For this intrepid blogger, the best race of the day was not an east coast stake or even the local feature, but the 4th at Golden Gate today in which my new favorite jockey, Annie Sanguinetti, brought home a 6-1 shot on whom I'd plunked down more than a few shekels.
Carlos Nieto finished second aboard Phenomanal Star at 23-1 and Barrington Harvey again outran his odds on the 35-1 Thunder Bebe to round out a $1,587.70 trifecta. The Steve Miyadi trained odds-on favorite, Punch Maryland, finished a well beaten sixth after setting the pace and fading like a bad dye job.
Per the chart, Annie's mount, Luckyanunoit, broke alertly, took a favorable striking position into the first turn while three wide to the backstretch, remained a factor three wide on the second turn, rallied into the lane, gained command in mid stretch and won driving.
Above top, Annie charges to the lead aboard Luckyanunoit with interstate 80 and the town of Albany in the background. Above right, Annie hands out goggles to diminutive railbirds
