Horse Racing: Today at Santa Anita, October 23

Race 1 – 6 furlongs, Purse $32,000, Claiming $25,000, Fillies, 2-year-olds

1 Holiday Maker – Class relief from the Anoakia for this $25K claimer; when it looks too easy, I tend to get worried.

3 Desert Thief – Runs for a price tag first time in her career; draw a line thru last and her resume looks OK.

Long Shot – 2 Yes She’s A Dancer

Race 2 – 1 mile, Purse $58,000, Optional claiming $80,000, Fillies, 2-year-olds

2 Don’t Blame Me – Broke thru with a career topper in last to graduate; facing winners for the first time is a big class rise.

1 Daddy’s Duo – You don’t see many horses win by 13-lengths; beat an incredibly so bunch, so this is a major test for class.

Long Shot – 3 Maybellene

Race 3 – 1 mile, Purse $35,000, Maiden claiming $75,000, Fillies, 2-year-olds

4 All Star Bub – Has regressed badly since a good looking career debut; Peter Eurton drops her in for a price tag here.

5 Appealing Lady – Taking the biggest class drop in racing from MSW to maiden claiming; John Sadler adding blinkers on too.

Long Shot – 2 Ritzy Tags

Race 4 – 6 furlongs, Purse $31,000, Maiden claiming $50,000, Cal-breds, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

8 Flowinwiththebreez – Philip D’Amato puts the for sale sign up in search of victory; he takes the blinkers off too.

2 Comin’offthebench – FTS from Robertino Diodoro; he has a high percentage of FTS winners, 23 percent.

Long Shot – 3 Sophistry

Race 5 – 1 1/8th miles (turf, rail at 30 feet), Purse $56,000, Maiden special weights, 2-year-olds

1 Miltee – Dead late closer figures to save every inch of ground under Mario Gutierrez; this is a relatively soft spot.

5 Willing to Travel – Had no chance in a downhill turf course start; he is likely hetter going long so expect improvement.

Long Shot – 2 Pretentious

Race 6 – 1 1/16th miles, Purse $20,000, Claiming $16,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

7 Highly Rated – Sliding down the claiming ladder to a level lower than her claimed at price; Vann Belvoir puts blinkers on today.

2 Belonging – Sliding down the claiming ladder to this career low class; George Papaprodromou barn has had an exciting summer.

Long Shot – 1 Sheza Eyeopener

Race 7 – 1 1/2 miles (turf, rail at 30 feet), Purse $65,000, Allowance, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

1 Aguafria – Has threatened in both her SoCal starts; Tyler Baze takes over here for Corey Nakatani.

2 Scooter Bird – Ran a much better than looked race in last; Corey Nakatani had choices and opted to ride for John Sadler.

Long Shot – 4 Bunairgead

Race 8 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $17,000, Claiming $8,000, 3-year-olds and up

3 Nextdoorneighbor – He is a famous nibbler with 3 career wins, but 14 seconds and thirds; this is an extremely slow field tonight.

8 Crown of Aragon – Been away since competing in NoCal in April; has never run at Santa Anita, but does have an OK dirt resume.

Long Shot – 9 Golden Triumph

Best Bet – 1 Holiday Maker (race 1)

Santa Anita Sunday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 18/6/$31.00; Long Shots, 9/2/$18.20; Best Bet, 1/1/$3.80

Santa Anita Totals – 277/68/$409.80; Long Shots, 135/17/$208.60; Best Bets, 16/10/$38.80

SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY – #4 Looking Cool (2/1) in race 3 at Keeneland. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Sunday, Mesoma was scratched at Keeneland. Stats – 162/93/$894.80; Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick