In this horse racing handicapping video, Jarrod Horak analyzes the Grade 3 Royal Heroine Stakes at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Royal Heroine field (race 7): 1 – Public Assembly (5-1), 2 – Raw Ability (9-2), 3 – Sneaker (15-1), 4 – Uncorked (7-2), 5 – Venganza (15-1) 6 – Tirupati (2-1), […]
Three year old colt for Mark Glatt made start #6 on Saturday in an attempt to break his maiden at 9 furlongs on the grass. Moving up in class from an $80,000 maiden claimer to straight maidens, he was off at 6/1 in a field of 8 under Hector Berrios. He laid 3rd down the […]
For the 2nd consecutive race, this 5 year old gelding for Martin Valenzuela makes our Horses to Watch list. In his 8th career start after 7 straight sprints, they finally tried him two turns on Saturday at a flat mile on the main in a non winners twice starter allowance for those who had raced […]
By Jarrod Horak The Grade 3, $100,000 Santa Ana Stakes is the 8th race at Santa Anita Park on Saturday, March 15. Eight horses will face the starter and Kathynmarissa is the even money favorite. Santa Ana Analysis #2 Mahina (8-1) almost always finishes in the top three at Santa Anita (10 4-3-2). She stalked […]
It’s that time of the year when trainer John Shirreffs gets a horse ready for the Derby trail and this year it is Baeza, a colt out of McKinzie and a Big Brown mare. Sold at auction for $1.2 million, he was off as the 2/1 second choice in this mile maiden special weight on […]
Four year old colt for John Sadler, who has been running in graded stakes for sophomores, tried the 2nd allowance condition Sunday at 9 furlongs on the turf for older runners. Off at 3/1 in a field of 9, Berrios took him over to the fence and kept him well off the pace into the […]
Four year old filly now in the Jeff Mullins barn after shipping in from Woodbine was in for the 1st allowance condition at six and a half down the hill on Saturday. Off at 7/2 with a lot of late tote action, she got away poorly and quickly was 14 lengths back of the leader […]
This six year old full horse for Dan Blacker couldn’t be any sharper than he is right now as he won the Grade 3 Thunder Road stakes Saturday at a mile on the turf for older runners in 1:32.39 by four widening lengths. After Seal Team, who was the 8/5 favorite broke through the gate, […]
Six year old mare for Jeff Mullins tried the first allowance condition for Cal breds at six and a half on the turf for older runners on Friday. Off as the even money favorite in a field of 7, she broke well under Berrios and sat the perfect trip down the back side in 4th […]
Two year old colt for Doug O’Neill made start #2 in Saturday’s finale, a maiden special weight event at a mile on the turf. Off at 16/1 in this field of 10, he went right to the lead from the get go under Berrios and tried to take the field wire to wire. He had […]
