Santa Anita Park · Friday, February 27, 2026 · Race 8 of 9

Maiden Special Weight

dirt, fastOne MilePurse $70,0006 ranPost 2026-02-27 16:07:00Final time 1:34.50Pool $185,400

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/23/4stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
13Cherokee Nation
outside, powered away
Emisael Jaramillo122111—1.30124A
E1 128 · LP 123
22Winston Ave
led ins,duel,no match
Florent Geroux311222102.30111A
E1 128 · LP 111
37Fausto
3wd-ins, ins, held 3rd
Armando Ayuso25543317½17.6097A
E1 125 · LP 106
46Eruption
3-4w,drop back3w2nd
Kazushi Kimura54355418¾5.9095A
E1 126 · LP 107
51Latitude
stalk2-3w,ask2w,faded
Antonio Fresu43434526¼3.20127A
E1 126 · LP 97
65Attack Now
brsh st,ins-2w,no fctr
Ricardo Gonzalez66666632¼46.0083A
E1 113 · LP 99

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

123456start1/41/23/4stretchfinish2Winston Ave7Fausto6Eruption1Latitude5Attack Now3Cherokee Nation

Fractional times

Call 122.64
Call 246.19
Call 31:09.91
Call 41:22.20
Final1:34.50

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)3$4.60—
place ($2)3$2.40—
show ($2)3$2.10—
exacta ($1)3-2$5.30$80,784
place ($2)2$2.80—
show ($2)2$2.20—
trifecta ($1)3-2-7$25.70$52,882
show ($2)7$3.60—
superfecta ($0.10)3-2-7-6$6.67$35,851
daily double ($2)2-3$27.80$39,958
Pick 3 ($1)6-2-3$145.80$27,319

Chart notes

CHEROKEE NATION made light contact with outer rival at the start, pressed the pace from outside, dueled into the far turn, seized control around the bend, put WINSTON AVE away approaching the stretch, opened up under strong handling in upper stretch and widened under left handed encouragement and steady handling. WINSTON AVE showed the way from inside under pressure from CHEROKEE NATION, fought on even terms leaving the backstretch, lost command around the turn, yielded to the winner late on the bend, kept on down the lane and finished a clear second. FAUSTO unhurried in the early going on the outside, tucked inside on the first turn, moved into range approaching the backstretch, saved ground through the far turn, moved off the fence in the lane and could not summon the needed rally but was able to hold third. ERUPTION tracked three to four wide on the clubhouse turn, dropped back in three path on the second bend and could not rally. LATITUDE stalked two to three wide early, between rivals in the middle stages, asked in the two path on the far turn and faded. ATTACK NOW brushed leaving the gate, trailed on the inside around the first turn, remained at the back on the rail then in the two path on the second bend and was never a factor.