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SANTA ANITA Race #5

May 18, 2017
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Premium Pick

Bet this race at Diamond SportsTop pick: #1 (VAN CORTLANDT) (8-1) - Longshot will be facing winners for the first time in this spot. $225K purchase broke his maiden at this distance April 28 and that makes him the only horse entered with a win at this 1 1/8th mile trip. Improving, working well, he has a flexible running style and breaks from the rail. Has a solid shot at a big price.

2nd pick: #7 (Fashion Business) (10-1) - Another longshot, English import broke slowly and was never involved racing evenly in a minor turf stakes here going a mile May 6. It was his first in No. America and first since breaking his maiden Jan. 27 overseas. Barn (Phil D'Amato) brings him back quickly and 3-year-old is bred to love this longer distance.

3rd pick: #3 (Ritzy A.P.) (7-2) - Colt drops down in class following a pair of even efforts in stakes races. Over-matched in a G2 at Churchill Downs May 6, strong finisher can factor today if fully recovered from his trip to and back from Kentucky.

4th pick: #4 (Monster Man) (4-1) - Another dropping down after a pair of back-to-back local stakes races, he has a bot more speed than most and should be involved every step.

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