Mar/102
$332,613 Santa Anita Pick 6 Carryover – March 5th
Friday’s pick six from Santa Anita Park includes a pair of downhill sprints and features a carryover of more than $300k. The pool should easily exceed a million dollars, and the sequence looks tough to hit. Partly cloudy skies are expected with a high temperature of 68. My suggested tickets can be found at the bottom of this post following analysis.
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Degree of Difficulty: Competitive. On a scale of 1 to 10, the Friday pick six from Santa Anita rates a 7.5.
Possible Singles: Simply Put (3rd race), Warrens Summergold (4th race), Sonofablur (8th race)
Jarrod Horak’s Santa Anita Pick 6 analysis – Friday, March 5, 2010
Santa Anita Race 3 (Mcl-25k, f&m 4up, 5f) #2 Devil’s Mate (4-1) debuts for the crafty Janet Armstrong, and she is working well for this. Barn a profitable 16% with firsters, and the $145k purchase could easily be a runner. #5 Simply Put (9-5) returns for the recently hot Sadler barn, and Bejarano rode her well 2nd time out. Works say she’s ready to roll off an 8+ month rest. #9 Humble Maggie Go (8-1) finished a respectable 3rd of 9 in local bow, and she could move forward for 26% 2nd timer outfit.
Santa Anita Race 4 (Str-Alw, 4up, 6.5T) #8 Proud Hillbilly (5-1) is out of a 29% first grass barn and receives a rider upgrade to Gomez. Nothing wrong with outside stalkers down the dip. #4 Warrens Summergold (5-1) was in the photo in both synthetic sprint outings, and he earned above par speed rating last time. Bred well enough for sod and projects a stalking trip under hustling apprentice Santiago Reyes. #7 Full On (7-2) was part of a four way photo versus similar Pro-Ride foes last time. Likes to battle on the pace and might take to aggressive handling. Dam has tossed a turf winner.
Santa Anita Race 5 (MSW, 3yo, 8.5f) #8 Spring Forth (8-1) earned triple digit late pace fig after blowing the break in sprint bow. Barn 20% first lasix, and 20% route jock Rosario hops aboard. Bred to route and could move up big time. #6 Saw Perfection (4-1) has flashed talent on the weeds for recently hot Mandella barn. Gomez ends up here, and he’s a prominent throughout threat on the surface switch. Blinkers on. #13 Stephen’s Got Hope (6-1) experienced a troubled journey off the O’Neill claim last time. Bred to love a route of ground and deserves another chance to strut his stuff around two turns.
Santa Anita Race 6 (OC-25/1x, CA-bred 4up, 6f) I liked #7 Spirit of Cochise (7-2) last time, and he ran well to garner the place under his fav pilot Rosario. He’s best at six panels. #1 Scofield Barracks (6-1) got up by ahead off the shelf last time, and he gets pace to chase in this spot. Working well for this and is a stretch player if able to avoid a regression. #5 Spot The Diplomat (4-1) was nabbed out of last by 28% claiming artist Jeff Mullins. Has been right there in six straight, but note that he is only 2 for 28 on synthetic.
Santa Anita Race 7 (OC-80/1x, 3yo fil, 6.5T) #8 Cash Queen Anna (5-1) sports competitive overseas class ratings, and she fired in all five turf sprint starts against full fields. Gomez hops aboard the live transplant. #3 Elusive Galaxy (5-2) ran well in all three turf sprint starts in Ireland. Weakened in last two flat mile stakes tries (Woodbine, Santa Anita), and the fresh miss turns back and is working well for this.
Santa Anita Race 8 (Mcl-32k, 3yo, 6.5f) #1 Sonofablur (7-2) was up for the show in his first start for a tag last time. O’Neill 22% blinkers off, and added ½ furlong helps. Bejarano a profitable 22% with this outfit, and he sports a bullet for this. #10 Summers At Delmar (2-1) is back in for a tag, and Canani is 44% with special weight droppers. Now or never time for the stretch runner.
Friday Pick 6 Tickets
Budget Play: $2 Pick Six 2/4/6-8-13/1-5-7/3-8/1-10 ($72)
The Big Ticket: $2 Pick Six 2-5-9/4-7-8/6-8-13/1-5-7/3-8/1 ($324)
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9:57 pm on March 5th, 2010
Why didn’t you like Ziggy’s Stardust in the 5th race? I had him over Saw Perfection, which you mentioned was beat beat by a nose. And Ziggy’s Stardust flopped.
12:38 am on March 6th, 2010
Ziggy’s Stardust came out of a slow maiden event. He close nicely from post 10 on Feb 5th, but he only received an 84 late pace fig at a distance that was favoring his closing style at the time. Rosario abandoned the underlay as well.