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Follow Me on Twitter @Ubercapper Other Racing Content • Analysis Race #5 #1 Avenge - Fair odds 2/1 #2 September Stars - Fair odds 3/1 #6 Lady Eli - Fair odds 2/1 Use all six on pick 3, 4 and 5 tickets played. Avenge is the only horse in the field who likes to lead early and that provides her an edge in that she can control the tempo from the start. Avenge reeled off three straight wins on turf starting last July and ending with a win in the Rodeo Drive Stakes in October. In her next start, Avenge set a very fast early pace in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf and held very well for third in a 14 horse field, earning a career best 118 Equibase Speed Figure. In training for her 2017 debut for more than a month and with a very sharp five furlong workout coming into the race, there is little question Avenge is as fit as she was in the fall. Additionally, research from Stats Race Lens tells us trainer Richard Mandella is exceptional at bringing horses back from layoffs in these situations because over the last five years he has won with five of 14 starters returning from six months off or more in stakes around two turns. With the ground saving rail also in her favor and Santa Anita leading rider Flavien Prat in the saddle, Avenge could be tough to catch, and to beat, in this year's Gamely Stakes. September Stars (IRE) can match Lady Eli's late kick and as she is going to be higher odds she may offer another betting opportunity. Since returning from six months off and making her U.S. debut in March, September Stars has won two straight races at the mile and one- eighth turf trip of the Gamely. She improved to a strong 105 figure in her most recent start and ran the last eighth of a mile in 11.2 seconds when rallying from sixth at the top of the stretch. Gary Stevens has been aboard for both of her wins and rides back so we should expect this filly to be charging home down the middle of the track once again. Lady Eli makes her second start following five months off so she should be even more physically fit than when coming up a head short of winning last month in the Jenny Wiley Stakes, earning a 110 figure in the process. Before the rest, Lady Eli earned a near career best 120 figure when a nose short in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. With seven wins in 10 career starts and having earned a career best 122 figure last August when second in the Ballston Spa Stakes as well as with Irad Ortiz, Jr. in from New York to ride, Lady Eli should once again be in the thick of the action on the wire. In a race in which all six runners can't be counted out completely the other three are worth commenting on. Pretty Girl (ARG) improved to a career best 109 figure when beaten two lengths in the Royal Heroine Stakes last month and might benefit from the jockey change to North American leading rider Mike Smith. Goodyearforroses (IRE) could only manage fifth in the Jenny Wiley last month but won the Santa Ana before that with a career best 109 figure. Mokat earned a career best 111 figure when second in the Royal Heroine and may be returning to the form shown last summer when taking the San Clemente Stakes. Follow Me on Twitter @Ubercapper Other racing content Analysis of major stakes races every Friday at equibase.com/free Weekend Key Races Blog at 123racing.com- Click on 123Blog Free Selection for one free race daily at: Woodbine - woodbineentertainment.com/Woodbine/Pages/handicapping.aspx Keeneland - keeneland.com/racing/expert-picks/starr You can get my selections and analysis for Santa Anita every racing day at Equibase, TrackMaster, Xpressbet, Twinspires, TVG, Keeneland Select as well as many and other wagering sites .
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