Who are the singles for tomorrow?

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Originally Posted by philcski

I agree on the 9. Cannot leave that one off the ticket. I hate it when they bury these maiden races late, you cannot get any clues from the board. but on trainer, owner, pedigree, works alone she's 3-1 to win in my mind.

I've gone back and forth about 5 times on Cece, but you say don't make excuses for DYE but Cece is 0-16 with 1 third, which is too many chances, and if i include her it'll be very minor. I thought DYE ran a bang up last two and the jock switch to PVal may be the final push she needs.

The difference between Proud Cecy,and Dry Your Eyes is that Proud Cecy has run 4 times on turf,and been blocked/clipped heels in 3 of those 4 races.She is a clumsy ox,but can we agree she would have broke her maiden the other day if she didn't clip heels? She is the only one really full of run when that happened."Dry" was done giving her best.So,I am saying Cece has the energy (if she can get out of her own way.) I don't know about this "Dry" horse.They started her for 25k claiming,and she hung like a 25k claimer the other day.The race before,she came too late in a race that is kind of slow(a bit.)I say she runs 2nd or 3rd again.Maybe Cece can't run good on the turns.When she levels off in the stretch,she is flying pretty good.She was there the other day(full of run,) but she is a slob,and basically tried to run a couple horses over.Anyways,I can see your point.She is not a high intellect girl.She is beating herself by not minding her manners on the backstretch.She pulls,and acts like other horses don't exist.I would just watch the 4 turf races though(much better than dirt.)

As far as #9 Imagine goes.....this girl is like a daughter of California Royalty.Her momma is Smooth Player,and she could get it done on turf.Right now,I am using She's All Magic,Proud Cece,and Imagine.If I have to single,I am going with this fancy-bred girl(Imagine.)
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LAS PALMAS H. (G2) SANTA ANITA, 3&UP F/M, 5-Nov-2000
dist - 9f turf (1:46.99)
1--SMOOTH PLAYER, 117, 4f, Bertrando--Shy Pirate x Pirate's Bounty
2--Beautiful Noise, 115, 4f, Sunny's Halo--Listen Well x Secretariat
3--Happyanunoit (NZ), 121, 5m, Yachtie--Easter Queen x Rajah
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Smooth Player Shocks With Excellent Performance

At odds of nearly 14-1 Smooth Player held off odds-on favorite Excellent Meeting at the wire to win the Grade 2 $150,000 Hollywood Oaks by a half length at Hollywood Park Saturday. After fighting for the lead most of the way with Nanny’s Sweep, this homebred of John Spohler and Marty and Pam Wygod kicked clear at the top of the stretch and then held off a strong rally from Excellent Meeting.

Trained by Dan Hendricks and ridden by Eddie Delahoussaye, the three-year-old daughter of Bertrando out of the Pirate’s Bounty mare Shy Pirate was timed in the 1 1/8 mile distance over a fast main track in 1:48 1/5 off fractions of :23 2/5, :46 3/5, 1:10 3/5 and 1:35 3/5.Smooth Player was coming off a victory in the restricted California Sires Stakes at Golden Gate in her last start.

“She’s a race horse,” Hendricks said. “She’s a homebred, I trained her mother, and she was a race horse.Her brothers were race horses.They just try and you can’t ask for more from a horse.”

It was supposed to be the first half of a possible weekend graded stakes double for Bob Baffert, Golden Eagle Farm, and stallion General Meeting.

“Can’t be Christmas every day. You get beat, just forget about it and go on,” Baffert said.