1/ST BET Horse Racing Predictions:

We are excited to announce a renewed partnership with the fine folks and handicappers at 1/ST BET. Jeremy Plonk and Jeff Siegel will be sharing their expertise Wednesday-Sunday on a weekly basis to pass along some ponies that they like for races at various tracks around the country, including Santa Anita.

For this Friday, October 4 article, Jeff Siegel shares everything you need to know for today’s racing card at Santa Anita.

SANTA ANITA RACE 4: Post: 2:30 PT Grade: A-
Prime Play: 6-Legal Fiction
Other Contenders: none

Forecast: Already a two-time winner in her brief career, unbeaten Legal Fiction remains eligible to this first-level allowance main track dash for 2-year-olds because she doesn’t meet the purse earnings clause in the race conditions, and she’ll have much in her favor at this elongated sprint distance from her cozy outside draw because the D. O’Neill-trained filly employs a highly effective stalk-pounce-and-go style that almost certainly will ensure a trouble-free trip. She toyed with her outclassed foes at Fresno, but that race was less than two weeks, so the only concern is the short rest of 13 days since that outing. However, with speed figures that are fastest in the field and with the possibility of another forward move, the daughter of I’ll Have Another seems like a logical Pick-6 carryover single.

SANTA ANITA RACE 9: Post: 5:00 PT Grade: A
Prime Play: Sea Runner
Other contenders: none

Forecast: Sea Runner, a two-year-old half-sister to Johannes with plenty of potential, returns to the maiden ranks after an excellent third-place finish in an infinitely tougher spot in the Juvenile Fillies Turf Stakes at Del Mar last month. Back with maidens today after improving her Beyer speed figures by 23 points behind Breeders’ Cup-bound Thought Process, the daughter of Gun Runner found her best stride too late to finish eagerly in a hot affair and really won’t have to improve much (though we suspect she will) in today’s maiden grass affair. The barn’s “go-to” rider U. Rispoli stays aboard and should have the T. Yakteen-trained filly along in plenty of time as a Prime Play and logical Pick-6 single.