $74,600 Marshua Stakes at Laurel Park in a romp, defeating Luxury Class by six lengths.

Jockey Jeremy Rose kept Laila's Punch reserved in third as Luxury Class set the pace, tracked by Deep Dish Wildcat through a 22.36-second opening quarter-mile in the 5 1/2-furlong Marshua.

After slipping through along the inside into the stretch, Summer Cruise swung outside favored Rgirldoesn'tbluff leaving the eighth pole and ran down Rgirldoesn'tbluff late for a three-quarter-length win in the $60,000 Minaret Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs.

With Carlos Montalvo aboard for his third win of the day, Summer Cruise covered the six furlongs over a fast racing strip in 1:11.06 to post her third career win from six starts, with all three scores coming over the Tampa strip.

Carnacks Choice, boxed in throughout much of the running of the $50,000 Turfway Prevue Stakes Saturday, found room in the stretch and outfinished favored Joe Got Even by a neck.

Confidently handled by Julien Leparoux, Carnacks Choice contested the pace for the first furlong of the 6 1/2-furlong Prevue before being taken back as the field proceeded down the backstretch. Falling back into a stalking position in third, he always appeared to be running comfortably, as Danny Sez set fractions of 22.78 and 45.81 seconds.