Santa Anita Saturday | G3 San Marcos

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Happy hour. Wrong.

That's that's Steve Kornacki music, not Barry Spears music.

You understand me? That is that is Bob E Halt

music, not Barry Spears music. That is trying to think of who

else had been my guest. John Shirva music, not Barry

Spews music. You understand me.

But that is where we are. It's So Cal Saturdays on the

horse racing happy Hour Network. I'm Lou Revoke.

He is Barry Spears. Thanks for hanging out with us

on the program run through a nine race car, the Grade 3 San

Marcos's this weekend and we will certainly handicap that.

That turned out to be a fun field there as well at Santa

Anita. Barry, how are you today?

You doing all right buddy? Yeah, I'm hanging in there happy

it's Friday. You know, like we made it.

Made it indeed, we made it cleared up.

It's warm now and I'm still wearing a sweatshirt, so that

tells you everything. Must be below 90.

So Barry's in a sweatshirt. There you go.

So that's how that works. I'm blue ear bow.

I'm from the Horse Racing Happy Hour ESPN Louisville as well.

You can check out my interview with Kevin Kilroy from this

morning about the late pick five at Fairgrounds.

That'll be posted very soon on the Horse Racing Happy Hour

Network. And of course, yesterday I sat

down with Steve Kornacki. He gave his thoughts on the late

pick five. And no, I don't know why my Cam,

my my camera's acting like this. Barry, I got nothing.

I don't know why it's being foggy today, but I probably, I

probably I was going to say I probably look better than I

usually do. Thank you for saying that.

The we'll close the show with Barry's top three Valentine's

Day recommendations. But first we go through the card

there at Santa Anita Park. There is terrified.

Race 1 kicks us off as it always does, 6 1/2 on the on the turf.

This time it's a state bred maiden special weight for

three-year old Phillies and Barry.

We see some horses in here that we've already seen this month,

including Twasi MA 12, now a second time starter, almost won

on debut for Doug O'Neill. I think both of us had her

either on top or in the second spot there.

She returns here, draws the rail.

Where'd you land in Race 1? I landed on the 9 horse Maggles

McGee. I like the name but you know

this horse ran pretty good. First time out George Papa

Bodromo has has some really gaudy numbers.

Second time out this horse ran pretty good.

Good enough in comparison the rest of this field to be really

competitive at this spot. Probably will be the second

choice, but I'll take that in this race.

Start it off. There you go, so 96 and one for

you. What do you like about the sixth

horse in here? Marla Hooch, besides another

great name. Another great name, like you

said, you know she didn't run all that poorly while being

really, really wide. Gets a better post position this

time. I I expect some improvement

there. Not really much to go off of in

this race and that I think she might have a shot to to get in

the number here. I have the six in my second spot

as well. I went one A6 and three.

I know you have the one in your third spot.

I'll try Tuazim and 12 here. Once again, Juan Hernandez picks

up the mount for Umberto Rispoli.

So I think she'll be a little bit closer to the pace, probably

break a little bit better than she did last time as well.

Some sort of just, you know, useful works the last couple of

times out on the Tapeeda track there for Doug O'Neill.

Turning her around in about a month's time gives me hope that

she's ready to go. 22% on second time starters for Doug O'Neill,

who is uncharacteristically off to a terrific 23% start in 73

starts there at Santa Anita coming into today.

And so just a massive number there.

So again, 1-6 and three for me. You already talked about the

six, largely agree about Marla Hooch, another first time we're

here for Peter Erten, I think is interesting.

Conquest Sue, you know Cal Brad, so a daughter of Conquest

Fahrenheit. This is 1 Barry.

I'm essentially going on a very good gate work last time for

hoping that this one at least just hits the board right.

I think that we'll get a winner from either the one or the six,

at least in my opinion. So the three in Conquest Sue, I

think to pick up the pieces there in race one.

Move on to race 2 here. His name's Barry Spears.

I'm Lou Rebeau. This is So Cal Saturdays we're

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dirt and it's an $8000 claimer in here.

We got six horses in this one, Barry, $8000.

Run it for 18 five. And this one race 2 means that I

get to go first here and we landed on the same horse in the

five. The likely favorite.

Love our family. And frankly, Barry, this is one

that just has done this at this level before, right?

Ran a good second last time behind Ryan's girl.

