Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes and Millions Classic

A yearly event, the Sunshine Millions has started to attract some of the biggest names in thoroughbred racing.

Sports betting fans familiar with the Sunshine Millions will love how the best Florida and California bred horses square off in races run at both Santa Anita Park and Gulfstream Park.

For online racebook fans, the handicapping challenge is to figure out which jockeys, trainers and horses will be on their A game during the Sunshine Millions.

Let’s get to this weekend’s two big stakes races during the Sunshine Millions!

Santa Anita Park – Race 6

Sunshine Millions Turf Stakes

$500,000

For Four Year Olds and Up Bred in Either California or Florida

1 1/8th miles on turf

Soldier’s Dancer has 8 wins out of 10 starts at the distance, gets jockey Rafael Bejarano and is easily the classiest horse in this field. He’s going to be ultra-tough to beat in this. Epic Power loves the Santa Anita turf course and he can lead or stalk which is a good thing because there’s a lot of speed in here. Jockey Corey Nakatani makes Epic Power more appealing. Swift Winds won three races in a row before failing in the Grade II San Gabriel. This field is much easier and he should be able to close into super fast fractions with Presious Passion, Liberian Freighter, Victory Pete and Lucky J.H. all signed up for this.

1. Soldier’s Dancer

2. Epic Power

3. Swift Winds

Gulfstream Park – Race 10

Sunshine Millions Classic

$1,000,000

For Four Year Olds and Up

1 1/8th miles on turf

Atoned should atone for burning up online racebook money in the Haskell Invitational and Pennsylvania Derby last year. His trainer, Todd Pletcher, has always believed in him. Maybe, he finally atones for being such a lousy horse the past couple of years. Dry Martini goes back to the trainer that turned him into a graded winner, Barclay Tagg, and for that he must be considered. Jockey Edgar Prado takes the call. Delightful Kiss comes right back from his Grade III Hal’s Hope score on January 3rd. He’ll be the chalk in this and could win it but this field is tougher than the Hal’s Hope.

1. Atoned

2. Dry Martini

3. Delightful Kiss

Good Luck!