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Santa Anita selections 1/7/12
Still no new contenders to add to last week’s revised 37 in all.
ROCK HARDER finished 3rd at Fair Grounds to Capetown Devil and Gowhereyougaze. The race was anything but a solid betting selection. I had 5 in the win column but none hit. Capetown Devil was my pick for show should the odds point in the proper direction. It didn’t, so no mythical wager there.
SUNS OUT GUNS OUT would finish 3rd as well, to Big Screen, and Battle Hardened in a chalky payout. In the previous post, I did figure Big Screen and Suns for show. At least I can spot the contenders!
SUNS OUT GUNS OUT would finish 3rd as well, to Big Screen, and Battle Hardened in a chalky payout. In the previous post, I did figure Big Screen and Suns for show. At least I can spot the contenders!
I am doing my first bit of weekly wagering on 1/7, Santa Anita. 2 stakes races as part of the festivities,
Also will give you bonus thoughts re SPEIGHTSCITY , who races in the Count Fleet at Aqueduct.
Here are the selections I’ve planned for each race at Santa Anita Win selections are for horse who are going off at 6-1 or worse at post time. Exacta selections are for those I believe will finish 2nd…ones to play under my win selection or logical favorites:
race 1: win: Cal Bayers exacta: Cal Bayers, Four Forty Second
race 2: win, exacta: Tiz Liberty, Sir Bell, Michael the Man
race 3: win, exacta: Handsome Mike
race 4: win, exacta: Chocolate Caliente
race 5:win/exacta: Not to Notty, Mizzen Donald, Magical Eclipse. Also for exacta: Brown Is Beige
not wagering race 6
race 7: win/exacta: Freewayracer, Raven Wild, Maggie McGowan
race 8: exacta: Tres Borrachos
Here are the selections I’ve planned for each race at Santa Anita Win selections are for horse who are going off at 6-1 or worse at post time. Exacta selections are for those I believe will finish 2nd…ones to play under my win selection or logical favorites:
race 1: win: Cal Bayers exacta: Cal Bayers, Four Forty Second
race 2: win, exacta: Tiz Liberty, Sir Bell, Michael the Man
race 3: win, exacta: Handsome Mike
race 4: win, exacta: Chocolate Caliente
race 5:win/exacta: Not to Notty, Mizzen Donald, Magical Eclipse. Also for exacta: Brown Is Beige
not wagering race 6
race 7: win/exacta: Freewayracer, Raven Wild, Maggie McGowan
race 8: exacta: Tres Borrachos
race 9: win/exacta: Outperform, Three Vases
In the Count Fleet:
win/exacta: Stephanoatsee, Speightscity
One of the middle-priced horses at morning-line, #4, Stephanoatsee is a strong contender for me. Comes out of the Grade 2 Remsen Stakes into this ungraded race. #6 Speightscity already on my radar. He’s also come out of the Remsen, then won with a sharper speed figure in an optional claimer since. Being that he’s a front running type, there’s some possibility he’ll run a lower figure. I will often bet against that happening if there’s no other evidence to suggest a downturn. No other horses warrant my wagering, but if the odds point toward value, here’s who may gather show wagering: Il Vilano (drew good inside post), Alpha (best works, superb jockey-trainer combo of Dominguez-Pletcher), and Shkspeare Shaliyah (a Grade 3 winner, fastest horse to his speed type, great outside post history)
