Santa Anita facts
Post time: noon.
Main races: $300,000 Malibu Stakes (race No. 8), Grade I for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs; $300,000 La Brea Stakes (race No. 4), Grade I for 3-year-old fillies at seven furlongs; $150,000 Sir Beaufort Stakes (race No. 5), Grade II for 3-year-olds at a mile on turf.
Morning line favorites: The Lumber Guy at 3-1 in the Malibu; My Miss Aurelia at 4-5 in the La Brea and Midnight Crooner at 3-1 in the Sir Beaufort.
Story line No. 1: Trainer Bob Baffert will have four of the nine entries in the Malibu; three of the seven in the La Brea and two of the eight in the Sir Beaufort. Law of averages says bet Baffert.
Story line No. 2: Jockey Edwin Maldonado, on nobody’s radar a year ago, won the recent riding title at Hollywood Park, edging out riding star Rafael Bejarano. Maldonado is getting more and more live horses now.
Promotions: The annual Santa Anita wall calendar comes with every paid admission. The late Pick Six comes with a $400,000 guarantee.
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