Santa Anita Park · Saturday, May 17, 2025 · Race 2 of 10

Claiming

dirt, fastSix FurlongsPurse $34,0006 ranPost 2025-05-17 13:31:00Final time 1:11.14Pool $194,114

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
11Panuco
bid ins3/16,pwrd away
Serafin Carmona65411—1.9075A
E1 115 · LP 108
26Winds of Freedom
3-4w,bid4deep,bst rest
Kent Desormeaux2333270.8076A
E1 117 · LP 95
33Nijinsky Halo
ins,shftd out/bmpd1/4
Adrian Escobedo111239¾18.7050A
E1 119 · LP 89
44Cascabel
duel outsd,bpd past1/4
Armando Ayuso322441012.9055A
E1 118 · LP 88
55Cardinal Spirit
up close3deep,2-5w,wkn
Antonio Fresu4455510¼4.7035A
E1 117 · LP 94
62Heber
drop back 2wd-ins turn
Armando Aguilar5666618¾48.9046A
E1 112 · LP 85

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

123456start1/41/2stretchfinish6Winds of Freedom3Nijinsky Halo4Cascabel5Cardinal Spirit2Heber1Panuco

Fractional times

Call 122.21
Call 245.21
Call 358.27
Final1:11.14

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)1$5.80—
place ($2)1$2.40—
show ($2)1$2.10—
exacta ($1)1-6$4$105,392
place ($2)6$2.20—
show ($2)6$2.10—
trifecta ($1)1-6-3$9.40$69,539
show ($2)3$3.20—
superfecta ($0.10)1-6-3-4$3.05$41,587
daily double ($2)1-1$20.40$40,268

Chart notes

PANUCO chased from inside, bid from the rail entering the lane, surged clear in upper stretch and powered away under some right handed urging and steady handling. WINDS OF FREEDOM attended the pace from outside, went four wide into the turn, moved into the three path then tipped back out past the quarter pole, bid four deep coming into the stretch, was no match for the winner approaching the eighth pole but kept on to best the rest. NIJINSKY HALO broke alertly to establish the front, showed the way under pressure from CASCABEL for a bit before racing on even terms up the backstretch, fought head to head around the bend, shifted out and bumped CASCABEL past the quarter pole, fought between rivals briefly at the top of the lane before yielding to the winner, flattened in the furlong grounds but managed to save third. CASCABEL pressed the pace for a bit then dueled up the backstretch, got bumped by NIJINSKY HALO late on the bend, vied three deep into the lane and weakened in the final furlong. CARDINAL SPIRIT raced up close three deep, moved into the two path early on the turn, eased out three, four, then five wide around the bend and weakened in the drive. HEBER trailed just out of range into the turn in the two path, dropped back while finding the rail around the bend and tired in the stretch.