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PROGRAM CHANGES

March 11, 2016

Weather: Sunny 72

Post: 1:30 MST

Track: Fast

Race 1 – # 8 Glen Murphy, Scratch # 9, Scratch # 10

Race 2 – NO Changes

Race 3 – Scratch # 5

Race 4 – # 4 + 2, Scratch # 11, Scratch # 12

Race 5 – # 4 + 1, Scratch # 5, # 6 + 1

Race 6 – Scratch # 6

Race 7 – Scratch # 2, # 4 Enrique Gomez, # 7 Alejandro Medellin

Race 8 – # 2 + 1

Race 9 – # 10 Glen Murphy Carryovers: PK 6 $2245.86

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Breaking from the rail, favored Illuminant showed good tactical speed and took command turning for home to take Thursday’s $60,000 Santa Anita allowance feature by 4 ½ lengths under Flavien Prat while negotiating one mile on turf in 1:35.36.

Owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and trained by Michael McCarthy, Illuminant switched back to the turf following a dull fourth place finish on the main track in the Grade II, 1 1/16 miles La Canada Stakes here on Jan. 16 and appears headed back to graded stakes competition.

“I’ll go ahead and enjoy this for a minute, but in the next 30 to 60 days, she could pop up somewhere in the Midwest, but I’m not sure where,” said McCarthy, a former longtime assistant to Todd Pletcher.  “That’s up to everybody at Eclipse.  We’ll sit down and talk about it.”

Heavily favored at 6-5 in a field of nine older fillies and mares, the 4-year-old Pennsylvania-bred daughter of Quality Road paid $4.40, $3.60 and $2.80.  With the winner’s share of $36,000, she increased her earnings to $152,650.  She now has three wins, all on turf, from nine overall starts.

Ridden by Gary Stevens, Journey On rallied from fourth to take the place at 5-1 and paid $5.40 and $4.20.

Pacesetter Little Bit Lovely tired late, finishing a half length back in third.  Ridden by Joe Talamo, she was off at 21-1 and paid $9.00 to show.

Fractions on the race were 23.34, 46.75, 1:11.59 and 1:23.47.

First post time for an eight-race card on Friday at Santa Anita is at 1 p.m.  Admission gates open at 11 a.m.

Hey IdaBet players, with no clear cut standout, Uruguayan-bred mare Gaga A looms the horse to beat in Sunday’s Grade II, $200,000 San Luis Rey Stakes at Santa Anita.  With a field of 12 older horses, including 4-year-old filly, Havanna Belle engaged to contest a mile and one half on turf, the San Luis Rey will be run for the 65^th time.

GAGA A:  Bred in Uruguay, this venerable 7-year-old mare comes off her best stateside effort, a close second in the Grade II, 1 ¼ miles San Marcos Stakes versus males.  Trained by Neil Drysdale, she rallied from off the pace and fought back gamely late, only to be beaten three quarters of a length by deep closer Flamboyant.  Owned by her breeder, Haras Phillipson, Gaga A will be making her fifth start for Drysdale on Sunday.  With a win from two starts at 1 ½ miles on turf, Gaga A has five wins from 32 overall tries.

GOING SOMEWHERE:  Brazilian-bred, this 7-year-old horse will be reunited with Mike Smith, who rode him to a close second two starts back in the Grade III, 1 ¾ miles San Juan Capistrano Stakes on June 28, 2015.  Well beaten in the Grade III, 1 ½ miles turf John B. Connally Stakes at Sam Houston Park Jan. 30, Going Somewhere, who is also conditioned by Drysdale, should improve by many lengths with a recent race under his belt.  Also owned and bred by Haras Phillipson, Inc., Going Somewhere is 9-2-1-2 at a mile and a half on turf and has three wins from 24 overall starts.  He’ll be making his fourth stateside start on Sunday.

BIG JOHN B:  Yet another 7-year-old, this Florida-bred gelding by Hard Spun comes off a third place finish in the Grade III John B. Connally Stakes.  A dedicated deep closer, “Big John,” who will be making his 39^th career start, has a win, a second and a third from five tries at a mile and a half on turf.  With two wins from six starts over...