Last updated May 22, 5:30am ET

Memorial Day weekend is typically a date for the diary for horse racing fans, and this weekend is no different, as Santa Anita holds two excellent days of competitive racing.

The card on Sunday includes one graded race, with the G2 Santa Margarita Stakes covering a distance of 1 1/8 miles. Find our Santa Anita picks for May 25 here.

Odds

StallHorseOdds
1Liberty Lady
2Princess Of Time
3Where’s My Ring
4Splendora
5Alpha Bella
6Seismic Beauty

Santa Margarita Stakes: Event Information

STATINFORMATION
DateSunday, May 25, 2025. 4:00 PM ET
How to WatchFanDuel
CourseSanta Anita, California
Distance1 1/8 Miles
Purse$200,000

Event Preview

The main event on the Memorial Day weekend at Santa Anita is set for Monday, but there is still graded action to look ahead to on Sunday, as the Santa Margarita Stakes will be run over 1 1/8 miles.

A competitive field of six will go to post in California, and a range of different profiles will be on offer. However, the lightly-raced Bob Baffert duo will likely dominate the betting given the trainer’s success at the track.

Splendora has been largely consistent throughout her career, with the four-year-old winning twice from six starts. She steps up in trip drastically based on her best efforts in the G1 La Brea last year when finishing third over seven furlongs. She does have the ability to stay further, evidenced by her placing in the G2 Santa Maria Stakes.

Seismic Beauty is the other runner for the Hall of Famer. The filly has won once from three starts this year, and it was hard not to have been impressed by her dominant win in an allowance optional claimer at the end of April at Santa Anita.

Where’s My Ring could be the most proven of the contenders this weekend, but she has form to find on the Baffert duo. But the Peter Miller runner is more proven in graded races, finishing third in the G1 Apple Blossom on her latest outing.

Santa Margarita Stakes Picks

The Baffert runners certainly appear to make the most appeal this weekend. The narrow preference is for Splendora, who appears to be near her peak performance after finishing second in the G2 Santa Maria Stakes on her last outing at Santa Anita.

Is a previous winner at the track, and is likely to go close for a trainer that deserves a lot of respect at the Californian track.

Pick
Splendora
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