Last Week at Santa Anita Park (Jan 7-10)

No turf races carded at Santa Anita last week and the dirt races were interesting and competitive. 

Thursday Santa Anita Park Recap: January 7

Good main track and no turf races carded. Three wire-to-wire winners (6f, 8f, 8f). The main track played more fair as the day wore on.

Rafael Bejarano and Edwin Maldonado both booted home a pair.

Friday Santa Anita Park Recap: January 8

Fast main track and no turf races carded. Two wire-to-wire winners (8f, 6f).

Bob Baffert saddled two winners.

Saturday Santa Anita Park Recap: January 9

Fast main track and no turf races carded. No wire job winners with stalkers capturing the bulk of the races. Outside lanes best.

Santiago Gonzalez booted home a pair. Martin Garcia and Bob Baffert teamed up for two wins.

Sunday Santa Anita Park Recap: January 10

Fast main track and no turf races carded. Two wire job winners (7f, 6.5f). Outside stalkers performed well again.

Rafael Bejarano, Santiago Gonzalez, and Mario Gutierrez each booted home a pair.

Conclusion: Speed was good with seven wire-to-wire winners. Bob Baffert started to heat up after a slow start. Rafael Bejarano and Santiago Gonzalez both had good riding weeks. 

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.