Santa Anita Picks & Longshots

Two Pick 4s, a few opinions, and absolutely no promise of responsible behavior from the racing gods. Early Pick 5, Races 1-5 | $.50 base | $270 R1: 6,8,9 R2: 2,3,4,5 R3: 1,2,3,5,6 R4: 1,2,6 R5: 2,9,10 Pick 5 $260.15 - Our saver pick came in - the other two would have paid better Late Pick 4, Races 6–9 | $1 base | $72 R6: 2,3,5 R7: 1,2,4,5,7,8 R8: 1,4,5,7 - 1 scratched R9: 2 Total investment: $342 These are the tickets we’re playing. We’ve included a few additional horses belo

Early Pick 5 — Races 1–5 | 50¢ base | $288 - Ugh, ours got 2 seconds in the final legs . . Hardly worth mentioning - Early Pick 5 paid $618, we were trying to do better than that anyway. R1: 4, 7, 8 R2: 1, 2, 3, 4 R3: 1, 2, 3, 5 R4: 1, 3, 4, 7 R5: 5, 10, 11 Late Pick 4 — Races 6–9 | $1 base | $96 Meh - got some of our money back paid only $39.70 R6: 1, 4, 7 R7: 3, 5, 7, 9 R8: 3, 8 R9: 2, 4, 5, 7 Total investment: $384 Those are our tickets. The reasoning follows so you can

We’re taking a swing at the early Pick 5, spreading four deep in three legs and hoping to avoid our favorite racing tradition: explaining afterward why the horse we left out was so obvious. The ticket — 50¢ base: Race 1: 1, 3, 5, 8 Race 2: 1, 2, 3 Race 3: 1, 4, 6, 7 Race 4: 2, 5, 6 Race 5: 1, 4, 6, 7 Total: $288 We open Race 1 four deep with Letmein (#1), Danzing Wild Cat (#3), Miles Finch (#5), and Luck Lucky (#8). Miles Finch is the obvious centerpiece, comfortably abov

Our Santa Anita race-by-race picks, commentary, and betting tickets will appear here when coverage begins. Check back before race day—the opinions will be strong, even when the horses disagree.