La Canada Stakes Grade III Preview and Prediction
The La Canada Stakes is on January 15th. It's a Grade III $200,000 race. Daniel Benjamin has the preview and prediction here.
La Canada Stakes Grade III stakes race is slated to go to post at 6:30 p.m. (ET) on January 15. First place gets $120,000 and a trophy.
La Canada Stakes Grade III is today. Kirstenbosch, Angel Nadeshiko, Ganadora, Smoothlikebuttah, Natural Colour, Under the Stars and Flavien Prat are the entrants. The morning line odds for the race are 5-2. The winner is expected to be either a horse or a mare. It's the first time Flavian Pratt will be in the saddle for this race. He's been in charge of Bob Baffert's barn. Natural colour has won five races in 16 starts. Smooth likebuttahs has improved in each of her previous three years of racing.
Under the Stars is the top horse in the field. Ganadora is a sprinter. Kirstenbosch and Angel Nadeshiko are in second tier. Natural Colour is in third tier, but she's only 0-for-2 at Santa Anita. Smoothlikebuttah is least classy, and she has shown clear ability to finish in money. La Canada Stakes Grade III is on Saturday at 1:30 pm.
$2 on Under the Stars across the board.
La Canada Stakes Grade III Preview and Prediction. Exacta box: Under the Stars and Kirstenbosch or Ganadora and Kinshamburg.
