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Santa Anita has carded 9 races for this Sunday afternoon including two grade 3 races. The Tokyo City Cup will be run race 3 and the Kona Gold will be run race 8. The Tokyo City will be run on dirt going a mile and a half, the Kona Gold is a 6 1/2 furlong sprint on the dirt.

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Race 3~ Tokyo City Cup -G3

1 1/2 Miles on Dirt

This grade three contest attracts 5 horses. This field looks like the winner will be between #3 Tizamagician ridden by Flavian Prat and #5 Zestful piloted by Edwin Maldonado.

This is a rematch of sorts because they both came out of the San Pasqual (G2) last January. #5 Zestful had a outside post and got pushed wide that day and lost a bit of ground. #3 Tizamagician drew the rail and went straight to the lead.

Today should be a similar situation. These look like the class of this field. We will pick #5 Zestful to get the upper hand in this rematch. #5 Zestful races have been better the longer he goes. He ran a huge race (2nd) in the 1 3/4 mile (G2)Marathon On Breeders Cup Friday back in 2019. Before that winning a 1 1/4 stake at Los Al.

This mile and a half distance isn’t for every horse, #5 Zestful has shown the longer the race, the better he runs.

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Race 4 ~ OC 40k/N1X

6 Furlongs on Turf

Eight rivals compete in this optional claiming event for fillies and mares on the turf. This race has a new face shipping in from the east coast #2 Jazzique JJ Hernandez rides for Michael McCarthy. This horse was formally trained by Chad Brown.

Horses shipping west is usually a good angle. The turf talent is definitely better on the east coast and the mid west than it is on the west coast.

This horse won once out of 4 starts and it’s only win came sprinting. It ran well in a (G3) stretching out at Belmont but it will be coming off a layoff today to sprint against this bunch.

#4 Miss Lucy is a Peter Miller trainee that will add blinkers for the first time. Flavian Prat continues to ride this gal after a couple disappointing efforts. This is definitely a good sign that he has some faith that this girl will turn things around.

Peter Miller is a sprint trainer. He connects at a 25% rate when his horses sprint. It’s a little less on the turf but still a quality 20%.

This filly looks like she has some talent and today is a good spot to try to find a good price on her. With a field that will take money in a couple different directions, she should be a pretty good value for these connections.

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Race 3

#5 Zestful

Race 4

#2 Jazzique

#4 Miss Lucy

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