Santarena: Trouble At Start For This Strong Runner

Three year old colt for Mark Glatt made his debut on Saturday in a maiden special weight event for sophomores at six and a half on the main. Off at 3/1 and bet down from 6/1 M/L in a field of 10, he was well meant today but was knocked completely off stride at the start by his next door neighbor and was away dead last and was quickly 12 lengths back of the leaders. Kimura took him to the rail and he gradually moved up some but was never in the race. He rallied for fourth in the lane to show that he can run some, but the start just killed any chances he had to win, through no fault of his own. He worked solidly for his debut and this son of Omaha Beach cost $425K in a yearling sale so he is cut out to be a nice horse.

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Santarena’s Race Information
Race Date:  March 9, 2024	Track:  Santa Anita		Race #:  4
Distance:  6.5 Furlongs	Conditions: maiden special weight		Surface: Dirt
Trainer:  Mark Glatt	Jockey:  Kazushi Kimura		Track Condition:  FAST
Trouble Notes:  bpd, forced in start, angled over,4wd into lane, willingly			Track Variant:  +6
Finish Position: 4th	Win Payout:  0	Place: Payout:  0	Show Payout:  0

Race Replay

Santarena – Santa Anita –  March 9, 2024

Santarena Performance Figures Earned
Race Condition Pars	Santarena Figures Earned
Race Class Level:  135	Running Style In Race:  Unknown
Final Time Rating Par: 150	Final Time Rating: 107
CPR Race Par:  116	CPR Earned In Race: 98
Fast Fig Race Par:  120	Fast Fig In Race:
Key Race Winners: 2	Running Style In Race:   Unknown
(click the links above to learn more avbout each figure and how to use them in your handicapping)

Generally horses that are on the Horses To Watch list ran into unexpected trouble, bad luck, and/or didn’t run the race we believe Santarena was cabable of.  We expected that if Santarena gets a good trip in their next start than we should see an improvement in Santarena performance figures.  Use the performance figures earned in Santarena last race (listed above) and compare them to the field and pars of Santarena next start.  If Santarena appears to have earned higher performance figures in the last race when running into trouble  as compared to the rest of the field’s expected perfomance in the upcoming race than there is a good chance that Santarena will dominate the race.

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