We saw this one before at San Anita win a race at the claiming

16 level. And so I just think we're at the

right level. This one tried to step up into

optional claiming kind of company simply isn't made for

that. So I think this 6 year old

daughter of Jersey town, how about that has the best shot in

here for sure. So I'll go with the five horse

on top in race 252 and 6 for me, Barry, Lady Lao Bon, of course,

a daughter of Lao Bon Barry. I'm really, really hoping that

the class relief is the thing here.

And so because she was not great at locile a couple back, I did

see her win at the 5000 level at Finger Lake.

She hasn't had quite the success since moving to the West Coast.

But frankly just the figures seem to fit here and I think

dropping into this kind of company makes a lot of sense for

her. So I'll go up five, two and six

and here you landed on the five as well.

If you want to extrapolate on that, that's great.

But if you want to talk about your second pick in here, the

four horse, go ahead. Well, the five, you know, as a

consistent kind of performer fits the bill here.

I I mean these horses are in and out of form.

This one's been fairly consistent run, you know, 70

plus buyers a few times and and kind of hovering around that.

So I think that consistency will go a long way in this race.

The four misty Dancer, though, does have some speed.

If you go back, you know, way back to June of 2025, this horse

went wire to wire in the field that that sort of is similar to

this one. So I think that versatility

might help this horse in a in a race where there there really

isn't too too much speed and this one might get the jump on a

couple others and kind of hang in there.

Interesting in here, Barry. Again, you see it on the screen

there, 5-4 and two. I went 5-2 and six in here,

Barry. I'll talk about 6 horse just a

little bit here. It would be the second favorite,

at least according to the morning line.

Blaine Wright, new in the barn here, was recently in the Mark

Reinford barn, but when was running for for Blaine before?

Did have a win last year in seven starts for 3rd place

finishes. So this horse is at least

hitting the board. Many of those were at the 25

level up at Emerald Downs. So now that we're dropping into

this kind of level, I do wonder if we won't get a little bit

better of a run second off the layoff here as well.

Should be ready to go in that spot here.

So again, Barry is going to go 5, four and two.

I went 5-2 and six in race 2 there at Santa Anita Park on

Saturday. This is Socal.

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time. 6 furlongs on the turf awaits in race three, $37,000 on

the line and a $32,000 optional claimer.

Phillies and mares 4 and up and this one Barry.

Odd number race means you get to go first here, and you landed on

a little bit of a pricier 8 to 1 Tam's Little Angel.

Yeah, I I thought this horse was actually ridden poorly in a few

races and and it kind of affected the performance.

You know, there was races from last June, July and August where

they kind of brought this horse from way off the pace and it

just didn't serve this horse well.

I know a couple of races were at 5 furlongs, but I still think

this horse is quick enough to get in the races earlier anyway.

If you go back before that, they went down the hill one time and

was forwardly placed, and then they went on the flat 6 furlongs

and forwardly placed and won both of those races.

I think those two races are really key in the big scheme of

things in this race. Last time Demuro went a mile

with this horse, they got involved early.

Now they're cutting back in distance.

I think that's going to accentuate this horse's punch

late and they're going to get a really good trip.

So 8 to 1 seems like a really good price here for a horse like

that. Yeah, this horse did hit like

Barry mentioned at the 25 level gets to stay in similar company

here at at Santa Dia 35 and two for Barry.

I went 4-2 and three here Barry 4 you did not have in your

handicapping is the favorite as a court has dropped out of state

company for this one last time the horse was in this kind of

group was at a mile and that was a very fast mile under Hector

Barrio. So I'm going to trust that the

horse could get it done here as well.

Almost won the Betty Grable on dirt.

If we get any kind of performance like that, I think

this horse wins here. Hate to eat the 2:00 to 1:00

here, but I do think is a court the best one here.

Why did you leave this horse out of your handicapping altogether?

Just a little bit of a why are we dropping to this level kind

of play? Yeah, I mean, this horse really

doesn't like this distance. I don't think even even as fast

as this horse is, there's some other speed in here too.

Avita's hobby getting Juan Hernandez.

I think that horse is going to be on the engine, so they're not

going to be out there by themselves winging it.

If they were, it might be a different dynamic and I might

learn more towards that horse, but the 8 Corporal Violet might

get involved. So I I don't think this horse

really wants that kind of pressure.

