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Santa Anita - Race 3
#2 Snow Fighter (8/1 ml)
Very quick horse for Art Sherman had been training quite well into his last race, which was his first start in over a year. He was really up against it from a situational aspect however, stuck down on the rail with loads of speed in the race to challenge him. Predictably, he was on the lead through some very fast fractions, and hung on quite well to miss by a few lengths at the wire in fast time. Strong effort, but even more impressive when you consider that he was probably a bit short on conditioning coming off the year-long layoff. Figures to have gotten a lot out of that race, and has had ample time to recover. Best of all though, he now meets a field very different from last time, meaning there's not much early speed in here to challenge him. Would expect Snow Fighter to jump out on the lead here thru relatively soft fractions, and have a nice head-start turning for home. Think he may be tough to catch here.
HRT record:
51 for 177 (29%)
$434.70 mutuels ($8.52 avg)
#2 Snow Fighter (8/1 ml)
Very quick horse for Art Sherman had been training quite well into his last race, which was his first start in over a year. He was really up against it from a situational aspect however, stuck down on the rail with loads of speed in the race to challenge him. Predictably, he was on the lead through some very fast fractions, and hung on quite well to miss by a few lengths at the wire in fast time. Strong effort, but even more impressive when you consider that he was probably a bit short on conditioning coming off the year-long layoff. Figures to have gotten a lot out of that race, and has had ample time to recover. Best of all though, he now meets a field very different from last time, meaning there's not much early speed in here to challenge him. Would expect Snow Fighter to jump out on the lead here thru relatively soft fractions, and have a nice head-start turning for home. Think he may be tough to catch here.
HRT record:
51 for 177 (29%)
$434.70 mutuels ($8.52 avg)