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Headlines

Racing this week will be a Saturday-Sunday schedule with no Friday card in an effort to help protect the turf course … 8,246 on-track attendees for last Saturday’s Santa Anita Derby Day card help produce an all-sources pari-mutuel handle of $24,282,400, the highest Runhappy Santa Anita Derby Day handle since 2007. Congrats to the connections of Rock Your World ... This week’s feature race will be Saturday’s $75,000 Mizdirection Stakes for filly & mare turf sprinters … Santa Anita’s Rainbow 6 has a 1-day carryover in the jackpot pool of $53,590. A mandatory payout on April 3 lured more than $3.7 million in new money … San Vicente Stakes winner Concert Tour and stablemate Hozier will be on the road Saturday in Oaklawn’s Grade 1 Arkansas Derby.

Stronach 5

Last week’s Stronach 5 paid $2,752 to 42 winning tickets. Stronach 5 races this Friday, April 9, will be:

Leg A – Laurel Park Race 8 with an approximate post time of 4:45 ET
Leg B – Gulfstream Park Race 8 with an approximate post time of 4:50 ET
Leg C – Laurel Park Race 9 with an approximate post time of 5:16 ET
Leg D – Gulfstream Park Race 9 with an approximate post time of 5:22 ET
Leg E – Golden Gate Fields Race 3 with an approximate post time of 5:27 ET

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 34% or greater win rate. The factor Best Speed at Track won 44% and produced a $43.40 profit if you bet $2 win on each top choice in that category for the week. The 1/ST BET app’s AI picks pointed to $12.40 Santa Anita Derby winner Rock Your World as the top choice.

Best Speed at Track
Best Lifetime Speed
Avg. Speed Last 3

Trends Last Week

-- Trainer Bob Baffert always puts up potent numbers, but he’s particular hot right now. His 8: 3-3-0 record last week gives him a 2-week run of 16: 7-3-2. Baffert and Flavien Prat are 10: 7-2-0 in tandem since February 14.

-- Trainer Michael McCarthy enjoyed a big week everywhere, going 6: 2-0-1 at Santa Anita, winning a pair of races at Golden Gate and finishing third in the Grade 2 Blue Grass with his Kentucky Derby hopeful Rombauer.

-- Trainer Ryan Hanson had another solid week at 2-for-4, including an $18 turf sprint allowance winner. The barn is 11: 4-2-1 since March 13 with a $2.26 ROI for every $1 bet.

-- Jockey Kent Desormeaux had perhaps the best week of his latest comeback when going 6: 2-1-0. His winners paid $9 and $40 and he added a 9-2 runner-up. He’s riding for lesser outfits than he once did, but scored for Rafael Deleon and Quentin Miller.

-- Favorites dominated the scene at 29: 14-8-4. That’s 48% wins and 76% in the exacta. Turf chalk hit 53% on top with dirt favorites at 43%.