Santa Anita Park Winter Meet Rewind (Dec 26-Jan 2)

The Santa Anita Park winter meet started off in typical fast and firm fashion but the weather went downhill quickly after opening day.

Monday SANTA ANITA PARK Recap: Dec 26

Fast main track and firm turf course. Dueling front runners captured the first two dirt sprints of the meet (6.5f, 6f). The winning turf course running styles were a closer at 9f, an outside stalker down the hill, and a front runner at one mile.

Flavien Prat and Joel Rosario both booted home a pair.

Thursday SANTA ANITA PARK Recap: Dec 29

Fast main track and firm turf course. Two of the three flat mile dirt races produced a wire job and a dueling front running winner. The winning turf course running styles were a stalker at one mile, a downhill closer, and another stalker at one mile (rail at 10 feet).

Flavien Prat booted home a pair.

Friday SANTA ANITA PARK Recap: Dec 30

Wet fast main track and the lone downhill race was moved to the dirt oval. Turf course good. Two wire-to-wire winners on dirt (8f, 6.5f). The lone turf race was captured by stalker Vending Machine in the one mile Eddie Logan Stakes  (rail at 20 feet).

Hat trick for Norberto Arroyo Jr. Peter Miller saddled both stakes winners (Bad Ju Ju, Vending Machine) and Arroyo rode both.

You can read the rest of my Santa Anita Park Report at The Runaway Horse...