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IdaBet Players Note: FANTASTIC STYLE LOOMS LARGE IN SUNDAY’S GRADE III, $100,000 LAS FLORES STAKES

Idle since July 11, Bob Baffert’s Fantastic Style heads a field of six older fillies and mares going six furlongs in Sunday’s Grade III, $100,000 Las Flores Stakes at Santa Anita.  A winner of the Grade II, 6 ½ furlong Great Lady M Stakes at Los Alamitos July 11, Fantastic Style was an impressive maiden special weight winner going six furlongs I her second career start here in January, 2015, and has three wins from four Santa Anita starts.

 

FANTASTIC STYLE:  Owned by Kaleem Shah, Inc., this 4-year-old filly by Harlan’s Holiday has an abbreviated but very impressive resume, as she is 6-4-1-1 and is unbeaten in her only try at six furlongs.  Handicappers will no doubt take comfort in knowing that Rafael Bejarano, who was aboard for her last two wins, is back in the saddle for the Las Flores, apparently opting for her over highly regarded Cadet Roni, with whom he won a pair of races here in January.  Naturally quick, Fantastic Style could have plenty of company up front if she guns for the early lead.

 

CADET RONI:  Trained by Mark Glatt, this 4-year-old daughter of Colonel John comes off a smashing 6 ¾ length win over a wet fast main track in the restricted Wishing Well Stakes here on Jan. 31, and like Fantastic Style, seeks her third win in a row.  Owned by Al and Saundra Kirkwood, she’ll be ridden for the first time by Gary Stevens.  With three wins from seven starts at Santa Anita, Cadet Roni, who will face graded stakes competition for the first time, is 11-4-1-2 overall.

 

FINEST CITY:  Trained by Ian Kruljac, this 4-year-old City Zip filly was an ultra game second, beaten a head, two starts back in the Grade II, seven furlong Santa Monica Stakes on Jan. 23, and was subsequently third in a tough second condition allowance at 6 ½ furlongs Feb. 11.  Owned by Seltzer Thoroughbreds, both of her lifetime wins have come at six furlongs. ...

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Santa Anita Stable Notes March 17, 2016

Ed Golden and IdaBet have teamed up to offer our players Ed’s Stable Notes.  We hope this insight will help as you consider your wagering opportunities.

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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES (Thursday March 17, 2016)

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SANTA ANITA STABLE NOTES

BY

ED GOLDEN

Thursday March 17, 2016

 

Melatonin

  • PLANS FOR MELATONIN’S NEXT RACE ON HOLD
  • GRADE I OPPORTUNITY AWAITS TARIS SATURDAY
  • NEW FACE ABOARD SMOOVE IT IS FLAVIEN PRAT
  • TURKISH-BRED HORSE SCORES AT SANTA ANITA
  • CHAMPS NYQUIST, BEHOLDER WORK TOMORROW

 

HOFMANS UNDECIDED ON MELATONIN’S NEXT RACE

Melatonin, who won the $1 million Santa Anita Handicap as the lightweight under 115

pounds, was doing well Thursday morning at The Great Race Place but trainer David Hofmans said he had no specific race in mind for the gelded son of Kodiak Kowboy.

“The horse looks great and he goes back to the track tomorrow, but I don’t know where he’ll run next,” said Hofmans. “I’ll know more in the next four or five days.”

Melatonin won the mile and a quarter Big ’Cap virtually wire-to-wire, romping home by   4 ¼ lengths...

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Double Pick Six Carryover – Santa Anita – Thursday, March 17, 2016

We wanted to let you all know, our IdaBet.com players, about the huge Double Pick Six Carryover at Santa Anita on Thursday, March 17th.

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MASSIVE TWO DAY PICK SIX CARRYOVER INTO THURSDAY OF $548,670;

TOTAL PICK SIX POOL THURSDAY SHOULD EXCEED $2.5 MILLION

 FIRST POST TIME FOR AN EIGHT-RACE PROGRAM THURSDAY IS 1 P.M. Pacific

 There is a massive two-day Pick Six carryover of $548,670 into Thursday at Santa Anita and it’s expected Thursday’s total Pick Six pool should exceed $2.5 million.

First post time for an eight-race card on Thursday is at 1 p.m.  The Pick Six will begin with the third race, with approximate post time at 2 p.m. PDT.

