Santa Anita Park · Friday, March 20, 2026 · Race 4 of 8

Allowance Optional Claiming

dirt, fastOne MilePurse $70,0007 ranPost 2026-03-20 14:38:00Final time 1:39.40Pool $173,018

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/23/4stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
14Southern Melodee
check3/8,2w,bpd3/16
Armando Ayuso222221—2.8083A
E1 115 · LP 103
28Uecker
2w-ins,bmpd into str
Adrian Escobedo111112¼18.4077A
E1 116 · LP 102
36Fionello
tracked 2wd, willingly
Antonio Fresu4444331½1.3094A
E1 113 · LP 104
45What a Gift
inside, evenly late
Tiago Pereira55554434.3087A
E1 112 · LP 102
52Scatalotadingdong
ins,4-3w move,flatten
Emisael Jaramillo666355154.1070A
E1 110 · LP 89
63Bandolero
2wide,3-4wide,empty
Ricardo Gonzalez77776625½22.2035A
E1 107 · LP 85
79Tiggrrr Whitworth
pulled3w,crowded5/16
Victor Espinoza3336773138.9035A
E1 113 · LP 77

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

1234567start1/41/23/4stretchfinish8Uecker6Fionello5What a Gift2Scatalotadingdong3Bandolero9Tiggrrr Whitworth4Southern Melodee

Fractional times

Call 123.21
Call 247.32
Call 31:12.20
Call 41:25.40
Final1:39.40

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)4$7.60—
place ($2)4$4.20—
show ($2)4$2.60—
exacta ($1)4-8$50.80$102,546
place ($2)8$15.20—
show ($2)8$5.60—
trifecta ($1)4-8-6$141.20$56,178
show ($2)6$2.10—
superfecta ($0.10)4-8-6-5$38.88$41,300
daily double ($2)6-4$24.60$22,497
Pick 3 ($1)2-6-4$102.40$16,367

Chart notes

SOUTHERN MELODEE showed speed inside UECKER then got put in tight and had to take up at the three-quarter pole, switched to the outside and applied pressure through the middle stages, dueled through the far turn, bumped with UECKER at the top of the lane, battled down the lane and wore down the runner-up late for the victory. UECKER grabbed the early lead racing out SOUTHERN MELODEE, put that rival in tight and took control leaving the first turn, confronted by that rival again on the backstretch, maintained a short lead through the far turn, bumped entering the lane, resisted into the last sixteenth and yielded grudgingly in the end. FIONELLO tracked in the two path or outside a rival, came under a ride on the far turn, finished willingly through the lane but lacked the needed final kick. WHAT A GIFT settled on the inside, moved closer in the middle stages, hugged the rail to the stretch and finished evenly in the furlong grounds. SCATALOTADINGDONG trailed inside a rival around the clubhouse turn, moved off the fence on the backstretch had one rival beat into the far turn, was on the move four then three wide through the bend but flattened out in the lane. BANDOLERO traveled outside a rival at the back, moved further out on the backstretch trailing the field, navigated the far turn four to five wide and had little left for the stretch run. TIGGRRR WHITWORTH raced up close outside the top pair and pulled around the first turn, stalked up the backstretch, remained three deep into the far turn, got put in tight between rivals at the five-sixteenths pole and tired.