Sunday's Best Bet: Boise runs past them all in Eddie Logan
Sunday's 10th race from Santa Anita Park is the $100,000 Eddie Logan Stakes for three-year-olds traveling one mile on the turf course (Post Time 7:35 p.m. EST).
No. 8 BOISE (4-1) won two of his three outings and was a close 4th in a flat mile turf stakes in his lone loss. Flavien Prat hops aboard and he might run past this group.
No. 5 Handy Dandy (5-1) tried a turf route Nov. 25, and he chased lively splits before kicking clear in his 25-1 maiden win Nov, 28. Kent Desormeaux rides back and he might be this good.
No. 4 Maglev (5-2) ran well in three of five turf sprints in Great Britain last year. He drilled a local training track bullet for this Dec. 27 and Umberto Rispoli hops aboard.
No. 2 Barsabas (6-1) and No. 3 Cabo Spirit (6-1) finishes noses apart in the Cecil B. DeMille (G3) Nov. 28. That might not have been the strongest heat.
Get my Expert Santa Anita Park picks for Jan. 2
Wagers:
No. 8 to win
Exacta 8/4-5
Exacta 4-5/8
Trifecta 4-5-8/4-5-8/2-3
Recent Best Bet Winners
Dec. 27 - Chattalot/Underhill's Tab/Blue Kentucky Trifecta ($408.20)
Dec. 28 - OUR SWEET GIRL ($4.80), Exacta ($14.00)
Dec. 30 - BEATBOX ($6.80)
Dec. 31 - Arham/Took Charge/Canadian Pride Trifecta ($59.40)
Jan. 1 - Sir Alfred James/Souper Highvoltage Exacta ($26.20)