And I think it's it sets up for horses like the three and the

five in Vincent Mamali. It's Bali will break from the

five. I have the three of my

handicapping as well. The two horse in here is Shangri

Lama. Great game, great name.

Again, just a day of great names out in San Anita. 25K claimer

last outran second before that in similar company at Del Mar.

Just ran out of time over that very quick 5 furlong course

there. I I do think for Mark Lat this

makes a lot of sense. I think off the layoff here

second time makes a lot of sense as well.

So I have the two second of my handicapping here.

I'll go 4/2 and three in race 3 there at Santa Anita Park on

Saturday. I'll move into race 4 again.

So Cal Saturday's here on the horse racing happy hour network.

He's Barry. I'm Louis.

Thanks for hanging out with us on the program itself.

Optional claimer here. Another state bred on the Philly

side of things. A mile on the dirt, $70,000 on

the line here, Barry. Lots of money, but not a lot of

horses. 6 in here in race 4. Even number race means I go 1st

and SO46 and two for me, keeping the even number thing going.

I got the 5:00 to 2:00. There's a silver we're lining on

top. This one's coming out of a

little bit of a freshening took took January off at least after

a good second place finish at this level at Los Alamitos

before that one at the $8000 level at Del Mar.

Once in a while, Barry, we get down to this kind of level, this

kind of field. I'm just looking for a horse

that's at least been in the winner's circle recently.

This is one that's done it four times in the last two years. 2

excuse me, 4 second place finishes in those two years as

well in 16 total runs. So half the time in the top two

in the field. So I'm just going to lean on

that kind of race that Steve nap in our mind OU, so definitely

win out there, but man, 70,000 on the line's a big boy.

A purse for this one for sure. 42 excuse me 4-6 and two, the

six horse on the outside is syntax only the third start ever

for this horse who's been in state bred company the whole

time. Tried the turf 2 back, almost

got it done and then tried the six furlongs and went ahead and

broke his maiden last time. This is a daughter of Pavel.

We've seen those horses stretch out with no problem at all.

Barry and I expect her to do the same here.

So give me 4/6 and 2IN race 4. I know you went a little bit of

a different direction. You leaned on the three horse

here. Little bit of value.

I'm just kidding. A nine to five stay in line.

Yeah, you know, for for the no chalk zone, this isn't very

good, but I, I, I. We have, we have one for you.

Hang on. Where is it?

Where is it? There it is.

All right. Barry's boring play today.

Yes, very boring. I I think stay in line is is

really overlays this field. I I mean only has one horse to

beat in the four and I and I think they're a little bit

faster. Beyond that, I don't think the

closures are going to get involved.

You know, getting Harmio says a lot here and I I think it's

pedal to the metal, wire to wire is the only way this horse can

win. Certainly a crap shoot at at at

a short price, but it doesn't look like anybody else can hang

with that stuff there. Yeah, three, six and two for

Barry in here, obviously agrees on the 6th horse there in his

personal handicapping here in a race 4.

It's an interesting 1, Barry, just because, you know, there's

so much money on the line here, you'd think there'd be a little,

a couple more runners in here. What do you make of like a Dory

Miller kind of runner here coming off the turf?

Just not a lot of success. Sort of generally 2 for 32

lifetime. Those kinds of horses, man.

I generally use, you know, only underneath if I'm playing like a

Trier or something like that. Yeah, those are the the kind of

quote, UN quote best of rest horses that you'll see has run

good, you know, just hasn't won very much kind of clunks up into

minor placings. They have 9 seconds out of 32

starts. Total.

So that kind of tells you what this horse likes to do.

Pretty, pretty good stuff. He's Barry Spears.

Lou, you're about hanging out with you.

Move on to race, race fiver. I just race 5.

What am I doing? I had race three up there for my

personal stuff. That was not my race 3 picks.

Those were my race 4 picks. Move on to Race 4 here on Socal

Saturdays, presented by AM Wager and AM wager.com.

Race 5 is an optional as an allowance.

Excuse me, We're going down the hill here about 6 1/2 furlongs.

They will never measure that thing.

You understand me? Barry Spears, $70,000 on the

line here. And it reminds me of the dirt

course at Keeneland. That's about 7 furlongs.

How the hell does Keeneland not know?

Like what do we? Hey, they they got that sort of

at at Gulfstream too that that 7 1/2 on the turf is more closer

to a mile than it. Is no doubt about it.

