Santa Anita Park’s Super High 5 wager isn’t as easy as 1-2-3. Nor was it as easy as 1-2-3-4 when the top four finishers in the ninth race Monday were dismissed at single-digit odds. Hence, the $1 wager that requires bettors to pick the top five finishers in exact order goes to the post this Friday with $21,413 in the carryover pool. It won’t be easy again with eight California-bred maidens scheduled to run 6F on the turf in the last race on the card.

Santa Anita 8th Race (7:37 p.m. EST)

Top Spot: BUTTERFLY BEACH is re-united with California-bred rivals and is the key to unlocking a potential big payout in her second start off a 10-month layoff. She saved ground in a 6-1/2 sprint for the same price, appeared to be dropping back into the turn, but found a little bit of a second wind to finish fifth before galloping out in front of the two favorites. The race winner went wire-to-wire at 5-2 odds, the class-dropping favorite ran second to improve to 8-for-10 in the money and the fourth-place finisher returned with a 12-1 upset under the same conditions.

Second Spot: JENNYS WINE GIRL “fought” her way into contention in three consecutive MSW grass routes at one mile. She forged a narrow lead at the stretch call twice before settling for minor awards. She tries sprinting on the turf for the first time and will be the most popular play on the Super High 5 tickets.

Third Spot: ISLE OF ANGELS stepped it up a notch with a :48-2/5 gate work leading to her debut. Her dam, Annangel, went wire-to-wire in all three non-stakes races after she arrived in the U.S. from England. She’s one of two runners in Leg C on our ticket. Trainer Peter Miller has a 60-percent in-the-money rate with maiden claimers on the turf the last three years when they are dismissed at single-digit odds. BLAME IT ON ABBY burned a lot of money in her five starts but fits the bill, nonetheless. (Note: Use her stablemate, Baby Needs Shoes, if she draws into the race).

Fourth and Fifth Spots: With plenty of room on the ticket if it is alive to this point, go ‘ALL’ in the final two spots of the sequence.

Suggested $1 Super High 5 Ticket
Top Spot: 5
Second Spot: 7
Third Spot: 6, 8
Fourth Spot: ALL
Fifth Spot: ALL
Cost: $40