Lila: Baltas Filly Battles Hard, Just Misses Maiden Win; Looks Ready to Score Next Time on Turf

Three year old filly for Richie Baltas ran too good to lose the nite cap on Sunday as she ran a bang up race at 9 furlongs on the grass for maiden special weight soph fillies. Off at 9/2 in a field of 9, she broke well under Kyle Frey and was third into the clubhouse turn just two off the leaders. She moved up to second by the 3/8 pole, stuck her head in front at the top of the lane, then battled gamely the entire length of the stretch. A runner from far back caught her right at the wire and she lost by a neck. It was 8 lengths back to the third horse. This was just her third career start for the Kentucky bred daughter of Audible and she is sitting on a victory for a very strong grass stable. She’s a soon winner and would be an ideal candidate for a trip down the hill.

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Lila’s Race Information

Race Date:  2025-02-16 Track:  Santa Anita Race #:  10
Distance:  9 Furlongs Conditions: maiden special weight Surface: Turf
Trainer:  Richard Baltas Jockey:  Kyle Frey Track Condition:  FIRM
Trouble Notes:  stalked inside, closest, bid 2wide 5/16, cleared upper, caught Track Variant:  +4
Finish Position: 2nd Win Payout:  $ – Place: Payout:  $ 6.40 Show Payout:  $ 4.20

Race Replay

Lila – Santa Anita –  2025-02-16

Lila Performance Figures Earned

Race Condition Pars Lila Figures Earned
Race Class Level:  120 Running Style In Race:  Unknown
Final Time Rating Par: 150 Final Time Rating: 111
CPR Race Par:  102 CPR Earned In Race: 99
Fast Fig Race Par:  114 Fast Fig In Race:
Key Race Winners: 0 Running Style In Race:   Unknown
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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 Lila was cabable of.  We expected that if Lila gets a good trip in their next start than we should see an improvement in Lila performance figures.  Use the performance figures earned in Lila last race (listed above) and compare them to the field and pars of Lila next start.  If Lila 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 Lila will dominate the race.

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