Yeah, no. Doubt about it.

So yeah, the the distance is a little weird.

Oh, man, somewhere Craig Milkowski's pulling his hair

out. Seven for 6 1/2 for a long

70,000 on the line here. And this is for Cal Brad's 4 and

up. Barry, where'd you land in a

race? 5 down the hill.

I even landed on the 9:00 checks on the way.

I like this horse because they they were running good on the

turf and then for some odd reason wanted to run on the

dirt, especially at Santa Anita. You know, I can understand at

Delmar the course is a little different, the layout's a little

different and some horses just don't take to it.

But this horse improved while going to the dirt.

Now back to the turf off a layoff since November, didn't

run a step last time, got kind of wiped out early.

I think that's going to keep this price a little bit high.

And this horse has a really good shot.

They they were running good races over the summer, even on

the dirt. I think they improved in a race

that kind of, to me, might be a little wide open.

The Source did win at six furlongs on the turf at Santa

Anita, La back. That was in March of last year.

That was an open company. So not just against Cal Breads.

I just get to drop into state company here in this one.

So Barry, in a race five goes 987.

I went a very different direction except for that eight.

I'm going to use the eight in here as well in Bro Bro, which

is what we thought about calling the show, but then we decided

against it. The Doug O'Neill trainee here

was very close last time in a blanket finish with special club

and a fellow runner in this race in Golden Council or Gold

Council, Excuse Me, keeps the Lasix here.

We saw this horse try to run without lasix twice Barry, and

it was legitimately a disaster both times, and so this horse

with lasix is always going to be part of the equation. 3 for

three. Excuse me one 2344 for four in

the money when on Lasix and I think getting back to this

distance, we get Armando in this spot for Doug O'Neill.

I think that that makes a lot of sense.

And I think the eight bro bro who I know you have in your

handicapping as well makes a ton of sense in this spot.

I went to the inside for the next one.

I know down the hill we don't love it, but Infinitum I think

makes a ton of sense for Mark. Glad this is one with Juan

Hernandez that's going to get a fair trip down the hill going

over the dirt. Obviously not going to be a

problem since his horses run 11 1/2 furlongs worth of races on

the dirt and it's lifetime broke its maiden last out.

I always love that angle of horses figuring something out in

the previous race and then applying it to the next race.

Going to have to figure out something else again going down

the hill and frankly trying turf for the first time.

But boy, Barry, we've seen plenty of horses go dirt to turf

down the hill and be just fine for sure.

And in the final spot, I do have that three horse in Billy Joe

Shaver. I don't know if I like that

name, but Son of Grey's in here. Take the blinkers off.

Barry. This one's been running at lower

levels but did almost hit at the 25 level on turf a couple back.

This is largely a Hector Barrios play for me, so I'll go 813 in

here. Bear, I'll let you go ahead with

the seven horse in here as well, who made the third spot in your

handicapping. Longer odds here for Emis Isle,

Ajar Mio and Carla Gaines with the stylishly acclaimed.

Yeah, you know, I I'd give this horse a shot.

That race they had at Delmar in 2024 in July.

The main breaker was a decent effort and obviously something

went amiss after that. You haven't seen the horse in a

while. This field isn't anything to

write home about, bro. Bro seems to be the most

consistent, but still you know has as a a little tough time

winning as as do most of these forces right and and doing

something different fresh face in a new place going down the

hill. Why not at a big price?

Yeah 15 to one there a six year old son of acclamation.

How about that? We'll try the hill for the first

time. Many many first timers on the

hill there fun field of nine frankly feels like a an all kind

of race. Very tough one there to close

the early pick five. It also starts the late pick 5.

The late pick four starts in a race of 6 as we move on to that

so Cal Saturdays he's Barry and I'm Louis.

This is the horse racing happy hour.

Thanks for hanging out with us here on the program $50,000 is

the claim price, $35,000 in the purse. 6 furlongs on the dirt.

We got a seven to five favorite in here, Barry.

And look, you, you live deeply in the no chalk zone.

You were going to go chalky twice.

And I usually go first in, in odd or, excuse me, in even

numbered races, but I think you should have to sit in your chalk

because you lecture so many of us about chalk and being in it.

Oh, you're a chalk eater. You're doing this stuff.

