After a quiet week and a half in Southern California, the Santa Anita winter meet opens up on Tuesday, December 26 at Santa Anita.  The opening day card features a four-pack of stakes: opening-day mainstays the Malibu Stakes (G1), La Brea Stakes (G1), and Mathis Brothers Mile (G2) for sophomores, as well as the newly moved San Antonio Stakes (G2) for the handicap division.

Here, Picks and Ponderings looks at all four of these stakes races in detail.

Head over to Picks and Ponderings, read my preview of Tuesday’s four stakes at Santa Anita, and let me know your thoughts in the comments!