La Brea Stakes – Race Preview

The La Brea Stakes is an American thoroughbred horse race for 3-year-olds on a dirt track and with a distance of 7 furlongs, held each year in Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California, USA, the juicy prize to distribute is $300,000.

Since 1974, this iconic race has been running at the end of December in the United States and, this year it will continue to be the case, since, this December 26, a total of 7 fillies will meet in the La Brea Stakes 2021.

Each of these 7 fillies has its particular characteristic by which they can become winners of this majestic race, but, without a doubt, some have a favorite tag that, throughout this year 2021, has proven to be at its highest level.

Below we will show the name of the 7 fillies that will run in the La Brea Stakes this December 26, 2021, and their respective trainers and odds.

La Brea Stakes Betting Odds

• Canoodling – Trained by: M. Puype – 8/1
• Eddie’s New Dream – Trained by: B. Cecil – 12/1
• Kalypso – Trained by: B. Baffert – 7/2
• Private Mission – Trained by: B. Baffert – 2/1
• Missy P. – Trained by: R. Mandella – 5/1
• Brilliant Cut – Trained by: D. O’Neill – 8/1
• Livingmybestlife – Trained by: J. Sadler – 8/1

Now we will detail a little how the 2021 season was for each of the fillies in the La Brea Stakes:

• Canoodling

Canoodling is a Todd W. Fincher-trained filly that has had a very good performance in 2021, she has finished in first place twice, at the AlwOC and the Zia Park Distaff, while in the Chicken Fried Stakes she obtained third place.

• Private Mission

The Bob Baffert-trained filly, Private Mission, has had the spectacular year 2021, in which she has reaped a total of 3 victories, in the AlwOC, Torrey Pines-G3, and Zenyatta Stakes-G2 races, while in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff-G1 she wasn’t very lucky and finished in 11th place.

• Missy P.

Another filly that has opportunities to win this race, Missy P. who is trained by R. Mandella, comes to this race with the very discreet year 2021. But still managed to take an important victory in the MSW, disputed on 12/03/21.

• Livingmybestlife

Finally, Livingmybestlife is another of the fillies that have had a lot of activity in this year 2021 and, most of them have completed them with excellent performance. What’s more, in the 5 races he has contested this year, he has managed to finish in first or second place. In the Seashell Stakes, Lucky Spell Stakes, and MSW, he finished in the first place, while in AlwOC and Mcl, in second place.