You should see my text, folks. I mean, Barry's just relentless

about this stuff. It's unbelievable.

And I'm. Glad you.

I mean, Barry's boring play of the day is going to make a

second appearance. Talk about race sex.

I, I honestly, I, I, I didn't get any sleep because I, I

picked 2 favorites like this. But honestly it it's hard for me

to get around Rocky Palo Vito. As far as the horses that have

run, definitely the stand out of the bunch dropping in class fits

right here. Probably will have a lot of

speed. Not, I mean 7 to 5 is quite

short in a race like this, but it, it's, it's hard to not take

this horse on top. The other two I picked the six

and the one the one for second. I just kind of went with the

horses that haven't run yet. They haven't proven themselves

to be bums. So we will use those two

underneath. I, I mean, this is, this is

really tough race in general because there's, there's a

possibility any one of these horses could win.

You know, a horse feels good and, and they'll just run off.

So we'll see, but seven to five seems awfully short.

I I would honestly recommend against Rocky call Vito at 7:00

to 5:00, but I don't think that horse is going to be 7 to 5 at

post time. Interesting.

All right, so I'll you know my, my, my play in here is the two

horses. Well, but I'll go 2-3 and one

Barry. I'll talk about the three one

step beyond. General good rule and horse

racing of a horse likes to finish second.

Don't bet him to win, so I will not, but I do think this horse

is the second best in this field.

Barry does like to run second is now into his three-year old year

and so he's gotten LASIK the last two times.

It almost worked for him at Los Al a couple back at the 20

level. Stepping into the 50 level here.

Except do you feel like this is a 50 race or do you feel like

this is a 20 race? This feels like a. 20 This is a

20 yeah, this is definitely. And so I think they they slipped

one in there and these horses got in and nobody else did and

and this is the field you got. But good on them.

I mean, they were savvy enough to enter their horse and, and,

and want to run. So you know good things happen

when you run your horse. 2-3 and one for me.

Agree with Barry on the one there.

The reason it's third in the the handicapping for me, Barry's, I

mean Peter Mills over his last 27 first timers, he just doesn't

win those races and so I'll I'll gladly put him in the third

spot. I would only use the two and the

three if I use two horses in here at all, move it on the late

pick three, A $3 minimum on the pick three there and only a 15%

take out. We love that bet out West.

Race 7 starts that here on the horse racing happy hour.

It is the grade 3 San Marcos. We get a fun field in here.

Mile and a quarter will start half most of the way down the

downhill dirt turf course and then Pat crossover the dirt onto

the turf course for the rest of that race, $100,000 on the line

for and up here, Barry, we get a former Kentucky Derby runner and

endlessly from the from the rail who's probably due to win one of

these things and is going to screw up my handicapping on

Saturday. And then we get the very cool

gold Phoenix on the outside, just an absolute monster in

Southern California, now 8 years old, still running like his life

depends on. It's fantastic stuff.

I really, really enjoy him. I thought, I thought he showed

really well in the Breeders Cup. I thought he was great.

I mean just great, great in the Breeders Cup.

So shout out to that team and all those things.

He gets to come back here and grade the company though.

You went a different direction though.

Yeah, I I thought Stay Hot might have a little bit of a pace

advantage. You know, the, the race that

Gold Phoenix ran in the Breeders Cup Turf was phenomenal.

Honestly, from that post position, you know, just just

didn't get the best of runs. You know, ethical Diamond kind

of did Rebels, Romance and El Cordobas just got better trips.

That's really the difference. And every time this race has run

a big figure like that hasn't come back all that well.

And I think stay hot just has that little bit of a, a pace

edge because this this pace shouldn't be all that hot.

And I think they can get to the wire first, although it's a,

it's a pretty good rivalry out there.

And I also admire your resolve in, in picking Endlessly to be

in the number that's a horse that I want to bite.

You know how horses bite people. I want to bite that horse so we

can get back to the 2024 version of endlessly.

Can I bite him? I want to.

Bite You may, you may you may maybe we'll go see him in a

month or something. But yeah, I I want him to win

Barry. I want him to.

Be good. I do.

I like this source. I'd like them.

Then he just hasn't shown up since.

I mean, he's been in some really, really, really tough

spots, but he hasn't run well at all in any of those spots. 97

and one for me. I'm going to try to throw him in

the try again. I agree with you on true

quality, by the way. I think he's really good.

