Check out my Sunday (1-11-26) Santa Anita Park Race 7 analysis below.
SA 7 (OC-50k/1x, 6.5f) – Post Time 6:00 PM ET
Primary – #4 OUR MOONLIGHT, #3 No Cap
Secondary – #1 Shared Future, #5 Emirates Affair
Horse Comments:
#4 Our Moonlight (7-2) stalked and scored in her local dirt sprint bow in 2024, and she was second best in her next local start at 6f (April 2025). She stretched out and completed the trifecta in the G3 Summertime Oaks at 8.5f (June 2025), and she was 11th of 12 from an outer post when last seen in a turf route July 2025. Dean Pederson is 37% turf/dirt and she sports 11 local works for this engagement.
#3 No Cap (5-2) finished in the top three in 6 of 7 starts in 2025. She won a SA dirt sprint in May and a local turf sprint in August, and she stretched out, set the pace, and settled for the place at one mile Oct. 12. She is back in a sprint and should be forwardly placed under her winning rider Umberto Rispoli.
#1 Shared Future (3-1) won back-to-back abbreviated sprints at Los Al last year and finished 2nd or 3rd in six of her next seven starts. She got back on the winning track at SA Oct. 12 (one mile) and she always fires at this distance (5 1-2-2). She likes this oval as well (7 2-2-2).
#5 Emirates Affair (5-1) always finishes in the top three at 6.5f (6 3-2-1). She steps up after beating $20k claimers at this distance as the favorite on Nov. 24 and the clear runner-up was a next-out winner.
Wagers:
#4 to win
Exacta 3-4/1-3-4
Trifecta 3-4-5/3-4-5/1
January 2026 Bettor Bet$ Free Pick Winners
Jan. 3 – Sister Troienne ($2.60)
Jan. 7 – G T Five Hundred ($7.24), Trifecta ($132.44)
Jan. 8 – Sweet Odyssey ($5.60), Exacta ($20.00), Trifecta ($72.00)
Jan. 9 – Nafisa ($6.80), Trifecta ($221.00)
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