Gold Cup at Santa Anita Preview

Another week and it's time for the next WAYI race for the Classic. This week it's the Gold Cup at Santa Anita. I appologize for now video preview I did not get a chance to write my preview for this until this evening.


9th Race - Santa Anita Park - Saturday, June 27th, 2015 STAKES. 1 1/4 Mile Dirt. Purse $500,000. Gold Cup at Santa Anita S. (Grade 1). FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS AND UPWARD. (05:45 PM)
PP Horse A/S M/E Wgt Jockey Trainer
1 Batti Man (ARG) 7 G L 119 Perez Fernando Hernandez Mulhall Kristin
2 Hard Aces 5 H L 119 Espinoza Victor Sadler John W.
3 Poshsky 5 G L 119 Prat Flavien Miller Peter
4 Motown Men 6 G L 119 Baze Tyler West Ted H.
5 Majestic City 6 H L 119 Lopez Charles C. Baltas Richard
6 Hoppertunity 4 C L 121 Garcia Martin Baffert Bob
7 Big Cazanova (ARG) 6 R L 119 Nakatani Corey S. Miller Peter
8 Moreno 5 G L 121 Velasquez Cornelio H. Guillot Eric J.
9 Catch A Flight (ARG) 5 H L 119 Stevens Gary L. Mandella Richard E.
10 Lideris 5 H L 119 Talamo Joseph Miller Peter
11 Finnegans Wake 6 H L 124 Smith Mike E. Miller Peter

Batti Man (Manipulator): 2nd and 1st in Allowance Optional Claimers. Stakes experience has been mixed.

Hard Aces (Hard Spun): 6th in the Oaklawn Handicap and 3rd in the Californian last time out. Has done well on both starts on the SA surface.

Poshsky (Vronsky): 6th in the Tiznow and 4th in an Allowance/Optional Claimer. Off the board in both graded stakes tries.

Motown Men (Decarchy): Won the Tiznow and 3rd in the Precisionist. 4th in lone other graded stakes try.

Majestic City (City Zip): Won the Lone Star Park Handicap and was 8th in the Santana Mile. Has not had the greatest success in G1 company.

Hoppertunity (Any Given Saturday): 3rd in the Stephen Foster and San Antonio. Quick turnaround.

Big Casanova (Giant's Causeway): 5th in the San Pasqual and 7th in the Californian. 7th in the Jockey Club Gold Cup last year.

Moreno (Ghostzapper): 2nd in the Californian and won the Charles Town Classic. Tends to run 2 good races in a row and then a bad one.

Catch a Flight (Giant's Causeway): Won the Californian and Precisionist. Has never been worse then 3rd in the US.

Lideris (Mizzen Mast): 6th in the Californian and 9th in the Greenwood Cup. Hasn't shown in Southern Hemisphere form in the US.

Finnegans Wake (Powerscourt (GB)): 4th in the Manhattan and won the Woodford Reserve. Dirt starts came as a 3yo.

Picks

Win- Hard Aces
Place- Catch a Flight
Show- Majestic City

Dark Horse: Finnegans Wake