Santa Anita Park · Saturday, October 4, 2025 · Race 5 of 10

Maiden Special Weight

dirt, fastSix FurlongsPurse $60,0008 ranPost 2025-10-04 15:10:00Final time 1:11.31Pool $254,561

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
16Southern Melodee
ins pair,dueled,dug in
Armando Ayuso31111—2.4071A
E1 126 · LP 104
24Tommy Norris
rail bid, denied
David Cohen44322½5.2052A
E1 122 · LP 104
31Cruise Home
2w,angled,closed fast
Welfin Orantes88763112.0068A
E1 99 · LP 114
410Oracle of Paradise
vie3deep,outsd,weaknd
Diego Herrera232342¼2.7071A
E1 126 · LP 100
59Tamarando Beach
lost path early,3-4wd
Tiago Pereira565453½9.5059A
E1 113 · LP 104
67Forever Ben
stmbld,vie btwn,weaknd
Tyler Baze1245611¼13.1035A
E1 126 · LP 88
75My Bodacious Boy
brush gate,svd ground
Kazushi Kimura6788711¼4.3058A
E1 106 · LP 96
88Tiggrrr Whitworth
chased 2-3wd, empty
Edwin Maldonado7567820¾29.5025A
E1 116 · LP 75

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

12345678start1/41/2stretchfinish4Tommy Norris1Cruise Home10Oracle of Paradise9Tamarando Beach7Forever Ben5My Bodacious Boy8Tiggrrr Whitworth6Southern Melodee

Fractional times

Call 121.88
Call 245.18
Call 358.04
Final1:11.31

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)6$6.80—
place ($2)6$4—
show ($2)6$3—
exacta ($1)6-4$13$144,851
place ($2)4$5—
show ($2)4$3.80—
trifecta ($1)6-4-1$109.10$90,043
show ($2)1$8—
daily double ($2)2-6$25.40$24,251
Pick 3 ($1)2-2-6$146.50$37,622
Pick 4 ($0.50)3-2-2-2$184.60$116,295
Pick 5 ($0.50)9-3-2-2-2$883.35$405,487
superfecta ($0.10)6-4-1-10$64.20$62,138

Chart notes

SOUTHERN MELODEE vied inside a pair of rivals to the five-sixteenths pole, held a short lead over outer rival late on the bend, maintained command with rivals on both sides in upper stretch, fought with TOMMY NORRIS in the final furlong and gamely prevailed. TOMMY NORRIS raced up close behind the top trio, waited on the inside to the quarter pole, roused late on the bend, challenged inside the top pair in upper stretch, hounded SOUTHERN MELODEE into deep stretch and could not get by. CRUISE HOME lacked early speed, passed a rival in the two path on the turn, angled out into the lane, closed fast in the late stages but ran out of ground. ORACLE OF PARADISE vied three deep to the turn, kept the pressure on SOTHERN MELODEE around the bend, fought three deep once again in upper stretch but weakened in the furlong grounds. TAMARANDO BEACH had to steady when losing a clear path early, chased off the rail in the early going, took the turn three then four wide and finished evenly down the lane. FOREVER BEN stumbled leaving the gate, recovered and fought between rivals for command, yielded to the top pair midway around the bend and weakened in the stretch. MY BODACIOUS BOY coaxed along well off the pace early, moved inside for the turn, fell back to last around the bend, angled out at the top of the lane and passed a tired rival. TIGGRRR WHITWORTH chased just out of range off the rail, lost ground two to three wide around the bend and came up empty in the drive.