1/18/2025

  6  SA   La Canada Stakes (GIII)         

   $100.000     1^16th Mile   Dirt        4yo&Up  F&M      123lbs   +penalties

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 Always one of my fav races to cover, the La Canada Stakes (GIII) has a cloud over it this year, with the horrible fires in the LA area.  The RL version will be run on Sunday, if possible, but we trudge on… I’m going to bow out of the selections for this one and allow The Green Card the honors, but safe to say, my money is on Untidy… one of my favorite horses.  They are going with the rail and have Mainstream on top… that one showing a trio of runner-up finishes, two of those graded races, and may certainly be a horse that is just sitting on a win.  They put Untidy in the second spot, and this one just rings out class…class…class.  She won the Spinster at KEE then was eighth on BC Day, but three wins last over $1,000.000 in earnings, $2,000.000 for her lifetime starts… yeah, she’s about as nice as you could ever hope to be.  She also won this race last year, so….  They have Flyingbolt in the third spot, wining the TTA Hcp to close out her ’24 campaign.  She also won two other stakes so there’s no doubt she has some class to her, as well.  It’s a VERY nice group of horses… let’s see how this one plays out. 

Here’s The Field –

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1		Mainstream		SamIam		Kimura K		123		4/1
2		Untidy		Mb Stables		Alvarado F T		123		7/2
3		She Will Be Loved		Riggins Racing		Buick W T		123		5/1
4		Red High Heels		TwinTowersRacing		Gutierrez Mario		123		7/2
5		Lab Virus		Saratoga Stud		Gonzalez Ru		123		4/1
6		Whoop Whoop		The Sidley Stud		Frey K		123		9/2
7		Con Me		Alydar Stables		Valdivia J Jr		123		4/1
8		Ignore Tucker		Big Guns Stables		Couton J		123		5/1
9		Flyingbolt		Mo Mentum Farm		Maldonado E		123		5/1
10		Command Perception								SCR

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COZMAN  n/a       Willie’s Green Card  1 / 2 / 9       

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