Pick for Saturday February 10, 2024:


Okay, 'Take Two' in the wake of the Mother Nature Show!

Hopefully, the Mother Nature is kind this Saturday in Southern California and the show can proceed as planned.


Las Virgenes Stakes
1 Mile | Fillies | 3 Year Olds | G3 STAKES | PURSE: $100,000


Track: Santa Anita Park
Race: 5

Horse: Kinza (ML 1-1)


Field (in post position order):

1. Nothing Like You (ML 6-1)
2. She's a Tempest (ML 6-1)
3. Kinza (ML 1-1)
4. Kopion (ML 6-5)
5. Great Forty Eight (ML 20-1)


Bet Kinza (ML 1-1) to win.

Yes, that is right: WIN.

Put some considerable amount of money on Kinza to win to make it worthwhile and justified going to the racetrack.

I expect Kinza to win the Las Virgenes Stakes in a workout-like manner on this Saturday February 10, 2024.

She is towering over the field.

She is the dominance 3yo filly division in the west for 2024.

Nothing is going to change that.

Kinza will be a force to be reckoned with in 2024 and perhaps beyond as well.

Kinza's final odd will most likely be right around 2/5 favorite.

This is the easiest 2/5 money you'll ever going to get on the card at Santa Anita Park or at any other racetracks on this Saturday February 10, 2024.

Hey, a win is a win instead of chasing some longshots in hope of a big payoff as most horseplayers often do to no avail.


Take this easy money 1/1 (or at whatever the price is -- 2/5 is my guess) and leave the racetrack as a winner.



BONUS: Play exacta (straight): Kinza (ML 1-1) over Kopion (ML 6-5).


My level of confidence on this exacta (in a scale of 1 to 10), it's a 10.

Yes, that is right: 10.

This is the easiest EXACTA money you'll ever going to get on the card at Santa Anita Park or at any other racetracks on this Saturday February 10, 2024 -- albeit the exacta contains the first two heavy heavy favorites (in a likely 2/5 shot on the top and a 6/5 second choice on the bottom) in a very small field of 5.

Again, a win is a win instead of chasing some longshots in hope of a big payoff as most horseplayers often do to no avail.


There you have it!


****** Playing For Fun and Making Some Money in The Process ******

The following bonus play is for fun only and I don't have a lot of confidence in this play.

Nonetheless, it is worth it.

You know betting on favorites (as I do all the time) is very boring.

To get some excitment, occationally, you have to bet some longshots.

Well, not quite longshots but somewhat longshots underneath the trifecta play in a small field.


BONUS: Play trifecta (partial wheel): Kinza (ML 1-1) over Kopion (ML 6-5) over She's a Tempest (ML 6-1) and Great Forty Eight (ML 20-1).

Yes, that is right: Two longshots on the third leg.

Again: TRIFECTA PARTIAL WHEEL containing a very heavy favorite (Kinza) over a 2nd choice favorite (Kopion) and two longshots (She's a Tempest, Great Forty Eight) on the third leg.

I expect Mother Nature in Southern California to throw a curve ball and plays havoc this Saturday February 10, 2024 and Nothing Like You (ML 6-1) will not be ready for it and she might just be taking the day off that day and throws a clunker in the wake of this Mother Nature Show.

That should help!


That is it!