Horse Racing: Today at Santa Anita, May 30

Post Time 12:30 p.m.

Race 1 – 6 furlongs, Purse $26,000, Claiming $20,000, 3-year-olds

6 Rainsford – NoCal shipper taking a big class drop to face softer; like that Jeff Bonde has hired top gun Rafael Bejarano.

1 Believe Too – Sliding down the claiming ladder to this career low class; from the white hot Richard Baltas barn.

Long Shot – 2 Price of Glory

Race 2 – 4 1/2 furlongs, Purse $56,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, Fillies, 2-year-olds

3 Star of Munster – Tepid chalk in a race full of FTS maidens; watch the tote board for additional clues.

4 Gracette – Like many in here has win early pedigree; that matters in an abbreviated sprint where it’s a literal drag race.

Long Shot – 1 Lov Fool

Race 3 – 1 mile (turf), Purse $58,000, Optional claiming $40,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

8 Artistic Charm – She stretches out around 2-turns for the first time; even in England she was strictly a sprinter.

5 Yana – That was a sharp win on dirt last time; she doesn’t put wins together, but her last if repeated offers her a puncher’s chance.

Long Shot – 1 Screaming Skylar

Race 4 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $19,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, 3-year-olds and up

4 Go Jeremiah – His race two back is fast enough to graduate here if repeated; this is a real pedestrian group he’s facing.

3 All Around Brown – Sliding down the maiden claiming ladder to this bottom rung; won’t find an easier spot unless he goes to Phoenix.

Long Shot – 2 Win Wish

Race 5 – 1 1/4 miles (turf), $400,000 American Oaks, Fillies, 3-year-olds

2 Spanish Queen – She should be undefeated except for an unlucky loss in the Providencia; rebounded nicely with a fast win in the Honeymoon.

7 Consumer Credit – East coast horses are shipping out in droves for the SoCal turf stakes; they smell blood in weak grass divisions.

Long Shot – 5 Sharla Rae

Race 6 – 1 mile, Purse $58,000, Optional claiming $80,000, 3-year-olds

7 Bronze Star – Has been conservatively handled by the maestro Jerry Hollendorfer; cozy parking lot post to clock the early speed.

4 Forest Blue – Was second best behind a very talented colt in Kentuckian; gets class relief in this non-stakes race.

Long Shot – 3 Tried and True

Race 7 – 6 1/2 furlongs (turf), Purse $30,000, Starter allowance $40,000, 3-year-olds and up

2 Dead Easy – Has closed well in all four starts down the hillside turf course; gets reunited with Kent Desormeaux tonight.

5 it Is Living Water – Sight unseen since breaking his maiden at Del Mar; hasn’t been down the hill in a while, but showed ability on it.

Long Shot – 7 Shemp

Race 8 – 1 1/8th miles, $200,000 Californian, 3-year-olds and up

7 Moreno – Without his buddy Shared Belief around, he looks like a monster in this spot; was ridden perfectly by Cornelio Velasquez.

8 Catch a Flight – I like it when a horse wins while running a lower Beyer Speed figure; ran third in the Santa Anita Handicap.

Long Shot – 9 Sammy Mandeville

Race 9 – 6 1/2 furlongs (turf), Purse $56,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, 3-year-olds and up

11 Seedsandstemsagain – His resume down the hill is OK considering the quality of this group; like the parking lot post too.

12 Pay the Fine – Gets the extreme parking lot post down the hillside turf course; was thought of enough to run in a stakes 2 races ago.

Long Shot – 3 Real Big Deal

Best Bet – 7 Moreno (race 8)

Santa Anita Friday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 15/4/$15.60; Long Shots, 8/2/$47.80; Best Bet, 1/1/$2.40

Santa Anita Meet Totals – 282/72/$416.40; Long Shots, 139/23/$301.00; Best Bets, 17/8/$30.60

SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY – #5 World Approval (6/1) in race 9 at Belmont Park. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Friday, Thatcher Street won at Churchill Downs paying $5.40 to win, $3.00 to place and $2.40 to show. Stats – 73/49/$361.40; Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick