Monday's Best Bet: Going to Vegas moves ahead in Gamely
Monday’s 10th race from Santa Anita Park is the Grade 1 Gamely Stakes for fillies and mares traveling a mile and an eighth on the turf course (Post Time 9:00 p.m. EDT).
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No. 1 GOING TO VEGAS (3-1) won three graded turf routes last year (G3 Santa Ana, G2 John C. Mabee, G1 Rodeo Drive). She set a fast pace and faded to 11th in the BC F&M Turf (G1) in her final 2021 start, and returned with back-to-back runner-up finishes in the Buena Vista (G2) and Santa Ana (G3). She won her last two starts at this distance and tries to better her 5th place finish in this event last year. She is working fast for this and might be all set for her best. Irad Ortiz Jr. has options. He can just go on with it from the inside post or track Canoodling and get first run.
No. 6 Going Global (8-5) captured seven of nine stakes races since arriving in this country last year. She is 5-for-5 at Santa Anita Park and 3-for-3 at nine furlongs, and Flavien Prat has booted her home six times. She can stalk or close and is a solid low odds win contender.
No. 3 Ocean Road (4-1) is an interesting shipper for Brendan Walsh. She finished 3rd in a Group 3 in Great Britain last year and shipped to this country and split a 12-horse field in the BC F&M Turf (G1). She flew home in a slow early/fast late Keelenand allowance win at a mile and an eighth April 15. Look for her late under Umberto Rispoli.
No. 2 Canoodling (6-1) sure looks like the one to reel in under Juan Hernandez. She stole the Megahertz (G3) at one mile on turf Jan. 29 and did the same thing in the Wilshire (G3) last time, and tries to navigate another furlong vs. tougher foes.
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Wagers:
No. 1 to win
Exacta 1-2-3/6
Trifecta 1-6/1-2-3-6/1-2-3-6
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