Opening Day at Santa Anita. My thoughts on 3 races.

4th: King Slayer(10-1) has some nice figs that are definitely fast enough. Didn't like the surface last time?? 2nd off LO and trainer change (Mitchell). Lake William fast but off a long layoff and ML fav will try to beat. Dr Park got back to 3yo top in 2nd start this yr and just got back to it. Can he move forward even though he is a router? Kolinor popped a fast one 2 back. Gets back to it or more like a 5 1/2? KS looks like a play here. 11 downhill starts, 7 exacta finishes. Mitchell put some nice drills into him too.

7th: Golden Arrow keeps moving forward with a solid # last out. Inesperado stuck on 5s? Or does he move forward. Medecis had a rough trip in the BC. A must use in exotics. Aly Bubba ran a nice number last time. Maybe sneaks into the tri at a price. Inesperado looks too short a price for me. GA to win, box w/Medecis.

8th: Routers do well at 7f but I don't thing S Break is being pointed for this one. Still is pretty fast.American System ran a pair of 1 3/4s three & four races back. He regressed the last 2 (BI comment on the 2nd 1 3/4). Can he come back to those big ones? 10/1 ML gives him a look at least. My Cousin Matt has run 5 good ones in a row, the last one a neg. He ships again and is 5/2 on the line. Have to think he will regress some. Play against Lake?? Castle Gandolfo is interesting. Didn't fire in the Derby. Did win at 6f in his debut, excellent connections and some solid works. Might surprise in here. I'll take AS to win and pair up with CG,SB and Golden Hare.

I would appreciate any comments for or against my thoughts. Good luck.