Best Bet: Glorious Spring will celebrate at Santa Anita
Friday’s eighth race at Santa Anita Park is an optional claiming event for California-bred fillies and mares dashing 6 1/2 furlongs on the main track. The scheduled post time is 7:07 p.m. EST.
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No. 1 Glorious Spring (4-1) fired exacta shots in her last four dirt sprints. She figures to save ground behind the speed and might get a good setup under her new rider Frankie Dettori.
No. 8 Unwritten Code (7-2) won her last three claiming sprints on wet dirt and turf. She drew outside the other speed and should make her presence felt from the outset under her winning pilot Tiago Pereira.
No. 4 Feeling Grazeful (5-2) wired the field in a pair of flat mile turf events last winter. She returned with a clear runner-up finish in a similar local dirt sprint on Jan. 13. Her winning rider Juan Hernandez stays put and she should impact the pace.
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Wagers
No. 1 to win
Exacta 1/4-8
Exacta 4-8/1
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Jan. 31 – Beren/Smooth B exacta ($3.60), trifecta ($11.20)
Feb. 2 – Sunday Breeze/Good Old Charlie exacta ($24.20)
Feb. 3 – Macadamia/Buzz of New York exacta ($21)
Sunday – Prince Abama/Masteroffoxhounds exacta ($44.40)
Tuesday – Nurturing ($10.60)
Wednesday – Her World/Only Kidding exacta ($15.40)
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