Friday's 5th race (3:06pm PT) from Santa Anita Park is an Optional Claiming event for fillies and mares traveling a flat mile on the main track.
#5 Miss Radiance (4-1) is bred to go this far and might be best on conventional dirt. She hooked the likes of Zazu in her first two synthetic sprint outings before smartly graduating off an extended layoff in a local sprint over next out winner and today's rival #4 Transgression (9-2) here Oct 16. She exits an even 4th in a Cushion Track sprint off a short rest and is training well for this engagement (stabled at Santa Anita).
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#8 Spirit Seeker (9-5) has cruised in 4 of her last 5 conventional dirt routes including a pair of local flat mile wins in October under today's pilot Bejarano. The obvious prominent throughout player won't offer much value.
#3 Lofty Ambition (9-2) has shown ability routing/sprinting on synthetic and turf. She hails from a profitable low profile barn and Talamo has options with the versatile sort.
The Plays:
$18 to win #5
$1 Trifecta Key 5/3-4-8 ($6)
$1 Trifecta 3-4-8/5/3-4-8 ($6)
analysis by Jarrod Horak
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