Race Previews Santa Anita Park Picks | Snow Chief Stakes 2024 May 24, 2024 Shady Tiger (Benoit Photo) Race Previews Santa Anita Park Picks | Snow Chief Stakes 2024 May 24, 2024 By: Press Release email Share: share on facebook share on twitter share on linkedin email this article Shady Tiger, a smashing winner of last month’s Echo Eddie Stakes for California-breds in his stakes debut going 6 ½ furlongs on dirt, returns to turf for Saturday’s $125,000 Snow Chief Stakes for 3-year-old California-breds going 1 1/8 miles at Santa Anita Park.First post Saturday is 1 p.m. PT. Admission gates open at 11 a.m. Santa Anita Full Card Plays Available Now There’s a reason we’re the #1 trusted source for premium racing picks & info. Find Out Why Trained by Phil D’Amato, Shady Tiger has won three straight since finishing second in his debut going five furlongs on turf last November in Del Mar. The Smiling Tiger gelding broke his maiden against statebreds going six furlongs on turf here Jan. 7, then returned in a statebred allowance at six furlongs on turf and scored by a nose.In the Echo Eddie on the main track April 6 at Santa Anita, the Smiling Tiger gelding rallied from off the pace and won going away. Juan Hernandez has been aboard for all four previous starts and again has the call.Shady Tiger is a homebred for Edward Rusty J. Brown. He is 4: 3-1-0 with $166,400 in earnings.Curlin’s Kaos tested the Triple Crown trail this winter when fourth in both the Sunland Derby and GI Santa Anita Derby on dirt. Most recently, he switched to turf in a one mile statebred allowance April 28 at Santa Anita and scored by one length over Two by Four, who is also entered in the Snow Chief.Trained by Antonio Garcia, Curlin’s Kaos is 7: 2-1-2 with $160,520 in earnings for owners Zephyr Racing LLC and Alfred Pais. Diego Herrera, who has been aboard for all previous seven starts, has the call. Joining Shady Tiger for D’Amato is stablemate Final Storm. By Kentucky-based stallion Blame, Final Storm was claimed out of a win in a $50,000 maiden claimer going 5 ½ furlongs on dirt March 10 at Santa Anita. He was then switched to turf for a six-furlong statebred allowance try April 28 and scored again.Final Storm, who will have Kyle Frey in the irons, is owned by Little Red Feather Racing, Hopeless Stables, Veranda Stables et. al. He is 4: 2-0-1 with $61,900 in earnings.Two by Four was third in the Echo Eddie before finishing runner-up in Curlin’s Kaos’ allowance win last month. Trained by Craig Lewis, the Clubhouse Ride gelding is 6: 1-3-1 for owner-breeder Legacy Ranch. He will be ridden by Hector Berrios for the second-straight time. THE SNOW CHIEF STAKES AT SANTA ANITA PARK, WITH JOCKEYS & WEIGHTS IN POST POSITION ORDERRace 8 of 10 | Approximate post time 4:30 p.m. PTShady Tiger – Juan Hernandez – 120 Size Does Matter – Umberto Rispoli – 120 Takes Three – Armando Ayuso – 120 Two by Four – Hector Berrios – 120 Curlin’s Kaos – Diego Herrera – 122 Stay On the Fence – Ricardo Gonzalez – 120 Tamarando Star – Geovanni Franco – 122 Final Storm – Kyle Frey – 120 Stolen Treasure – Mario Gutierrez – 120 Keep Movin’ On – Antonio Fresu – 120 Join the Inner Circle Sign up for exclusive 10% discount on orders, plus be the first to access our daily free and premium horse racing picks, articles, podcasts, and more! Sign Up
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