I think the turf cop at the Hollywood Turf Cup in Del Mar

was really good before they tried the Houston route with

him. I, I just, I, I do think he's

very, very good. I think it some version of 479

is, is the play here. But I I just I've seen endlessly

be great before. You know, I, I would give Grogu

a shot that that horse is one of the distance they've won at the

distance at, at that 50,000 back in October.

And that was a pretty decent race.

I think the longer the better for this horse.

I, I think they, they, they figured that out and I wouldn't

be surprised if Grogu hits the Super or try.

I thought Grogu's running the in the the Turf Cup was pretty good

and, and especially for a first attempt at a graded stakes, I

mean, that was a good field. So yeah, no, no, no, no shame in

any of that part of the game for sure.

But yeah, interesting field here.

I mean, a tough start to the late.

Pick three if you are interested in playing that.

And boy, it continues on. By the way, So Cal Saturday's

here on the Horse racing happy hour presented by Amwager and

amwager.com. Race 8 beginning of the late AA

$5 late double with a 15% take out.

This is a $20,000 maiden Open company here. 5 1/2 furlongs for

four and five year olds, $21,000 on the line here.

Barry. Race 8 means I'm going to go

first. I landed on the 9 horse and here

you and I both like the 11 as well.

We'll let you talk about Treximo up next year, but video review

comes in 7th attempt to break in his main.

I know, I know, but gets off of the turf here and gets a little

bit more. It gets a it gets back to the

dirt. Excuse me.

And this is a huge set of angles for trainer John Sadler.

Awful layoff like this, hits a 25% going turf to dirt hits at

19 and he's just very good at sprints 21%.

Obeliskano only has two speeds. Barry sitting in the gate and

go, go, go. OK.

And so this is a a go, go, go situation.

This horse at the $50,000 level has been effective before.

I'm simply hoping that class relief here down to 20 helps out

with that. And so this daughter, excuse me,

son, in this case of Nyquist should be right there for me.

So I will go 9 and 11 in here. Barry, I know you landed on the

11 horse in Treximo First timer. Yeah, I thought this horse has

some pretty good works in tow for Ryan Hansen, who does very,

very well first time starters. I know his his percentage isn't

that gaudy, you know, at 12% signet right now, but he does

pretty good work in that department.

I do also like those steady stream of 5 furlong works.

I think they're going to be forwardly placed and hopefully

they can glue themselves to the 9 video review and and kind of

take over late, you know, a nice stalking trip because I think

there's going to be a a dash to the front here.

You wouldn't want to try to go to the lead unless, you know,

you're just faster than everybody else.

And I don't think anybody in here thinks that.

So I would rather see a nice little stalking trip and I think

Trixima can get it. First time out.

Edward Maldonado to the hoop. Let's go.

To the hoop 11/1 and five for him, 911 and 6 for me.

They're in race 86. Horse, by the way, is Brahms

Mendelssohn, son of Mendelssohn, of course, in this one.

Tried the 20,000 level last time for the first time.

Barry and I thought looked OK. No one was beating Singamore

that day. Hopefully a little bit quicker

out of the gate this time. Second off the layoff here, 4

trainer Brendan Galvin. So I'll put the six horse,

Brahms Mendelssohn in the third spot.

Closer on the card is race 9. Of course, they're at Santa

Anita on Saturday. You're watching SoCal Saturday's

listening to it. Whatever you're doing, we really

appreciate you hanging out with us.

We'll be back here right in the same spot next Friday doing the

exact same thing. He's Barry.

I'm Louis, race 9 on the card, the closer, of course, the get

out race if you're bad and handicapping maiden special

$70,000 on the line, 6 1/2 on the turf.

And Barry, I thought a very, very fun way to close this card.

Nice field of 10. Where'd you land on this one?

I landed on Hector Barrios with the bailout on #2 convo.

I thought this horse really just didn't get a good run of it

first time out. They were kind of out wide and

the horse ran on. Ended up getting a pretty decent

bias speed figure now they're going to inside.

Should probably get a better positional trip.

Rosario kind of took this horse back after they got wiped out

and made a little bit of a run. They were, they were a little

bit behind the leader who kind of ran away from it, you know, 1

by 6 1/2. This is a more winnable spot,

especially second time out. I think all systems are go for

convo. Interesting race here.

