By Jarrod Horak The Road to the Kentucky Derby rolls through Santa Anita Park with the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby, a $500,000 event for three-year-olds going 1 1/8 miles on the main track. This is one of the most important West Coast prep races, and I’ve been tracking all the Derby points races closely—producing […]
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By Jarrod Horak The Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes at Santa Anita Park is one of the most important early-season prep races on the Road to the Kentucky Derby. Run at one mile and a sixteenth for three-year-olds, the race offers valuable Derby qualifying points and frequently produces contenders for the first Saturday in May. […]
The March 7 card at Santa Anita Park offers a mix of competitive maiden races, strong allowance events, and multiple graded stakes that shape the betting landscape. Using Today’s Racing Digest methodology—evaluating pace flow, projected performance figures, and track profile tendencies—the goal is to identify races where the structure creates clearer wagering opportunities. Santa Anita’s […]
