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Check out my Friday (10-18-24) Santa Anita Park Race 8 analysis below.

SA 8 (Mcl-50k, 8T) – Post Time 7:30 PM ET
Primary – #4 LAST ELIZABETHAN, #2 Matters
Secondary – #9 Above All Else, #1 Upcharge

Horse Comments:

#4 Last Elizabethan (7-2) moved to the Jeff Mullins barn and was a wide 5th of 11 (beaten 3 1/4 lengths) from post 10 at 8T July 26, and she stalked and finished an even 3rd of 5 at 8.5T at 2-1 odds Aug. 16. Juan Hernandez takes the call and he is 2-for-3 with this barn recently, and all three finished in the top three. This is the first tagged attempt for the CA-bred filly.

#2 Matters (6-1) attracts Umberto Rispoli in her third start after a layoff. She improved her speed ratings in her last two turf routes and exits an okay show finish in a Mcl-62.5k affair. Gallagher is 2-for-3 at the current stand and he is a profitable 21% with his maiden claiming starters. She is already fast enough to win this based on her Sept. 5 number.

#9 Above All Else (4-1) stretches back out and drops into a maiden claiming race for the first time. She removes blinkers and might try to wire the field under profitable turf rider Hector Berrios.

#1 Upcharge (5-2) drops out of the MSW ranks for Phil D’Amato. She split a 12-horse field in a turf route Sept. 7 and the runner-up was a next-out winner, and she has every right to move forward in her third start after a layoff.

Wagers:

#4 to win

Exacta box 2-4

Trifecta 2-4/1-2-4-9/1-2-4-9

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)
Oct. 6 – Iron Man Cal ($4.60)
Oct. 9 – Green Light ($3.42)
Oct. 10 – Major Dude ($6.74)
Oct. 13 – On the Whim ($8.00)
Oct. 17 – Peignoir ($6.02), Exacta ($16.34)

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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.