Over $2,000,000 in purse money will be on the line this Saturday in Arcadia as Santa Anita plays host to a 12-race card that includes the historic Santa Anita Handicap. Here’s a look at the four stakes races that will highlight Saturday’s racing action.
San Carlos Stakes (G2)
Race #4 – 1:00 PM PT Post Time – 7 Furlong Dirt Race – $200,000 Purse
John Sadler will have two of the top contenders in this small field on Saturday in Flagstaff and St. Joe Bay. The eight-year-old St. Joe Bay will be making his first start in nearly a year since winning this exact race back on March 30, 2019.
1. Manhattan Up (6/1) – Trainer: Philip A. Oviedo – Jockey: Tiago Josue Pereira
2. Flagstaff (8/5) – John W. Sadler – Victor Espinoza
3. Roadster (5/2) – Bob Baffert – Mike E. Smith
4. St. Joe Bay (4/1) – John W. Sadler – Flavien Prat
5. Law Abidin Citizen (8/1) – Mark Glatt – Abel Cedillo
6. McKale (5/1) – Bob Baffert – Drayden Van Dyke
Frank E. Kilroe Mile (G1)
Race #5 – 1:30 PM PT Post Time – 1 Mile Turf Race – $400,000 Purse
Got Stormy is an impressive five-year-old turf filly with seven career wins under her belt including a victory in the Matriarch Stakes (G1) at Del Mar last December. She will be the one to beat in this turf mile.
1. True Valour (IRE) (6/1) – Simon Callaghan – Umberto Rispoli
2. River Boyne (IRE) (3/1) – Jeff Mullins – Abel Cedillo
3. Got Stormy (5/2) – Mark E. Casse – Tyler Gaffalione
4. Next Shares (10/1) – Richard Baltas – Flavien Prat
5. Sellwood (15/1) – Jeff Mullins – Mike E. Smith
6. Ohio (BRZ) (6/1) – Michael W. McCarthy – Jose Valdivia, Jr.
7. Kingly (15/1) – Bob Baffert – Mario Gutierrez
8. Frontier Market (6/1) – John W. Sadler – Joel Rosario
9. Sash (GB) (30/1) – Mark Glatt – Drayden Van Dyke
10. Desert Stone (IRE) (10/1) – Richard Baltas – Geovanni Franco
San Felipe Stakes (G2)
Race #8 – 3:01 PM PT Post Time – 1 1/16 Mile Dirt Race – $400,000 Purse
This Kentucky Derby prep race will give horse racing fans a look at two of Bob Baffert’s best three-year-olds in Authentic and Thousand Words. Authentic earned a nice win at the Sham Stakes (G3) in January while Thousand Words has already won two graded stakes races in the Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) and Robert B. Lewis (G3).
1. Fort McHenry (20/1) – Doug F. O’Neill – Abel Cedillo
2. Honor A. P. (4/1) – John A. Shirreffs – Mike E. Smith
3. Wrecking Crew (12/1) – Peter Miller – Tyler Gaffalione
4. Authentic (6/5) – Bob Baffert – Drayden Van Dyke
5. Thousand Words (9/5) – Bob Baffert – Flavien Prat
6. Storm the Court (5/1) – Peter Eurton – Joel Rosario
7. Swagsational (50/1) – Heath Lawrence – Kassie Guglielmino
Santa Anita Handicap (G1)
Race #10 – 4:03 PM PT Post Time – 1 1/4 Mile Dirt Race – $600,000 Purse
Gift Box will be both the sentimental favorite and the likely betting favorite in the Santa Anita Handicap as he looks to become just the fifth horse ever to win the “Big ‘Cap” twice. The seven-year-old has gone 3-1-0 over his last four races at Santa Anita including a win in the San Antonio Stakes (G2) in December. That race also featured Midcourt, who figures to be among Gift Box’s toughest competition in this one.
1. Multiplier (20/1) – Peter Miller – Tyler Gaffalione
2. Two Thirty Five (12/1) – Richard Baltas – Ruben Fuentes
3. Brown Storm (CHI) (20/1) – Michael W. McCarthy – Hector Isaac Berrios
4. Gift Box (6/5) – John W. Sadler – Joel Rosario
5. Midcourt (2/1) – John A. Shirreffs – Victor Espinoza
6. Combatant (12/1) – John W. Sadler – Umberto Rispoli
7. Hofburg (6/1) – William I. Mott – Flavien Prat
8. Endorsed (6/1) – Kiaran P. McLaughlin – Drayden Van Dyke
