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SANTA ANITA Race #8 (THE SANTA ANITA DERBY (G1))

April 9, 2016
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Premium Pick

Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #2 (EXAGGERATOR) (4-1) - Price play is in career best form and has wet track experience 2-1-1-0. He has enough positional speed to stay within range and should get a fast and/or contested pace to close into.

2nd pick: #3 (Danzing Candy) (9-5) - The main speed enters off three straight easy wire-to-wire scores. Colt defeated three of today's rivals last out when he won the G2 San Felipe Stakes here going 8.5-furlongs March 12. An obvious win candidate.

3rd pick: #4 (Mor Spirit) (8-5) - Very consistent 6-3-3-0 runner hails from the barn of Bob Baffert. This 3-year-old cost $650,000 as a 2-year-old in training in March of 2015. Last out he rallied to finish second to 'Danzing Candy' last out and has been working fast since. Believe he'll try and be much closer to the place in this spot.

4th pick: #9 (Diplodocus) (20-1) - Longshot has no early speed, but is working fast for this and is the type that can 'run all day'. If the pace is fast and/or contested, he may grab a share at a very big price.

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