SATURDAY STAKES PREVIEW SHEET by Richard Eng for 6/23/18; Cost $6.50
ARLINGTON PARK, race 8, The Chicago Handicap
#7 Hotshot Anna – Sneaky good form at Canterbury while exiting a key race, her turf figures translate to synthetics
#2 Union Strike – Today is class relief for her as these are much weaker foes than the grade 2 La Canada in Arcadia
Long Shot – #5 Princess La Quinta
BELMONT PARK, race 4, The Wild Applause
#7 Got Stormy – Field will scratch down to 5 with 2 MTO horses coming out, Mark Casse fights the good fight here
#1 Lady Suebee – Among 3 Chad Brown runners ganging up on Mark Casse, like the rail post to save all the ground
Long Shot – #3 Punked
CANTERBURY PARK, race 3, The Lady Canterbury
#7 Susie Bee – There is a lot of early pace in here and I envision a dead late closer sweeping by them all late
#8 I’m Betty G – It’s amazing how well Mike Maker cleans up in the Midwest grass stakes, he’s hard to beat
Long Shot – #4 Burma Road
CANTERBURY PARK, race 4, The Mystic Lake Mile
#10 Patriots Rule – If you’re looking for a price, you could worse than back a Robertino Diodoro 12/1 price horse
#8 Swagger Jagger – If Mike Maker sweeps these stakes races, it’ll be animals like this who run true to form
Long Shot – #1 My Bariley
CANTERBURY PARK, race 5, The Mystic Lake Derby
#1 Curlin’s Honor – Could have won the Paradise Creek at Belmont Park except for some bad racing luck
#6 Captivating Moon – Classy closer picks up Carlos Marquez, Jr. to pilot who has never ridden him before
Long Shot – #13 Reride
THISTLEDOWN, race 9, The Ohio Derby
#3 Lone Sailor – Dead late closer is overdue to bag a big one, have to love Irad Ortiz, Jr riding for the money today
#10 Core Beliefs – Southern California class can be hard to beat, Joe Talamo riding for Peter Eurton
Long Shot – #2 Flameaway
WOODBINE, race 8, The Singspiel
#6 Danish Dynaformer – HOF trainer Roger Attfield has had this horse go 12 furlongs 10 times in his career
#8 Pumpkin Rumble – He has yet to beat this kind but I like that he is coming into the race in rare form
Long Shot – #1 Camelot Kitten
TODAY AT SANTA ANITA PARK; Cost $6.50; June 23, 2018 by Richard Eng
Post Time NOON
Race 1 – 6 ½ furlongs (turf), Purse $61,000, Optional claiming $75,000, Fillies 3-YOs
3 Rockin Ready – Cutting back in distance she should be flying thru the stretch run
1 Travieza – Like the cutback in distance plus a solid hillside turf course record
Long Shot – 2 Cute Knows Cute
Race 2 – 6 furlongs, Purse $61,000, Optional claiming $75,000, 3-year-olds
5 Graycaster – Welcome to the Bob Baffert Invitational, I like the parking lot post
2 Ike – The other half of the Bob Baffert uncoupled entry, both look very dangerous
Long Shot – 3 Joejoe’s Kingdom
Race 3 – 6 ½ furlongs (turf), Purse $36,000, Claiming $32,000, 3-year-olds and up
5 Incensed – This is the cheapest he’s every run so the class relief has to help him
6 Moonlight Drive – Ran dull off the claim by David Jacobson so he drops him in class
Long Shot – 2 Coastline
Race 4 – 7 furlongs, Purse $33,000, Optional claiming $32,000, F&M, 3-YOs and up
7 Tiz Toffee – Shows how weak the field is when this maiden is the ML favorite
8 Lemon Crush – Has good closing energy so expect Alonso Quinonez to clock the chalk
Long Shot – 1 Mischievous Song
Race 5 – 1 mile (turf), Purse $40,000, Starter handicap $25,000, 3-year-olds and up
6 Crown The Kitten – There is no way this horse is supposed to be 15/1 facing these
1 Tough It Out – Love the rail draw and exiting 2 wins since taken by Vladimir Cerin
Long Shot – 8 My Man Chuckles
Race 6 – 5 furlongs, Purse $30,000, Speedball Starter Handicap, 3-year-olds and up
6 Junior Gilliam – Claimed by David Jacobson who seems to be racing her year round
8 Big Champion – Morning line favorite listed by be ridden by Barrington Harvey
Long Shot – 1 Fast Pass
Race 7 – 1 mile, Purse $61,000, Optional claiming $40,000, 3-year-olds and up
6 Explorer – The Bob Baffert baby cost $1.25-million n ran like it in his debut win
3 Clear The Mine – Vladimir Cerin has had a hot meet claiming stock and improving it
Long Shot – 1 Ike Walker
Race 8 – 6 ½ furlongs (turf), Purse $59,000, Maiden special weights, 3-year-olds n up
5 Camby – Tries turf for the first time but has the pedigree to like the grass
7 Outlaw – FTS from barn of Philip D’Amato cost $450K n from a hot sire Violence
Long Shot – 8 Paddock Pick
Race 9 – 5 ½ furlongs, Purse $23,000, 3-year-olds and up
2 Write Me A Song – In a race this poor you look for changes, here is a FT gelding
12 Hayne’s Pal – Tepid chalk in a real dart throw of a race, dropping from MSW today
Long Shot – 10 Imagineiamfastest
Race 10 – 1 mile (turf), Purse $61,000 Optional claiming $16,000 Cal-breds 3-YOs n up
5 Six Point Rack – Draw a line thru last and his turf resume looks good versus these
5 Cool Green – Rallied into a fast pace to win down the hill in last, stretching out
Long Shot – 1 Save Ground
Race 11 – 7 furlongs, $250,000 San Carlos, 3-year-olds and up
4 American Anthem – Has always been highly regarded may finally be figuring it out
6 Touching Rainbows – Sharp claim for $25,000 by Philip D’Amato, goes for black type
Long Shot – 8 Dabster
Race 12 – 1 mile (turf), Purse $33,000, Maiden claiming $50,000, F&M, 3-YOs and up
6 Temple Princess – Giovanni Franco has earned the trust of a lot of top horsemen
4 Full Court – Dead late closer joins the barn of Philip D’Amato, expect improvement
Long Shot – 7 Conformation
Best Bet – 4 American Anthem (race 11)
Santa Anita Friday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 15/4/$32.60; Long Shots, 8/0/$0; Best Bet, 1/1/$4.60
Santa Anita Totals – 689/185/$1,179.60; Long Shots, 342/53/$605.30; Best Bets, 40/16/$74.20
SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY – #7 Hotshot Anna (5/1) in race 8 at Arlington Park. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. Friday, Fleet Halo ran out at Evangeline Downs. Stats – 97/61/$457.00; Follow me on Twitter: @richeng4propick; Register to my home page for FREE at www.racedaylasvegas.com