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There are three graded events on turf at Santa Anita Park this Saturday including the $200,000 Twilight Derby. The race is open for three-year Thoroughbreds and it is competed over 1 1/8 miles on turf. The next two races are a mile on turf. The $100,000 Autumn Miss Stakes is open to three-old fillies and the $200,000 Goldikova Stakes is open to fillies and mares three years old and up.
The Grade 3 Autumn Miss Stakes has13 entries probable featuring Cairo Memories and Rhea Moon that a top of this list when it comes to Horse Racing Nation’s ratings. Cairo Memories has a 5.91 rating and Rhea Moon has a 5.84 rating due to recent past performances. Island Of Love is rated third at 5.34 to make up the trio of my legitimate contenders to win this race.
The Grade 2 Goldikova Stakes has eight entries penciled-in as probable and Going Global (7.48 rating) and Avenue De France (6.89 rating) are the two favorites in the HRN list. Going Global finished second in the Grade 2 John C. Mabee Stakes at Del Mar on Sept. 10 and Avenue De France won that race.
2022 Twilight Derby Predictions
When: Saturday, October 29th 2022
Where: Santa Anita Park
When it comes to the Grade 2 Twilight Derby, 13 probable entries are lining-up to run this race. Balnikhov, Stayincotai and Cabo Spirit are ahead the pack in HRN ratings. The top three picks below are the money favorites in my book.
Win: War At Sea
This Kentucky-bred three-year colt is trained by Ronald Ellis and he has raced for Doubledown Stables. War At Sea recently placed third in the Grade 3 Del Mar Derby on Sept. 3. He won three races at Santa Anita before that event, including the Cinema Stakes on June 4.
Sired by War Front, he has been in the money in every race this year, starting from a six-furlong sprint at Santa Anita in the beginning of January. War At Sea has spent his entire career racing at Santa Anita and Del Mar.
Place: Go Joe Won
Trained by Paula Capestro, this three-year gelding was also bred in Kentucky racing for Hurst Racing Stable. Go Joe Won finished first in the ungraded Shared Belief Stakes in Del Mar on Sept. 3. He completed the one mile run on turf in 1:37.69 over High Connection and Newgrange.
As a son of Protonico, he raced in Santa Anita and Del Mar the entire time he was competitive. Go Joe Won finished first, second or third in the final four races of his young career. All four events were one mile and longer on turf.
Show: Balnikhov
Despite finish fourth in the Del Mar Derby this past September, Balnikhov is the top of this list for HRN’s ratings with 5.67 in the Twilight Derby. The three-year old gelding was bred in Ireland and competitive at West Coast tracks such as Santa Anita and Del Mar. He won at Del Mar in the Oceanside Stakes on July 22, covered one mile on turf.
Balnikhov is the son of Adaay and he has finish in the money in three of the last five races he ran. All one mile or longer, he has covered the distances with a firm surface on turf.
