Santa Anita Selections: Grade I Awesome Again, Rodeo Drive

By Matt Pappis
TSV Staff Writer —-

Race 10) Grade I Rodeo Drive

Vasilika (6): She is coming off 6 straight wins and has won 8 of her last 9, she just beat Cambodia easily in her last and is turning into a real force. The one question we’ll have here is if she can get the distance of 1 ½ but it will be a good test to see if she Belmont’s in the Breeders Cup.

Cambodia (8): A very classy filly but she just got beat by top pick who is in razor sharp form she will have to get back to her top form to win here.

Queen Blossom (4): We know she isn’t as classy as the top two in here, however there isn’t much speed in the race so maybe she can sneak away and hold them off at a price.

Race 11) Grade I Awesome Again

West Coast (5): Bob Baffert has huge numbers off a 180+ day layoff into graded stakes and this one is working bullets into this race. If he returns to his three year old form he will be all Accelerate wants.

Accelerate (6): He will be one of the shortest favorites of the weekend and while he can win I don’t think he should be heavily favored over West Coast; with a win he could be your likely BC Classic favorites.

Prime Attraction (3): We know he can get the distance so we will use him to fill in the tri for the last spot but it will be hard to beat the top two.