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Headlines

Historic 2020 Preakness-winning filly Swiss Skydiver comes west for Saturday’s Grade 1 Beholder Mile, highlighting a stakes menu that also includes Saturday’s Grade 3 San Simeon for turf sprinters. The grass dashers also are spotlighted Sunday in the Irish O’Brien for Cal-breds … Santa Anita opens the racing week Friday with a $53,769 one-day carryover in the Rainbow 6 … Saturday’s mandatory Rainbow 6 payout drew $5.13 million in new money … Santa Anita also has a $13,086 carryover in the Super High 5 pool into Friday … Jockey Joel Rosario will be on the road Saturday when he partners with Bob Baffert’s San Vicente winner Concert Tour in the Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn … Good luck to the Xpressbet Beat the Host contest finalists who are playing Saturday in the Championship Round, which will be comprised of races from Santa Anita and Gulfstream.

Stronach 5

Friday’s national wager the Stronach 5, which was to feature two races from Laurel and a carryover of $154,931, has been postponed to March 19.

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 32% or greater win rate and showing a flat-bet profit.

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Trends Last Week

-- Main-track favorites were only 2-16 last week, bailed out by 1-2 shot Life is Good in Saturday’s San Felipe, and Sunday claimer Pawnee at even-money. They are now 6-for-31 (19%) over the past 2 weeks.

-- Bob Baffert remained dialed in at 11: 4-1-2 on the week, including a 3-win Saturday with $3, $7 and $19 returns. He’s posting 35% wins and 54% in the exacta locally since Feb. 12.

-- Trainer Richard Baltas posted a 9: 4-1-2 record with winners at $3, $6, $8 and $12. He added 3 turf allowance wins to Idol’s victory in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap. Baltas and jockey Flavien Prat went 5: 2-1-2 in tandem.

-- Trainer Mark Glatt had been nibbling around the edges, but broke through last week with a 4: 2-1-1 mark in limited strikes. He had a $13 winner among the quartet of runners. The barn had 9 runner-up finishes from just 20 starters between Feb. 14 and last week’s breakout.

-- Jockey Tyler Baze had a rock-solid 10: 3-1-1 week, booting home $7, $12 and $13 winners for 3 different barns. Baze boasted a $1.62 ROI for every $1 bet.

-- Jockey Jessica Pyfer was knocking on the door with a 10: 1-4-1 mark. The apprentice had a $32 upset winner as well as 12-1 and 17-1 runner-ups. She had a win and a runner-up in 2 mounts for trainer Phil D’Amato.