Last Week at Santa Anita Park (March 3-6)

A hat trick and a pair of riding doubles gave Rafael Bejarano a commanding lead in the rider standings. 

Thurs­­­day Santa Anita Park Recap: March 3

Fast main track and firm turf course. Only one wire-to-wire winner on dirt (one mile). A downhill stalker and a prominent throughout type at ten furlongs made up the two turf winners (rail at 20 feet).

No riding/training doubles on Thursday.

Fri­­­day Santa Anita Park Recap: March 4

Fast main track and firm turf course. Two wire-to-wire winners on dirt (8f, 6.5f). Two wire jobs and a patient runner made up the three flat mile turf winners (rail at 30 feet).

Hat trick for leading rider Rafael Bejarano. Agapito Delgadillo booted home a pair.

Satur­­­day Santa Anita Park Recap: March 5 

Fast main track and firm turf course. One wire-to-wire winner on dirt (Songbird – 8.5f). A downhill stalker, a flat mile stalker, and a flat mile wire job made up the three turf winners (rail at 10 feet).

Riding doubles for Rafael Bejarano, Santiago Gonzalez, Mike Smith, and Joe Talamo.

Sun­­­day Santa Anita Park Recap: March 6 

Fast main track and off the turf. Five wire-to-wire winners on dirt (5.5f, 8.5f, 6f, 9f, 6f).

Riding double for Rafael Bejarano. Kristin Mulhall saddled two winners.

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.

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Santa Anita Park photos by Stacy Edwards.