Last week at Santa Anita Park (May 12-15)

From a riders standpoint, the week belonged to Rafael Bejarano, Edwin Maldonado, and Flavien Prat, and Santiago Gonzalez is getting his groove back. 

Thursday Santa Anita Park Recap: May 12

Fast main track and firm turf course. Two wire-to-wire winners on dirt (4.5f, 6f). The winning turf running styles were a flat mile closer and two downhill stalkers (rail at 10 feet).

Two wins for Flavien Prat.

Friday Santa Anita Park Recap: May 13

Fast main track and firm turf course. Two wire-to-wire winners on dirt (4.5f, 5.5f). The winning turf running styles were a flat mile stalker, another flat mile stalker, a downhill stalker, and a downhill closer (rail at 30 feet).

Two wins for Rafael Bejarano and Edwin Maldonado.

Saturday Santa Anita Park Recap: May 14 

Fast main track and firm turf course. Two wire-to-wire winners on dirt (9f, 7f). The winning turf running styles were a downhill stalker, a flat mile stalker, and a flat mile closer.

Two wins for Edwin Maldonado and Flavien Prat. Phil D’Amato saddled two winners.

Sunday Santa Anita Park Recap: May 15

Fast main track and firm turf course. Three wire-to-wire winners at seven panels on dirt. The winning turf running styles were a downhill dueler, a front runner at 9f, and a flat mile stalker (rail at 10 feet).

Two wins for Rafael Bejarano and Santiago Gonzalez (one via DQ).

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.  

Santa Anita Park photos by Stacy Edwards.