Cannon Thoroughbreds' Smooth Like Strait (Midnight Lute) is the 8-5 morning-line favorite for the GII Mathis Brothers Mile at Santa Anita Saturday. The Mike McCarthy trainee, first or second in five of six starts so far this year, won the Oct. 18 GII Twilight Derby and missed by just a head when second in the Nov. 28 GI Hollywood Derby last time out.
Three Diamond Farms' Field Pass (Lemon Drop Kid), winner of the July 12 GIII Transylvania S. at Keeneland, was third in the Twilight Derby and returns to the turf following a win over the synthetic surface at Woodbine in the Nov. 21 GIII Ontario Derby.
Storm the Court (Court Vision), still looking for his first win since his 45-1 upset of last year's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile, will be making his third turf appearance Saturday. The bay colt was second behind Smooth Like Strait in the Aug. 9 GIII La Jolla H. before running sixth in the GI Kentucky Derby. He returned to the lawn to be seventh in the Hollywood Derby last time out.
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