Eddie D Stakes at Santa Anita
Las Vegas, NV - Santa Anita re-opens this weekend for its autumn meet that culminates with the Breeders' Cup in November. Opening day will be highlighted by the Grade 3 Eddie D Stakes on September 28 - a race honoring legendary jockey Eddie Delahoussaye. Three year olds will be after their share of the $100,000 purse when they go 6 1/2 furlongs on Santa Anita's turf track.
The Eddie D has drawn a field of 13 entries for race 8 on Santa Anita's Friday schedule. Post time is 4:38 PM. Here is a look at all 13 entries and their results ahead of this Grade 3 race.
2012 Eddie D Stakes Race Favorites
Comma to the Top - Peter Miller trained gelding has won two of his last four starts - an Allowance score at Golden Gate on June 9 and the minor Pirate's Bounty Stakes at Del Mar September 5. He finished nineteenth in last year's Kentucky Derby, was sixth in the Grade 2 Sir Beaufort in December and was third in the Robert K Kerlan Memorial Handicap July 1 to name a few of his stakes results. He was fourth in the Grade 1 Bing Crosby before his latest win and brings a 4-2-0-1 record on turf into Friday's action.
Mensa Heat - is a two-time stakes winner that finished second most recently to Comma to the Top in the Pirate's Bounty on September 5. Before that was a second and a third respectively in a pair of Allowance Optional Claiming races. Mensa Heat was third in the Palos Verdes Stakes at Santa Anita on January 21 and before that won the On Trust Handicap at Hollywood Park in December. He has placed in three straight races and has failed to win this year but appears to be in decent form ahead of the Eddie D.
Eddie D Stakes 2012 | Remaining Field Entries
Unbridled's Note - Steve Asmussen trained colt hopes to build off a win in an Allowance Optional Claiming three races ago, a very good third in the Grade 2 Amsterdam Stakes July 29 and another decent third in the King's Bishop last time out at Saratoga on August 25. He has six career starts with two wins and two third place finishes and has placed in his last three overall.
Boxeur des Rues - started 2012 with a second in an Allowance Optional Claiming but has struggled since - a sixth in the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap, and tenth place finishes in the Grade 1 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic Stakes and the Grade 2 Dixie Stakes at Pimlico on May 19. Most recently Boxeur des Rues was fourth in the Pirate's Bounty to follow a fifth and fourth in a pair of Allowance Optional Claiming at Del Mar. He has placed in just one of his eight starts in 2012 and hasn't won since last May.
Red Sun - is an intriguing entry for trainer Carla Gaines. Red Sun has placed in all nine career starts with five wins, two seconds and two third place finishes. After nearly a year away Red Sun returned on August 30 with a second in an Allowance Optional Claiming at Del Mar and is undefeated in two starts on this very track.
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Shrug - is the other Carla Gaines trained colt in the field and has won two of his last three starts including an Allowance Optional Claiming score at Hollywood Park in June and the Green Flash Handicap last time out at Del Mar August 15. Shrug has four wins, two seconds and a third place finish in 15 career starts.
Tale of a Champion - has six career starts with four wins but finished a distant sixth last time out in his graded stakes debut - the Grade 2 Del Mar Handicap on August 26. He had won two straight before that result including the minor Bob Umphrey Turf Sprint Stakes at Calder on July 7.
Calimonoco - This six-year-old has had mixed results in 2012 - a win in the minor Sidd Finch Stakes, a second in the Wickerr Stakes, a pair of fourths in the Grade 2 Arcadia Stakes and Grade 3 San Francisco Mile and a disappointing seventh in the Grade 2 American Handicap. Last time out was a fifth in the Grade 2 Del Mar Mile Handicap on August 26.
Canuletmedowneasy - broke maiden in his fifth career start in May and followed that up with another win in an Allowance Optional Claiming at Hollywood Park on May 20. Since then he has raced to a third in the Tsunami Slew Stakes and a seventh in the Oceanside Stakes but did record a win last time out in an Allowance Optional Claiming at Del Mar August 17.
Chosen Miracle - Lightly raced Jerry Hollendorfer colt started his career with two straight wins but followed that with a seventh in his only graded stakes action - the Grade 3 Iowa Derby in June of last year. Since then he has raced four straight Allowance Optional Claiming races with two seconds, a third and a win last time out here way back in February.
Koast - John Sadler trained colt has three wins and two thirds in eight career starts. Last time out was a fourth in the Green Flash Handicap to follow a third in the Oceanside Stakes on July 18 - both races at Del Mar. Before that were three wins in four races - two Allowance Optional Claiming scores and a win at a Maiden Special Weight race.
Octane - will make his stakes debut on Friday after two wins, a second and a third place finish in six career starts.
Crimson Giant - has placed in all five of his 2012 starts - one second and four third place finishes - all Allowance and Claiming races. Crimson Giant takes an enormous step up in competition Friday and is the longest shot in the race.
