Horse Racing: Today at Santa Anita, April 12

Race 1 – 6 furlongs, Purse $25,000, Claiming $25,000, Fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up

1 Comin’offthebench – Second start off a 4-month hiatus; is reunited with Alonso Quinonez, one very underrated rider in the jock’s room.

5 Prevaricator – Tyler Baze won a bushel of races on Saturday; let’s see if he can continue the hot streak this afternoon.

Long Shot – 3 Secret Appeal

Race 2 – 5 furlongs, Purse $19,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, Fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up

6 Beyond Lucky – Could be a Tyler Baze daily double; would be interesting if he can keep his hot streak going today.

1 Warren’s Salute – Has a bad tendency to walk out of the gate; there is plenty of early speed in here, the field may back up into her.

Long Shot – 5 Yur Teasing Me

Race 3 – 1 mile, Purse $56,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

1 Autumn Twilight – Sprinter stretching out, at least she can save all the ground; the softer pace of a route can be very beneficial.

3 Medicine Butte – Ran gosh awful last time out; the key is her two races before that are both fast enough to compete with these.

Long Shot – 6 Wandering Heart

Race 4 – 1 1/4 miles (turf, rail at 15 feet), Purse $58,000, Optional claiming $40,000, Fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up

5 Bert’s Melody – Nearly pulled off a miraculous sprint win in last while shortening up; back to a more comfortable 2-turn pace.

6 Fresh Feline – She does her best sitting back and making one run; Victor Espinoza is on the Kentucky Derby favorite American Pharoah.

Long Shot – 3 Hug and a Kiss

Race 5 – 7 furlongs, Purse $45,000, Claiming $50,000, Fillies, 3-year-olds

6 Kyankes – Taking a big step up in class facing winners for the first time; like that she is cutting back in distance.

3 Backstreet Lisa – Speedy sort is also cutting back in distance from a 2-turn mile; dangerous as she will finish a lot stronger today.

Long Shot – 2 Morning Coffee

Race 6 – 1 mile, Purse $58,000, Optional claiming $40,000, Fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up

1 Crushed Velvet – Tiny edge in clearly the hardest race on the card; Bob Baffert filly is a sprinter stretching out tonight.

5 Humoristica – Tepid chalk in a wide open affair; Richard Mandella and Flavien Prat have had a very good meet together.

Long Shot – 8 Gracie Ragazza

Race 7 – 6 1/2 furlongs (turf, rail at 15 feet), Purse $32,000, Claiming $25,000, Fillies and mares, 4-year-olds and up

7 Kiama – Interesting ship and win candidate from back east; no doubting her back class; she makes her SoCal debut under Tyler Baze.

4 Always a Chance – Claimed by Alfredo Marquez off a solid second; big rider switch to Rafael Bejarano, the biggest vote going.

Long Shot – 9 Nazareth

Race 8 – 6 furlongs, $75,000 San Pedro, 3-year-olds

2 Kentuckian – Not sure what he beat in NoCal, but did it easily enough; has the pedigree by Tiznow to be any kind of animal.

7 Om – Sight unseen since a super impressive MSW win at Del Mar; beat One Lucky Dane who just placed in the Santa Anita Derby.

Long Shot – 3 The Man

Race 9 – 6 1/2 furlongs (turf, rail at 15 feet), Purse $31,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

1 Ivana Beat Ybad – Set an unbelievable pace in last before collapsing late; Martin Garcia will try to nurse the speed better.

9 Alpha Doll – Tried turf for the first time off a good SoCal debut; bit of a question mark but gets main man Rafael Bejarano up.

Long Shot – 5 See Through Best Bet – 2 Kentuckian (race 8)

Santa Anita Saturday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 17/5/$29.40; Long Shots, 9/1/$14.60; Best Bet, 1/1/$8.40

Santa Anita Totals – 1,042/275/$1,766.80; Long Shots, 521/76/$782.80; Best Bets, 63/23/$108.80

SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY – #3 Get Creative (9/5) in race 7 at Aqueduct. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Saturday, Tapiture ran third at Oaklawn Park paying $3.20 to show. Stats – 51/36/$230.50; Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick