Santa Anita Park · Sunday, March 9, 2025 · Race 8 of 11

Starter Optional Claiming

dirt, fastSix FurlongsPurse $18,0007 ranPost 2025-03-09 16:23:00Final time 1:11.73Pool $212,781

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
17Major Tom
2w,bid3w,duel,dug in
Kevin Orozco43211—0.5080A
E1 103 · LP 110
22Big Don's Smiling
rail bid3/16,duel,miss
Manuel Americano22322a nose13.2076A
E1 103 · LP 109
35Mr. Fighter
bit rank st,2w,angled
Adrian Castellanos777531¾40.3074A
E1 93 · LP 116
48Love Candy
chased 3-4wd, kept on
Cristobal Herrera144442¼13.4088A
E1 103 · LP 109
51Bobby's Alibi
inside, needed more
Kyle Frey366653½3.6077A
E1 98 · LP 111
64J T's Watch
antsy,2wd,no response
Tiago Pereira55576629.9079A
E1 100 · LP 103
73No d'Oro
pace ins-2w,yield uppr
Erick Garcia-Alfaro6113767.3071A
E1 106 · LP 97

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

1234567start1/41/2stretchfinish2Big Don's Smiling5Mr. Fighter8Love Candy1Bobby's Alibi4J T's Watch3No d'Oro7Major Tom

Fractional times

Call 122.93
Call 245.97
Call 358.65
Final1:11.73

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)7$3—
place ($2)7$2.40—
show ($2)7$2.10—
exacta ($1)7-2$12.30$104,632
place ($2)2$7.60—
show ($2)2$4.60—
trifecta ($1)7-2-5$141.40$84,908
show ($2)5$8.20—
superfecta ($0.10)7-2-5-8$41.16$70,462
Pick 3 ($1)6-9-7$42.50$58,010
daily double ($2)9-7$14.80$36,200
Pick 4 ($0.50)1-6-9-6$74.75$128,415

Chart notes

MAJOR TOM forwardly placed in the early going, moved into the two path for the turn, bid three wide leaving the bend, gained the lead at the three-sixteenths pole, put NO D'ORO away then had to duel with BIG DON'S SMILING through the final furlong, lost command briefly in deep stretch but dug in to edge the runner-up in the closing moments. BIG DON'S SMILING raced up close from inside, challenged inside rivals at the top of the lane, dueled with MAJOR TOM down the stretch, drifted out slightly from left handed urging in the final sixteenth while putting a nose in front briefly and narrowly missed. MR. FIGHTER was a bit rank leaving the gate and dropped back, trailed to the turn, asked two wide then angled out approaching the stretch, finished well and got up for third. LOVE CANDY chased widest up the backstretch, traveled three to four wide around the bend, kept trying down the lane but got edged for third. BOBBY'S ALIBI tracked from inside, dropped back on the turn, stayed inside to the lane, kept on through the lane but needed to find more. J T'S WATCH antsy in the gate, stalked off the rail, driven two wide into the lane and lacked further response. NO D'ORO displayed good early foot to seized control, led along the inside then two wide late on the bend, took pressure entering the lane, yielded in upper stretch and weakened.