 

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MEADOWLANDS AND ITS HORSEMEN TO RAISE MONEY FOR FLORIDA FIRE VICTIMS

Such a great thing the Meadowlands and its horsemen are doing.  They are teaming up to raise money for the victims of a horrific barn fire in Florida earlier this week. 12 race horses were killed in a fire at the South Florida Trotting Center late Tuesday night. 11 other horses were rescued, but suffered various injuries including two who were listed in critical condition. The fire broke out in a barn shared by trainers Roman Lopez and Thomas Haughton.

“This is everyone’s worst nightmare that is involved with horses and we at the Meadowlands knew immediately it was our responsibility to do anything we can to help these horsemen who suffered the loss of their horses,” said Meadowlands GM/CEO Jason M. Settlemoir.

Drivers and trainers competing this weekend at the Meadowlands are invited to fill out a form available in the paddock to pledge a percentage of their earnings to those affected by the fire. The money will be deducted by the horsemen’s bookkeeper and sent directly to the Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association.

Any interested IdaBet.com players or other owners or horsemen interested in donating are asked to contact Jennifer Bongiorno at the Meadowlands via email at jbongiorno@playmeadowlands.com or by calling (201) 460-4166.

Earlier this winter, the Meadowlands and its horsemen raised more than $30,000 for the victims of another barn fire in Ontario that killed 43 horses.

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Trotters, distaffers headline Friday at Big M

You heard it first here on the IdaBet.com Player News Blog!  A 12-race card featuring trotters and distaff pacers awaits punters on Friday (March 18) at The Meadowlands, with nearly a quarter million dollars in carryovers and guaranteed pools on the line as well.
Co-featured third-level events share the spotlight on the track, with a full field of ten trotters competing in the evening’s seventh event and a septet of distaff pacers squaring off in the night’s 11th race.  The $12,500 seventh features Julie Miller trainee Magenta Man, who seeks his seventh win in nine starts on the year.  Just last week, the 4-year-old Muscles Yankee gelding kept on for a 1:53.4 triumph over World Cup after making two early moves to protect the lead.  Usual driver Andy Miller will team up with Magenta Man from post 4.  To Magenta Man’s immediate outside will be World Cup, who swung four-wide off the far turn and just missed Magenta Man by half a length last week.  Joe Bongiorno once again will drive the Richard Johnson-trained 7-year-old.
A pair of solid invaders are in the offing, with Can Do (Anthony Napolitano) returning from Saratoga after enjoying some success in the Open ranks earlier this meet, and Workout Wonder (Andy McCarthy) commencing his 4-year-old season following mild success on the New York Sire Stakes circuit last year.
The evening’s featured $12,00 distaff features the invading Mandy’s Mattjesty, who swept a late closing series at The Meadows in February.  Ron Burke entered the 6-year-old His Mattjesty mare for the optional $20,000 claiming price, and Joe Bongiorno will drive her from post 1 in the field of seven.  Among her top rivals are Tom Fanning trainee Do Your Job (Marcus Miller), who emerged through traffic to save second in her seasonal debut last week, and Mischief Maker N (Steven Nason), who makes her first Stateside start for new trainer Kelvin...

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IdaBet Players WOW – TWO-DAY SANTA ANITA PICK SIX CARRYOVER FUELS MASSIVE TOTAL POOL OF $2.6 MILLION ON THURSDAY AT SANTA ANITA

With a two-day Pick Six carryover from Sunday of $548,670 providing the pari-mutuel impetus, $2,115,962 in “new money” was wagered Thursday, creating a massive total Pick Six pool at Santa Anita of $2,664,632 by third race post time.

On a day when “form” for the most part, held, there were 304 winning tickets, each worth $5,537.40.  There were 8,876 consolation tickets with five winners, each paying $54.40.

Contested on races three through eight, second choice Foxy Fresh, off at 9-5, paid $5.60 to win the third.  Favored Algorhythmic, off at 9-5, was up to win the fourth race by a nose and paid $5.60 to win.  Longshot Awesome Luck, off at 14-1, took race five and paid $30.20.  Race six went to 3-5 favorite Shiny Nugget, who paid $3.20 to win.

Thursday’s seventh race went to another favorite, Big Move, who was off at 7-5 and paid $4.80 to win.  The eighth and final race went to favored Surfing the Menu, who was off at 2-1 and paid $6.40 to win.

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.

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