Santa Anita Park · Thursday, December 26, 2024 · Race 8 of 11

Malibu S.

dirt, fastSeven FurlongsPurse $300,0006 ranPost 2024-12-26 14:48:00Final time 1:21.54Pool $784,634

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
18Raging Torrent
bid2w,drifted in,clear
Lanfranco Dettori52211—2.60140A
E1 134 · LP 123
27Stronghold
chased 3wd, willingly
Antonio Fresu144421¼4.60138A
E1 131 · LP 120
35Imagination
waitd ins,drftd/bpd1/8
Joel Rosario333231¾4.10132A
E1 133 · LP 119
42Pilot Commander
bobbled bit,bumped 1/8
Juan Hernandez211342½3.80140A
E1 135 · LP 117
53Winterfell
2w,mvd out,late gain
John Velazquez666553¼10.20126A
E1 125 · LP 116
66Mystik Dan
saved ground,no factor
Brian Hernandez, Jr.4556611¼3.1085A
E1 125 · LP 102

How the race unfolded (position at each call; hover a line to follow one runner)

123456start1/41/2stretchfinish7Stronghold5Imagination2Pilot Commander3Winterfell6Mystik Dan8Raging Torrent

Fractional times

Call 122.19
Call 244.29
Call 31:08.66
Final1:21.54

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)8$7.20—
place ($2)8$4—
show ($2)8$2.80—
exacta ($1)8-7$13.30$438,193
place ($2)7$4.40—
show ($2)7$3.20—
trifecta ($1)8-7-5$45$219,395
show ($2)5$3.20—
superfecta ($0.10)8-7-5-2$13.04$118,716
Pick 3 ($1)3-4-8$86.80$177,355
daily double ($2)4-8$9$87,914
Pick 4 ($0.50)11-3-4-1$325.65$381,197

Chart notes

RAGING TORRENT was closest in pursuit from outside, bid two wide on the turn, took over in upper stretch, cleared while drifting inward past the eighth pole and was kept busy to the wire. STRONGHOLD stalked the lone leader outside IMAGINATION early, chased three wide around the bend, finished willingly through the lane but had to settle for second best. IMAGINATION stalked the pacesetter up the backstretch, waited on the inside behind PILOT COMMANDER through the turn, gained an opening exiting the bend, challenged from the fence at the top of the lane, drifted out and bumped PILOT COMMANDER with a furlong remaining and got outkicked for second. PILOT COMMANDER broke well then bobbled shortly after at the start, recovered quickly and set the pace in the early going, entered the turn along the rail, took pressure from RAGING TORRENT around the bend, came off the fence slightly approaching the stretch, was overtaken past the three-sixteenths pole, got bumped by IMAGINATION with a furlong remaining and flattened to fourth. WINTERFELL unhurried in the beginning, raced outside a rival at the back, took the turn two wide, moved out in upper stretch and whittled the gap on the leaders late. MYSTIK DAN dropped back early, hugged the rail around the bend and was never a factor. THERE WAS A STEWARDS' INQUIRY INVOLVING THE STRETCH RUN BETWEEN IMAGINATION AND PILOT COMMANDER. FOLLOWING A REVIEW, THE STEWARDS RULED THAT ALTHOUGH IMAGINATION DID LUG OUT AND MAKE CONTACT WITH PILOT COMMANDER IT DID NOT AFFECT THE ORIGINAL ORDER OF FINISH AND THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE.