Santa Anita Park · Saturday, October 3, 2026 · Race 5 of 10

Maiden Special Weight

dirt, fastSix FurlongsPurse $65,0009 ranPost 2026-10-03 15:08:00Final time 1:12.04Pool $230,290

Good for all except 8

Result

FinPPHorseJockey / Trainerstart1/41/2stretchfinishMarginOddsFig
12Angel's Ember
outside,cleared upper
J J Hernandez32111—1.2058A
E1 108 · LP 102
26Love Doctor
brk in,2w-ins,angl out
T Baze77652413.2032A
E1 92 · LP 104
34Empire of Ash
chased 3-2wd, evenly
E A Maldonado233334½3.9042A
E1 107 · LP 96
49High Hull Gill
led ins,dueled,weaken
C Herrera11224520.2024A
E1 110 · LP 93
55D's Four Thumbs Up
step slw,ins,angl late
K J Desormeaux887755½3.8038A
E1 92 · LP 105
61Morning Glass
lacked room early,ins
K Kimura44446610.6035A
E1 106 · LP 94
78Olympian Thirst
turned head st, 3-2wd
A L Bautista998879½55.6029A
E1 85 · LP 98
83Smokem Thirsty
tracked 2-3wd,weakened
T J Pereira5656811¾13.0023A
E1 102 · LP 90
97Fully Favorable
broke in, drifted turn
J R Leparoux659992025.906A
E1 103 · LP 82

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

123456789start1/41/2stretchfinish6Love Doctor4Empire of Ash9High Hull Gill5D's Four Thumbs Up1Morning Glass8Olympian Thirst3Smokem Thirsty7Fully Favorable2Angel's Ember

Fractional times

Call 122.73
Call 245.75
Call 358.52
Final1:12.04

Payouts

BetWinning numbersPaidPool
win ($2)2$4.40—
place ($2)2$3.60—
show ($2)2$2.60—
exacta ($1)2-6$22.10$131,345
place ($2)6$9.80—
show ($2)6$5.80—
trifecta ($1)2-6-4$90$84,044
show ($2)4$3.40—
daily double ($2)7-2$40.60$35,479
Pick 3 ($1)3-7-2$84.70$48,936
Pick 4 ($1)3-3-7-2$68$124,160
Pick 5 ($0.50)3-3-3-7-2$92.50$316,663
superfecta ($0.10)2-6-4-9$3.49$67,687

Chart notes

ANGEL'S EMBER stalked briefly then went up to apply pressure to the pacesetter from outside, took over dueling on the turn, kicked clear in upper stretch and was kept busy to the line. LOVE DOCTOR broke inward to lose a step, traveled outside a rival near the back, angled to the rail past the five-sixteenths pole, steered out in the lane showed late run and gained second. EMPIRE OF ASH raced up close outside rivals, chased three then two wide around the bend, finished evenly down the lane and got edged for second. HIGH HULL GILL cleared quickly and crossed over, took pressure from ANGEL'S EMBER up the backstretch, lost the lead dueling on the turn, yielded to the winner in upper stretch and weakened in the last sixteenth. D'S FOUR THUMBS UP broke a step slow, saved ground towards the rear,, came off the rail a bit in the stretch then angled out late and kept trying to the wire. MORNING GLASS had to pause when losing a clear path early, moved up after and followed behind the leader into the turn, put into chase mode around the bend, saved ground to the stretch and never found the needed response. OLYMPIAN THIRST turned his head and came away slow, trailed up the backstretch, went three wide into the turn, passed a rival moving while moving to the two path around the bend and was never a factor. SMOKEM THIRSTY tracked the leaders from off the rail, lost ground two then three wide through the turn and weakened in the drive. FULLY FAVORABLE broke inward, tracked from off the fence in the early going, drifted out on the turn, came four wide into the stretch and had little left for the stretch.