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Headlines

$843,236 in Rainbow 6 jackpot carryover money welcomes players back for Friday’s card on a 3-day racing week … Santa Anita will offer a mandatory payout in the Rainbow 6 on Saturday, with a pool estimated to top more than $5 million … Feature races this week include Friday’s rescheduled Baffle Stakes for 3-year-old turf sprinters, as well as Saturday’s San Vicente on the Santa Anita Derby trail and San Marcos, Las Virgenes and Thunder Road on a loaded card … Play Saturday’s Santa Anita online handicapping tournament at Xpressbet.com with Ultimate Betting Challenge seats and cash prizes up for grabs in the $500 live money contest … Saturday’s Xpressbet Beat the Host contest will match players against Gulfstream Park handicapper Ron Nicoletti over 10 contest races from Gulfstream and Santa Anita … Super Bowl Sunday early post time of 11:30 am PT will be in play.

Stronach 5

Last week’s Stronach 5 paid $1,053 despite no winners above 4-1 odds. Stronach 5 races this Friday, February 5, will be:

Leg A – Gulfstream Park Race 7 with an approximate post time of 4:15
Leg B – Laurel Park Race 9 with an approximate post time of 4:29
Leg C – Santa Anita Park Race 3 with an approximate post time of 4:35
Leg D – Golden Gate Fields Race 3 with an approximate post time of 4:53
Leg E – Gulfstream Park Race 9 with an approximate post time of 5:17

1/ST BET Top Factors Last Week:

Horseplayers using the 1/ST BET app saw the most success with these 3 of the 52 handicapping filters for Santa Anita Park last week, each winning at a 42% or greater win rate and showing a flat-bet profit. It was a deep and tiring, drying out racetrack last week, which may be why Last Turn Time, rarely a top-3 factor at Santa Anita on dirt, was so prevalent.

Best Speed Track
Avg. 2 of 3 Speed
Last Turn Time

Trends Last Week

-- Trainer Mark Glatt went 4: 2-0-0 on the 2-day week and added to his solid 7: 2-3-2 mark the previous week. His 2-week total now sits at 11: 4-3-2 at Santa Anita.

-- Trainer Steve Knapp was 4: 2-1-0 with well-backed winners at 4-5 and 9-5, adding a 5-1 runner-up. Knapp is a strong 22% winner at the meet (6-27) with a $1.20 ROI for every $1 bet.

-- Jockey Abel Cedillo was on point at 9: 4-3-0. That’s 44% wins, 78% in the exacta and an ROI of $1.49 for every $1 bet. Among his 2 winners for Bob Baffert was Lewis Stakes winner Medina Spirit. Match that with his 9-22 record 2 weeks ago, and Cedillo is now 13 for his last 31.

-- Jockey Juan Hernandez had a good week at 11: 3-3-1, tough his winners returned just 8-5, 5-2 and 5-2. He did have an 11-1 runner-up with Roman Centurian in the Lewis Stakes.

-- Favorites were fantastic at 16: 8-4-4, all in the money, with 50% wins and 75% in the exacta.

-- Trainer Peter Miller, 0-5 last week, is now on a 2-30 cold streak the past 3 weeks at Santa Anita.