Live racing in Santa Anita Park returns this week with a blockbuster Saturday of Racing, with five graded stakes races with head of the Goodwood Stakes (formerly known as the Awesome Again Stakes and California Crown Stakes presented by Sirdavis Whiskey). The Goodwood Stakes is a “victory and you are in” qualifying match for the Longines Breeders’ Cup classic on November 1 in del Mar.
The 2025 Breeders’ Cup Classic is something very special, and the winner of the Goodwood will only contribute to the excitement. Gaming, one of the three participants trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, will compete to give the trainer a record ninth Goodwood victory and will be a third place at the end of August with 14 ½ length to stable in the shared beliefs in del Mar in del Mar. Ultimate Gamble has posted three consecutive triple digit-equibase speed figures (ESF) in his races. The 5-year-old is still fresh from his toughest test so far, where he finished third behind fierce and journalism in the Pacific Classic Stakes in Del Mar. Ultimate Gamble has solid 8-1 morning lines for the Mark Glatt Barn. Privist no longer has the exact on in all five career party for Baffert. In July he broke his girl with 2 ¾ lengths in del Mar in his fourth career start and earned a career-best 112 ESF. It is remarkable that Privor Back-to-Back Bullet Training posted on the unpaved track of Santa Anita on 13 and 20 September. The first mission is the 8-5 morning line favorite of Goodwood in Kentucky for the Brad Cox Stable. With more than $ 2.2 million in income and with three graded deployment victories, the first mission is at the top of all submissions here in the average class rating (114). Nevada Beach is the most light -tied horse in the field and completes the trio of Bob Baffert Colts. He comes from a dominant victory of 4 ¼ length in the Los Alamitos Derby previous time -out and gets a jockey change in Hall of Fame rider Mike Smith. Express Train adds a very intriguing value with Morningline Opportunities of 20-1 for the John Shirrreffs barn. At the age of 8, the son of Union Rags earned a career-best 111 ESF previous time-out when he ended up in the Pat O’Brien Stakes in the Pat O’Brien deployment in July in the Pat O’Brien. 2024 Big ASS Fans Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile Winner Full Serrano completed the Goodwood Field for trainer John Sadler. Jockey Juan Hernandez apparently opted for his Breeders’ Cup Mount and jumps off both Privent and Nevada Beach to ride full Serrano on Saturday.
Analysis and most important contenders:
Full Serrano Started his career in his native Argentina and won on both the dirt and the turf before he came to the US last August. In his North American debut after he was purchased privately by Hronis Racing, Full Serrano Clear Clear pulled to win with 2 ¼ lengths in a fee that optionally claimed to go a mile on del Mar. Three weeks later, he missed the Pacific Classic with half a length to make a blister pace on the front. Full Mast’s son remained “where the peat meets the branding” in del Mar and kicked Clear to win the Freeders’ Cup Dirt Mile with 1 ½ length three weeks later and earned a career-best 117 ESF that is also the best in this area. Full Serrano was sidelined for 10 months after his win for Vuilmijl and came up again in Del Mar on 1 September, who dominated a fee that claimed the race with 7 ¼ lengths under Juan Hernandez, who wins for a huge 37% in all dirt routes in all dirt routes and will keep the mountain in the Goodwood. Full Serrano earned his third consecutive triple figure ESF for his victory last time-out, placing a 115 when he completed a mile on dirt in a 1: 35.11, a faster time than in the Breeders’ Cup (1: 35.48). His 115 is the highest last ESF of each horse in the Goodwood, and in the past year horses in Graded Stakes wins races on the dirt with the highest fores of ESF with a clip of 30% of 307 total start with a positive return of 6% on the investment. Full Serrano looks ready for a great effort while making his second start of a dismissal of 10 months and returns to just three weeks of rest, a pattern that brought his best. A repeat of his last two North -American versions could easily land in the circle of the winner on Saturday.
Express trainAn absolutely war horse is still solid performances in top class races at the age of 8.one At the beginning of his life, finished third with just a length of Dr. Venkman and Stronghold in the Pat O’Brien Stakes who go on the dirt seven Furlongs, close well on a fast road while fighting a remote end. Express Train is back in Santa Anita, where he posted an incredible 13-out-16 record of in-the-money finishes with four wins, including the 2022 Santa Anita Handicap presented by Yaamava’s Resort & Casino, who also became second in his three general starts in that race. He extends to his preference 1 1/8-mile distance where he has a record of 6-out-8 in-the-money and keeps Hector Berrios in the saddle for the Goodwood. Berrios and trainer John Shirreffs are fresh from a Pennsylvania Derby victory earned with Baeza last weekend, and apparent Berrios achieves the best efforts from Express Train as he makes with Baeza. Another thing to add: even with the presence of Full Serrano and First Mission, Express Train is the first ranked in the late tempo rating with a huge 126. Post-time chances of 20-1 would be a gift because this horse has proven time and again that he can end up in the most competitive horses in North America.
First mission will be 11one Successive Graded Stakes start on Saturday. The Godolphin HomeBred has a huge 5-year campaign and ends in the money in each start in 2025, including a two-length victory in the Oaklawn Handicap on the banished and skippyllongstocking, as well as third place in the Stephen Foster in the Stephen Foster-Foster. First mission earned consecutive 115 ESFS for those versions. Last time-out he finished second with three-quarters of a length behind surface to air in the Philip H. Iselin Stakes in Monmouth Park mid-August. This loss can scare some gamblers, especially given the 8-5 morningline opportunities of First Mission for Goodwood; Surface to Air, however, is a legitimate horse that also beats a heavy favorite, only a touch in the Monmouth Cup Stakes prior to the Islin. First mission is undoubtedly talented and leads the Goodwood field in income with more than $ 2.2 million. However, this will be a more difficult test than his most recent start, and history suggests that he has not always handled the shipment properly, especially on a song where he has no recorded training sessions.
The rest of the field, with their best Equibase speed rates in comparable varieties, is Gaming (105), Gambling (112), Private (112) and Nevada Beach (102).
Win contenders in preferred order:
Full Serrano
Express train
First mission
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