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Headlines

Santa Anita has a $505,627 Rainbow 6 carryover heading into this week’s 3-day racing week, Friday-Sunday … Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby Day card will have a mandatory payout in the Rainbow 6 wager, a pool that could top $5 million … Limited on-track attendance with pre-sale purchased tickets only will be welcomed back to Santa Anita beginning Friday. No walk-up admissions will be permitted … Fields for Saturday’s 6-stakes card, including the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, will be drawn Wednesday. The Derby is expected to be led by Bob Lewis Memorial winner and San Felipe runner-up Medina Spirit.

Stronach 5

Stronach 5 races this Friday, April 2, will be:

Leg A – Gulfstream Park Race 8 with an approximate post time of 4:50
Leg B – Santa Anita Park Race 3 with an approximate post time of 5:13
Leg C – Gulfstream Park Race 9 with an approximate post time of 5:22
Leg D – Santa Anita Park Race 4 with an approximate post time of 5:44
Leg E – Golden Gate Fields Race 4 with an approximate post time of 5:59

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 33% or greater win rate.

Avg. Turn Time
Trainer 1 Year Win %
Avg. Best 2 of Last 3 Speed

Trends Last Week

-- Trainer Bob Baffert had the dominant hand at 8: 4-0-2, including a 3-for-4 mark with favorites. He went 3-for-3 teamed with jockey Flavien Prat. Since February 14, the duo is 7: 6-1-0 and nearly unbeatable.

-- Trainer Doug O’Neill, back from suspension, continued the hot ways Leandro Mora was credited with in recent weeks, with a 5: 2-2-0 performance. The Mora/O’Neill crew is 19: 7-5-2 the past 3 weeks.

-- Trainer John Shirreffs remained on point with a 4: 2-0-2 week. He’s now 6: 3-1-2 over the past 2 weeks and is 50% in the exacta from his last 14 starters locally.

-- Jockey Flavien Prat continues to ride rings around the competition with a 20: 7-8-2 week. He’s now 16-for-40 (40% wins) the past 2 weeks with 27 exacta finishes (68% top-2).

-- Favorites cooled their jets after a 51% run the previous 2 weeks, going 4-for-13 (31%) on both dirt and turf this past week.