Horse Racing picks for Santa Anita race track on Saturday, April 8: Leggs Galore has plenty of energy

Santa Anita Horse Racing on Dirt

There is plenty of great horse racing across America on Saturday, including at Santa Anita race track. We have been in fine form with our picks for a long time now and we are up +286.02 units with our race selections to our recommended stakes dating back to August 5, 2021. Let’s keep it rolling!

Here are our best bets for today’s action at Santa Anita race track.

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7:222 pm ET Santa Anita (Race 9) – Joe Don Looney 4/1 (2-star play)

Race 9 at Santa Anita is a Starter Allowance for older horses over an extended 6 furlong trip and I like the gelding drawn down on the rail, Joe Don Looney, who was a convincing winner here last time out.

Mark Glatt’s gelding sped out of the gates and made all of the running over 7 furlongs so I see no reason why he cannot do the same again if his jockey Armando Aguilar can get out and into a forward position early.

7:53 pm ET Santa Anita (Race 10) – Leggs Galore 4/1 (2-star play)

A field of 11 females go to post for the Grade 3 Monrovia Stakes with the five-year-old mare Amy C looking like she’ll take plenty of beating but I like her stable mate who is drawn on her outside, Leggs Galore.

The Philip D’Amato trained pair are pretty useful but in Leggs Galore we have a 6-time stakes winner at this course who goes well fresh and has been impressing in recent workouts so she is the one to be on here.

8:24 pm ET Santa Anita (Race 11) – And Tell Me Nolies 4/1 (2-star play)

The penultimate contest at Santa Anita is the $400,000 Grade 2 Santa Anita Oaks which features some very nice three-year-old fillies and my attention is turned to the filly in stall eight, And Tell Me Nolies, who was a Grade 1 winner as a two-year-old.

This is a nice filly. Last season she took the Grade 1 Debutante at Del Mar before winning the Grade 2 Chandelier over this course and distance and I fancy her to put up a big showing under Ramon Vazquez.

8:55 pm ET Santa Anita (Race 12) – Scarabea 6/1 (1-star play)

Eoin Harty’s Scarabea always gives her running and I fancy her to get amongst the placings in this mile Allowance contest on the turf. She’s an American Pharoah mare who has only won once from 18 starts but she went close in 2 stakes races last season and has enough ability to win at this level. Keep an eye on her held up at the back of the field before coming with a late run in the stretch.

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Santa Anita Late Pick 4

Race 9: 1, 5
Race 10: 2, 6, 10
Race 11: 7, 8
Race 12: 2, 8, 12

Stake: $0.50
Total stake: $18

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