Last Week at Santa Anita Park (Jan 14-18)

There were back on the turf course for the special 5-day holiday racing week at Santa Anita Park. 

Thursday Santa Anita Park Recap: January 14

Fast main track and back on the turf (good, rail at 30 feet). Early/pressing types dominated on dirt (2 wire jobs – 7f, 8f).  A 9f wire job, a downhill presser, and a flat mile wire job made up the three turf winners.

Fernando Perez booted home a pair.

Friday Santa Anita Park Recap: January 15

Fast main track and good turf course (turf rail at 30 feet). Early/pressing types dominated on dirt again (1 wire job – 6f).  A downhill stalker, a 9f stalker, and a downhill wire job made up the three turf winners.

Santiago Gonzalez booted home a pair. Keith Desormeaux saddled two winners.

Saturday Santa Anita Park Recap: January 16 (Winning Daily Double/Early Pick 3 Tickets)

Fast main track and good turf course (turf rail at 10 feet). Edge to early/pressing types on dirt (2 wire jobs – 8.5f, 7f).  A downhill stalker from the outside post, a flat mile wire job, and a downhill stalker from the inside post made up the three turf winners.

Edwin Maldonado (dirt route, turf route – 2 wire jobs) and Flavian Prat (2 downhill sprints) both booted home a pair.

Sunday Santa Anita Park Recap: January 17 (Winning Daily Double/Early Pick 3 Tickets)

Fast main track and good turf course (turf rail at 20 feet). Edge to early/pressing types on dirt (2 wire jobs – 8f, 5.5f).  A midpack stalker (9f), a 12f stalker, and a downhill stalker from the inside made up the three turf winners.

Santiago Gonzalez, Mario Gutierrez, and apprentice David Lopez each booted home a pair.Vladimir Cerin (dirt route, dirt sprint) and Phil D’Amato (marathon turf stakes, downhill sprint) both saddled two winners.

Monday Santa Anita Park Recap: January 18 (Winning Daily Double/Early Pick 3 Tickets)

Fast main track and good turf course. Stalking types strong on dirt (no wire jobs).  A flat mile wire job and two late runners (10f, 8f) made up the three turf winners.

Fernando Perez booted home a pair.

Conclusion: Speed was good on dirt with seven wire-to-wire winners. There were also five wire-to-wire winners on turf. Santiago Gonzalez and Fernando Perez both had a pair of riding doubles. 

If you are interested in full card analysis, I am selling Santa Anita full cards each weekend at The Runaway Horse. You can check out full card recaps with highlights on our What You Missed page.

I also post free daily tickets from Santa Anita Park at Pick 6 Blog. You can also read my recaps at Pick 6 Blog.  

Photos by Stacy Edwards.