Had to have an omen quinella on the fav Starspangledbanner with Cannonball (trained at Gulfstream and in the Lightning of the Global Sprint series) but "Star" only ran 4th & Cannonball unplaced.
Today is the 53rd running of the Gr 1 Santa Monica Hcp, the first US Gr 1 race of some 113 Gr 1's for the year; most are run in the fall.
I'm backing #6, Free Flying Soul. on pace runner, track speciliast, ran 3rd in the F&M Sprint at last years Breeders Cup, going for the hat-trick today. main negative is that she missed a run due to the big wet in S. california, last start was 1 month ago. 5/1 pre-post seems a good price. RAN THIRD, PAID $3.60 FOR THE SHOW. like last year, another longshot got up (Gabby Golden gal, 11/1). On the replay, FFS may have got into a bit of a speed duel early, but also may have just run out steam in the straight due to the lack of fitness mentioned
There ar 3 US Gr-1 races next weekend: the Donn Stks, named after the Donn family, who for many years owned and operated Gulfstream, and the Gulfstream Pk Turf Hcp both over 9f at Gulfstream(as name suggests GP Hcp is on turf), next saturday, and the Las Virgenes Stakes for 3f on the all weather track at Santa Anita. they are the only Gr 1's in feb
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