Barry again will go 28 and six. We agree on the 8 and the second

spot. Otherwise we're pretty different

and I'm not surprised by that at all.

I'll try the second timer for Richard Baltus here in Miss

Kitty. Boom.

I get Juan Hernandez, I get a second timer, I get a horse that

on debut. She was willing to go to the

front earlier in January, so I'm excited to see her back.

I think the move from Mike Smith, the Juan Hernandez will

be productive as well and so interested to see her in here.

Then I went to Mancuso the eight horse Berry following you there.

Another second timer. Haven't seen this one since

August, but I thought Phil d'amato man, oh man, I'm going

to trust anybody. I'm going to trust him.

Six months off the layoff here and then I just 987 for me

pretty simple bent Al a dandy. Another one of these that's one

second a bunch of times, 6 times in the trifecta, but only no

wins in seven tries is always there.

Second, maybe it's Antonio Fraser that gets this one over

the the hump. So I'll go 98 and seven in here.

Very little hump talk on a Friday.

We're 28 and 6 for you. What do you say about the six

horse here in surf song you've been surfing?

Barry, Yes, absolutely. OK, All right.

Yeah, man, I live in Florida. You a long trunks guy or you

more of like a Speedo guy? Like what's a Barry Spears like?

What's your look there? David, I'm like Michigan in 93

type shorts. So if you.

Want to look at Crossover? Yeah, I'm, I'm a big short era

guy for sure, but I I just want to repeat.

To 1991, it's OK to say. Do it.

I really do. I mean, look at my hat.

Flat brim. Nobody does that anymore.

Just the old guy. Just the old.

But Bintel, Danny, I swore off this horse after the last one.

That horse had every right to win that race, should have won

that race and did not. So I will never bet this horse

again. Hopefully they bet them down to

to four to five. I do not like, but Mancuso, you

know, I, I think there's a lot of speed in here and, and

Mancuso might get a nice trip. I know they haven't been out in

a while, but that might work to this horse's advantage.

I think so too. And, and they, they should get a

good trip if they run anything near what they did the first

time, they're right there in this race.

And surf song is another one that should be gathering up

momentum late. I I think it's very hard when

you have horses that don't have much stamina, that can't go

long. So you're stuck with these, you

know, sprinting types at a short distance, but they cash checks

and you see the sources have been in the money 5 out of eight

times. I mean, I don't think that trend

will not continue, especially in a race with with a little bit of

speed in it. Got it.

I apologize. My mother freaking.

I'm a little closer now. What's up, ladies?

The. All right, so Race 9 in the

books. That's our walk through the

card. Barry Spears now gives his top

three reasons or things you should do on Valentine's Day.

Go, Barry. You should eat some chocolate

for sure. Eat chocolate, OK?

Yep, Yep, Yep. Yeah.

Whether you're male or female, you just got to eat chocolate.

That's that's a prerequisite. Or he doesn't need Valentine's

Day for that advice, by the way. But keep going.

No, Probably. Not no, definitely not.

There's the Pro Sugar. Yes, right and and the the

conversation hearts. You should give some out.

That is definitely #2 OK and eat some.

Because they're very. Good.

I do the flirting for you. I like that.

OK, I like. That yeah, Yeah.

And then third thing is to drink a little champagne and fall

asleep early, because that's exactly what I'm going to do.

Very literal advice, sugar. Which he does every day.

Let someone else do the talking, which he does every day, and

then go to bed early if you can, which is his game every day.

I mean bro, it's like it's like Valentine's Day just every other

day maybe. Yes Sir, that's it.

Maybe a heart-shaped pizza? You know what?

I'm glad those made the. I'm glad those are making the

rounds. I think that's a yeah.

The heart-shaped pizza is a very simple but very fun thing.

And you have a daughter. I.

Was going to say you have a daughter.

You know that that's actually the goat of Valentine's Day is

having a daughter that's way more fun than dating Valentine's

Day for sure. It's like little kid Valentine's

Day is the awesome. Well, you know she wants.

For Valentine's Day, right? A lizard.

Well, aren't they falling out of the trees where you live?

Not those kind of lizards, thank God.

But she wants a, what is it a comedian?

So we're we're going to the store tomorrow to get one.

Did the Lizard survive an entire week at Barry's house?

Find out next Friday on Socal Saturdays.

I'm Louie Rebeau. He's Barry Spears.

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