Sunday's Best Bet: Big Dreaming unshakable in Tenacious
Sunday's 8th race from Fair Grounds is the $100,000 Tenacious Stakes for three-year-olds and up traveling a mile and a sixteenth on the main track (Post Time - 4:33 p.m. EST).
No. 8 BIG DREAMING (5-1) captured half of his last ten starts and he can run on anything. He figures to stalk the pace and Jareth Loveberry has booted him home before.
No. 5 Shared Sense (5-2) exits an okay show finish in the Lukas Classic (G3) and that was a productive heat. I like his tactical speed and he has only raced three times this year so you know he is fresh.
No. 2 Major Fed (9-2) does his best work at this distance and he would appreciate a fast track.
No. 7 Little Menace (10-1) exits a strong $40k claiming win and Tom Morley shows a profit first after the claim. He figures to attend the pace.
Get my Expert Santa Anita Park picks for opening day - Dec. 26
Wagers:
No. 8 to win
Exacta Box 5-8
Trifecta 5-8/2-5-7-8/2-5-7-8
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