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Check out my Saturday (10-26-24) Santa Anita Park Race 7 analysis below.

SA 7 (G2 Twilight Derby, 9T) – Post Time 7:04 PM ET
Primary – #4 STAY HOT, #7 Twirling Point
Secondary – #6 Rothschild, #1 Atitlan

Horse Comments:

#4 Stay Hot (3-1) had success at DMR this summer with a win in the La Jolla and a runner-up finish in the Del Mar Derby (G2). He won back-to-back local turf stakes earlier this year (Baffle, Pasadena) and Peter Eurton shows a profit with this type of short layoff runner. Look for him late under his regular pilot Antonio Fresu.

#7 Twirling Point (6-1) was also entered in the Bryan Station (G3) at KEE on Saturday and he scratched from that spot and will run in this race. He drew post 12 at Keeneland and landed the outside post in this spot as well, but it is only a 7-horse field and sharp turf rider Umberto Rispoli takes the call. The versatile gelding fits with these.

#6 Rothschild (9-2) moved to turf and finished a neck behind Stay Hot in the G3 Cecil B. DeMille late last year. He was third in his Oceanside return and landed the show again in the G3 Nashville Derby at KD Aug. 31. Tim Yakteen’s $700k Uncle Mo colt is getting faster.

#1 Atitlan (7-2) switched to turf second time out and got up by a head in a flat mile MSW affair at DMR July 20. He stalked and completed the trifecta in the La Jolla and G2 Del Mar Derby, and Stay Hot finished in front of him both times. He figures to save ground stalking the pace under his winning rider Hector Berrios.

Wagers:

#4 to win

Exacta box 4-7

Trifecta 4-7/1-4-6-7/1-4-6-7

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)
Oct. 21 – Bold Fortune ($4.90)
Oct. 23 – Neon Icon ($11.96), Trifecta ($427.64)

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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.