Winning Prize – all alone at the line of the GII Arcadia Stakes at Santa Anita Park earlier this season!
The $400,000, GI Shoemaker Mile, for 3yo and up 1-mile turfers, over the Santa Anita turf course will be the first of 2 big GI’s at Santa Anita this Saturday as this race will also double as a “Win and You’re In” race for this year’s B/C Mile event!!
Free Past Performances,
A very good field of 7 top 1-mile turfers will go to the post for this race #7 on the Santa Anita Saturday card!
Winning Prize , winner of the GII Arcadia and GI Frank E Kilroe Mile, winning both races in front running style and in sub 1:33 times, too! He should be the post time favorite and well deserved too!
Obviously , is the 2013 returning champ in this race and last time out won the GIII American Stakes here beating Chipsallin by 5 plus lengths! A multiple graded winner at this distance and a must use in your exotics and multi’s!
Silentio , 3rd in that same GIII American Stakes here last out. He won the GII Citation at BHP last Nov. and is a multiple grade winner, too. Tends to stalk the pace and hit the board most times!
Jack Milton, winner of the GIII Poker Stakes at Belmont most recently with a nice 5w stretch run for the win. Clicked off a 1:33 flat in that race which is rather good for either Belmont turf course. Dead Closer here!
Summer Front , is also a multiple graded winner, coming 2nd in the GIII Fort Marcy at Belmont Park most recently. Another closer type here so do not look for him early!
Tom’s Tribute, a last time out winner of the Thunder Road Stakes here at Santa Anita clocking a blistering 1:31.3 1-mile turf time in that win! Tends to not do as well at the Graded level, however! Does his best racing as a closer!
Pulpit’s Express , winner of a May 26 $20k turf 1x alw mile here at Santa Anita last out but just isn’t in the same class as the rest of this field!
“Post Time” – for Race #7, – 4:00 pm PDT!
PP.
Horse
Jockey
Wgt
Trainer
1.
Obviously
J Talamo
121
P D’Amato
2.
Jack Milton
J Castellano
119
T A Pletcher
3.
Tom’s Tribute
K J Desormeaux
119
J M Cassidy
4.
Winning Prize
C S Nakatani
124
N D Drysdale
5.
Summer Front
J Bravo
119
C Clement
6.
Pulpit’s Express
D Van Dyke
119
J W Sadler
7.
Silentio
V Espinoza
119
G Mandella
Picks are – 1,2,4,5 exacta box with the 7 or 3 at the back-end of a dime super!
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