Check out our race-by-race verdicts and nap selection for Sunday's meeting at Santa Anita.
20.30 (All times BST live on Sky Sports Racing) - click here for full racecard & form - A competitive opener and Preaching Trainer went close last time when finishing just ahead of Jetovator. The latter had beaten A Man's Man in a maiden race here earlier while Fly The Sky drops in class but is also down in distance having recorded both wins so far over a mile. Raul Rosas has a bit to find at this level but UNBRIDLED ETHOS showed enough last year to suggest he can win in this grade and has been gelded subsequently. The presence of Irad Ortiz suggests he’ll be ready for action on his return and he gets a speculative vote.
21.02 - racecard & form - Ruby Bradley has been in decent form here though over longer trips and Mongolian Window is another dropping back down in distance. Madame Barbarian scored over today’s trip at Oaklawn last month and should go well under Flavien Prat but EASY GRADER makes most appeal. The latter has been hard to keep right but her best form gives her leading claims at this lower level and she’s partnered by one of the track’s leading jockeys in Abel Cedillo.
21.36 - racecard & form - FOREIGN PROTOCOL has been gelded since last in action and may improve. He already has the strongest form with a victory at Golden Gate back in February and Quinn Howey’s charge should make a bold bid in this. Promise Nothing finished in front of Brickyard Ride when runner-up over track and trip but faces tougher today as does Hydrogen, an allowance race winner at Mahoning Valley in March. Call Me Daddy is upped in class having won a maiden race by a wide-margin at the end of last year and Arc Nation can do better back over a shorter trip today.
22.07 - racecard & form - Dipping In had earlier finished a neck in front of Resarcio when runner-up over track and trip. The latter is one of three entries for John Shirreffs though Mike Smith is booked to ride the reserve Bristol Bayou having partnered the returning Zest last year. Nurse Goodbody was a fast-finishing fourth here on her debut and this longer trip will suit on that evidence but a chance is taken on the newcomer WIND AND HOPE. Simon Callaghan’s Tapit filly cost $535,000 as a yearling and leading track jockey Flavien Prat is doing the steering.
22.39 - racecard & form - Sky Jumper represents Bob Baffert’s powerful yard and finished second in a starters race here in March. But this drop into claiming company looks like a tad suspicious and he’s taken on with BABY GRONK. The latter failed to see out the longer trip here last time but earlier placed efforts suggest he can go close at this level and Bill Spawr’s charge has the beating of Camby on running here last year. Fellow Citizen, Master Juba, Cryin' Chuck and Undeniable Proof all won maiden races on their latest starts with the first-named making most appeal.
23.12 - racecard & form - Fivestar Lynch finally won a maiden race over track and trip last time having returned a losing favourite on a couple of occasions before that. But RED KING is proven at this level having finished a close-up third here on his latest outing with Turn The Switch, Go Daddy Go and Crystal Tribe all finishing behind. Philip D’Amato’s charge also has the beating of Avalanche on earlier form and can get his head back in front today. Posterize struggled in a stakes race here recently but better is expected in this grade and he’s preferred to Of Good Report.
23.46 - racecard & form - DA KINE has been competing over longer trips on the Turf recently but his earlier form on the main track is the best on offer. He gets the vote back over a shorter distance today. Polar Wind will need a big step forward to figure and the returning Most Sandisfactory also needs to improve though Flavien Prat is on board and he’s preferred to stablemate and newcomer Press Briefing. The four-year-old Full Draw makes a belated debut and the Union Rags colt is worth a second glance.
00.18 - racecard & form - Border Town won a straight maiden here in February and should be at home in this grade but MADMAN (NAP) looks the one to side with representing Richard Baltas’ in-form yard. He was beaten only a nose over course and distance at this level last time and the form looks solid enough with the third horse subsequently winning. Southern King has the past form to figure and is preferred to Irish Heatwave, who ships-in from Fair Grounds, while Cajun Treasure and The Street Fighter could go well if rediscovering their best.
00.50 - racecard & form - Brace For Impact could have had more luck with the draw but should still give a good account. Stablemate Tallemark finished in front of Caerulean when third over track and trip last time though had earlier finished behind EL DIABLO ROJO here. The latter showed a distinct improvement when subsequently finishing runner-up on his first start gelded and there looks more to come from him. Clayton Delaney is partnered by Falvien Prat on his debut and makes more appeal than fellow newcomer Bluegrass Patriot.
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