Aquila ($9.20) benefitted from the speed-favoring track profile in race 3 Friday at Santa Anita, where the 3-year-old son of Union Rages scored a highly rated maiden win.
Sent to the lead by Martin Pedroza, Aquila led virtually wire to wire to win the mile and one-sixteenth maiden race in 1:44.81. Over a main track that is playing slow this winter, an early estimate would be a Beyer in the upper 80s, perhaps 90. Aquila trained by Simon Callaghan.
Nine of the 19 races this winter at a mile and a sixteenth have been won by the pacesetter.