Santa Anita carryovers: $56,712 Pick 6, $19,049 Super High 5

There are a couple of five-figure, non-jackpot carryovers up for grabs on Sunday at Santa Anita.

The $2 Pick 6 starting in Race 4 (post time 5:30 p.m. ET) features a $56,712 carryover. Meanwhile, the $1 Super High 5 available to play in Race 9 (post time 8 p.m. ET) boasts a $19,049 carryover.

Pick 6 bettors looking for a single to build tickets around have a logical option right off the bat in Race 4, a $50,000 allowance optional claimer for fillies and mares sprinting six furlongs on dirt. The six-horse field isn’t overly stuffed with pace on paper, so the stage is set for #1 Pushiness (8-5) to work out a perfect trip and secure victory.

Pushiness has set the pace in each of her six starts. She finished a close third in her latest start, a $40,000 allowance optional claimer on turf, but her dirt form is stronger. Two starts back, she wired the seven-furlong Fleet Treat S. for California-breds at Del Mar by 3 1/2 lengths, earning a flashy 98 Brisnet Speed rating.

None of the other runners in Race 4 have earned a Brisnet Speed rating higher than 95. #3 Nokie (5-2) has posted 95s on a couple of occasions, including when second to future graded stakes winners Hope Road and One Magic Philly in recent $40,000 allowance optional claimers at Del Mar. But Nokie is a stretch runner, and she figures to be at a pace disadvantage against Pushiness, so Pushiness looms as the horse to beat and a logical single while returning to dirt.

Turning our attention to the Super High 5 carryover, Race 9 is a $50,000 maiden claimer for horses aged three, four, and five racing one mile on turf. #10 Kawazaki (5-2) is the morning line favorite after finishing second in a $62,500 maiden claimer last time out, but that was in June 2023, and the five-year-old gelding isn’t guaranteed to bring his A game off a 16-month layoff.

Instead, we recommend building tickets around #7 Classically (9-2), counting on him to finish either first or second. He was beaten only three lengths when fourth in a 1 1/16-mile $62,500 maiden claimer at Del Mar last time out, and two starts back—in his return from a long layoff—Classically finished fifth by only 1 1/2 lengths in a six-furlong $50,000 maiden claimer. Returning to the $50,000 maiden claiming ranks for a one-mile contest should suit Classically just fine.

Good luck!