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BOB BAFFERT has dominated the Great Lady M. Stakes at Los Alamitos and a familiar story is on the cards this year.

The great Gamine in 2021 was Baffert’s sixth win in the race since 2010 and Eda is looking for her own sixth win on the bounce. 

She has endured a stop-start career so far but was a Grade 1 at the course in late 2021, bagging the Starlet Stakes. 

We’ve only seen her twice since, winning a Grade 3 at Santa Anita in March 2022 and then an allowance race in April of this year. 

She scrambled in that day, but she was entitled to have needed the run and if she is back to anywhere near her peak, she should be winning again. 

The main danger is Elm Drive, who finished third in this race last year and can scrub the paint from gate one. 

She also arrives on the back of two Santa Anita wins, landing a Grade 3 before effortlessly coming clear in Listed company. 

Her peak form leaves her with a small amount to find, but she can enjoy the perfect stalking trip from her draw and won’t be far away. 

Awake At Midnyte is an infrequent winner and is yet to land a Graded race, but her figures suggest she’s good enough to. 

She finished second in both the Grade 2 Zenyatta and Grade 1 La Brea in the backend of last year and that level gives her a big chance of the show. 

The outside gate is no help but don’t discount Dance to the Music, who won the Grade 3 Desert Stormer at Santa Anita last time out. 

The unexposed quantity is Vegas Music, who won the Grade 2 Sorento last year but ended the campaign with two sour runs at Grade 1 level. 

She’s surely capable of better than that and if she’s trained on, like connections evidently believe she has, she could be a danger to all. 

Great Lady M. Stakes Morning Line Prices 

• 1 Elm Drive 7-2 
• 2 Eda 5-2 
• 3 Rose Maddox 6-1 
• 4 Real Fire 20-1 
• 5 Pammy’s Ready 12-1 
• 6 Chismosa 20-1 
• 7 Awake At Midnyte 3-1 
• 8 Vegas Music 10-1 
• 9 Dance to the Music 6-1 

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