Santa Anita Park · Saturday, April 18, 2026 · Race 6 of 8

Maiden Claiming

dirt, fastFive And One Half FurlongsPurse $16,00012 ranPost 2026-04-18 15:47:00Final time 1:05.81Pool $229,641

Good for all

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/43/8stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
13Lovely Medaglia
vie btwn,chsd,led,held
Kyle Frey52221—19.6056A
E1 108 · LP 115
211Play for Me
3-2wide,rallied inside
Tiago Pereira14432½8.5052A
E1 101 · LP 114
312Bitter Truth
4w,bpd/floatd into str
Emisael Jaramillo665431¼2.3052A
E1 99 · LP 113
41Twisted Humor
vied ins,cleared,wknd
Edwin Maldonado711143¼1.4045A
E1 110 · LP 109
510Vronaway
vie3w,chs,bpd into str
Erick Garcia-Alfaro4335578.7038A
E1 108 · LP 103
67Julia Street
3wd-ins,split foes 1/8
Victor Espinoza111111069¼13.9014A
E1 72 · LP 99
79Duchess Cat
3-4wide, no rally
Cesar Belmont1087679¼63.7012A
E1 93 · LP 99
85Palace Mischief
inside-2wd,no menace
Francisco Orduna-Rojas9109981187.6020A
E1 89 · LP 96
96Despite
crowded early,2-3w,wkn
Alfredo Bautista2567915¼56.2011A
E1 99 · LP 90
104Kambree's Flyer
saved ground,no threat
Tyler Baze87881015¾12.8017A
E1 93 · LP 89
118Spicy Rosso
climbed, 2wd, empty
Abel Lezcano3910111123¼55.006A
E1 92 · LP 78
122Bernie's Big Baby
crowded st, climbed
Cristobal Herrera11212121229¾75.203A
E1 62 · LP 70

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

123456789101112start1/43/8stretchfinish11Play for Me12Bitter Truth1Twisted Humor10Vronaway7Julia Street9Duchess Cat5Palace Mischief6Despite4Kambree's Flyer8Spicy Rosso2Bernie's Big Baby3Lovely Medaglia

Fractional times

Call 122.47
Call 246.64
Call 359.11
Final1:05.81

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)3$1.20—
place ($2)3$14.20—
show ($2)3$9.40—
exacta ($1)3-11$165.50$135,778
place ($2)11$8.40—
show ($2)11$4.60—
trifecta ($1)3-11-12$498.60$82,908
show ($2)12$3—
superfecta ($0.10)3-11-12-1$119.26$72,149
daily double ($2)8-3$165$20,480
Pick 3 ($1)6-8-3$314.50$21,065

Chart notes

LOVELY MEDAGLIA vied between rivals up the backstretch, chased after TWISTED HUMOR in the two path around the bend, re-bid from outside turning for home, took over midstretch and held over the runner-up. PLAY FOR ME chased out of range of the top trio three wide into the turn, cut to the two path late on the bend, rallied inside the leaders in the furlong grounds but could not get by the winner. BITTER TRUTH traveled in mid-pack off the inside, went four wide around the bend, got bumped and floated out into the lane, finished well and gained the show honors. TWISTED HUMOR vied for the lead inside a pair of rivals, cleared at the seven-sixteenths pole, challenged by LOVELY MEDAGLIA coming into the stretch, relinquished the lead midstretch and weakened in the last sixteenth. VRONAWAY vied outside a pair of rivals up the backstretch, chased three wide around the bend, drifted out and bumped BITTER TRUTH entering the lane and weakened. JULIA STREET lacked early speed, had one beat while traveling three wide into the turn, angled down to the rail around the bend while passing another runners, split foes at the eighth pole and improved position. DUCHESS CAT chased from off the pace, navigated the turn three then four wide and failed to rally. PALACE MISCHIEF coaxed along from off the pace in the early going, traveled on the inside then two wide around the turn and failed to menace. DESPITE showed early speed three deep between rivals then got crowded and dropped back to chase, rounded the bend two then three wide and weakened down the lane. KAMBREE'S FLYER coaxed along the inside from off the pace, hugged the rail to the stretch and could not threaten. SPICY ROSSO raced up close then climbed early and dropped back, went two wide around the bend and had little left for the drive. BERNIE'S BIG BABY got crowded leaving the gate, climbed in the early going and dropped back, trailed on the inside and was never a factor. THE TRAINER VRONAWAY LODGED A CLAIM OF FOUL AGAINST BITTER TRUTH FOR ALLEGED INTERFERENCE COMING INTO THE STRETCH. THE STEWARDS RULED THAT THE CONTACT BETWEEN THE TWO RIVALS DID NOT WARRANT A DISQUALIFICATION AND THE OBJECTION WAS DISALLOWED.