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Check out my Saturday (10-5-24) Santa Anita Park Races 8 analysis below.

SA 8 (G2 Rodeo Drive, 10T) – Post Time 7:30 PM ET
Primary – #2 SUNSET GLORY, #4 Iscreamuscream
Secondary – #3 Be Your Best, #5 Beach Bomb

Horse Comments:

#2 Sunset Glory (5-2) is 3-for-3 this year and she is getting faster. She stepped up, stretched out to 1 3/8 miles, and won the CTT & TOC by a half-length on Aug. 16. She cuts back a furlong and this is her first graded attempt, and she can stalk or close under her winning rider Umberto Rispoli.

#4 Iscreamuscream (8-5) is a talented 3-year-old filly trying a longer distance and open company. She is 4-for-4 overall and 2-for-2 at SA, and she was all over the pace under Hector Berrios in her last two Del Mar stakes scores (G2 San Clemente, G1 Del Mar Oaks). She should be out there all by herself setting the pace through moderate splits.

#3 Be Your Best (12-1) set the pace and was second best in the local American Oaks (G1) at this distance late last year. She exits a clear show finish in an optional-claiming turf route at Saratoga on Aug. 8. Saffie Joseph Jr. is her new trainer and she adds blinkers and should be forwardly placed under Kyle Frey.

#5 Beach Bomb (10-1) stalked slow fractions and rallied for the place in her US bow in the Violet Stakes at MTH on August. 31. Graham Motion’s filly probably won’t get much pace help in this spot either. Antonio Fresu takes the call and she should be heard from late.

Wagers:

#2 to win

Exacta 2-4

Trifecta key 2/3-4-5

Superfecta 2-4/2-4/3-5/3-5

October 2024 Bettor Bet$ Free Pick Winners 
Oct. 1 – Beads ($10.20), Exacta ($28.00)
Oct. 3 – Donegal Momentum/Royal Majesty Exacta ($61.00)
Oct. 4 – Sea Runner ($3.60), Exacta ($9.40), Trifecta ($77.80)
Oct. 4 – SA (races 8-9) – $5 Late Daily Double ($47.00)

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Jarrod Horak

Jarrod Horak posts stakes recaps from Del Mar and Santa Anita Park, along with full card recaps and free stakes picks from Southern and/or Northern California.