Horse Racing, Santa Anita Park, 10/20/11

Post Time 1 p.m.

Race 1 – 6 furlongs, Purse $27,000, Maiden claiming $50,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

3 Ohhhh a Wise Guy – Among many taking a big class drop from MSW to maiden claiming; figures to show high cheese.

6 Geniality – Returns to the class she has run well at previously; should stalk from the wide out.

Long Shot – 5 Amy’s Outburst

Race 2 – 6 furlongs, Purse $33,000, Claiming $40,000, 3-year-olds and up

2 Wall Street Wonder – Speedball drops to the lowest class of his career; catch him to win.

6 Inuit Fisher – Ran evenly in SoCal debut, now Rafael Bejarano takes over; expect some improvement.

Long Shot – 1 Adriatic Moon

Race 3 – 6 furlongs, Purse $18,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

3 Kids Table – Claimed for $40K and run back for $20K; John Sadler doesn’t make many claiming mistakes.

9 Winforlin – Ran two good seconds at Fairplex, now returns to Arcadia; sure to get overlooked with Kerwin John.

Long Shot – 12 Silver Luna

Race 4 – 1 mile (turf, rail at 30 feet), Purse $21,000, Claiming $25,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

8 Katy’s Kitty – Bugboy hasn’t been getting many live mounts of late; may be better suited for grass.

5 Blue Grass Music – Dropping in class to the lowest price tag of her career; need not be much to beat these.

Long Shot – 7 Mo Cheese

Race 5 – 1 mile, Purse $18,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, 3-year-olds and up

5 Nearly Was Mine – Two rough trips, now is dropped to the bottom class rung; now of never with Garrett Gomez up.

3 Praise for Dubai – Was last most of the way, then spurted late to split the field in last; showed some improvement.

Long Shot – 11 Wanted Poster

Race 6 – 1 mile (turf, rail at 30 feet), Purse $25,000, Claiming $25,000, 3-year-olds and up

5 Isle of Prado – Like the turn back in distance to a flat mile; should be sitting on a good one.

7 Moudez – Logical chalk won well over Golden Gate grass in last; claimed by Blake Heap, he hires Rafael Bejarano.

Long Shot -8 Gothic Samurai

Race 7 – 1 1/16th miles, Purse $51,000, Optional claiming $62,500, 3-year-olds and up

5 Quality Council – Natural speed mount for P Val to do his thing; figures to break sharp, play catch me if you can.

1 Donato – Razor sharp claim gets class relief for today; he figures to save all the ground throughout.

Long Shot -3 Kate’s Event

Race 8 – 6 furlongs, Purse $18,000, Maiden claiming $18,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

10 Song by West – Did a classic pop and stop in debut; runs first time for a price tag, catch her to win.

13 My Brite Caroline – Been saying this all day about maiden claiming drop downs; this is a mediocre card at best.

Long Shot – 12 Warren’s Boogie

Best Bet – 3 Kids Table (race 3)

Santa Anita Sunday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 17/3/$16.80; Long Shots, 9/3/$45.80; Best Bet, 1/0/$0

Santa Anita Totals – 206/60/$380.60; Long Shots, 107/16/$169.40; Best Bets, 12/6/$31.00

SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY – #2 Hammers Terror (5/2) in race 5 at Keeneland. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Sunday, Bet To Win won at Keeneland paying $2.40 to win, $2.20 to place and $2.10 to show. Stats – 161/105/$822.30; follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick