Horse Racing

TODAY AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

By Richard Eng

Post Time 1 p.m.

Race 1 – 4 1/2 furlongs, Purse $50,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, 2-year-olds

2 Mr. Cappuccino – Horses training in Inglewood have an edge over the home track; like that Rafael Bejarano takes the call.

3 Unhitchthetrailor – You’ll have a big edge over me in seeing the tote action; all FTS here, the wiseguys will let you know.

Long Shot – 6 No Team Spirit

Race 2 – 6 furlongs, Purse $26,000, Claiming $16,000, Fillies, 3-year-olds

1 Roulette It Roll – Has 3 lifetime wins, which dwarfs this field; saves all the ground inside for P Val.

5 Meter Me Gone – Joel Rosario had choices and opted to ride for Jack Carava; tactical speed to sit a nice trip.

Long Shot – 6 Clubhouse Rules

Race 3 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $23,000, Maiden claiming $30,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

3 Steve’s Blue Sky – Taking the biggest class drop in racing from MSW to maiden claiming; facing a very slow group.

4 Miss Resplendere – Another dropping in class from MSW to maiden claiming; off the grass angle and turn back in distance.

Long Shot – 5 Three Cuties

Race 4 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $30,000, Maiden claiming $50,000, 3-year-olds and up

3 My Boy Luke – FTS from David Hofmans has solid pedigree; leap of faith in Joel Rosario making the right call.

2 Cragmont – Taking the biggest class drop in racing from MSW to maiden claiming; he is long in the tooth with 10 losses.

Long Shot – 5 Brite Dreamer

Race 5 – 1 mile (turf, rail at 10 feet), Purse $52,000, Allowance, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

10 Jax El – Corey Nakatani is a great turf rider; he’ll gun this filly, slow down the pace, then ride the hair off her to the wire.

1 Picture Perfect – Was flattered when Separate Forest won next out; saves all the ground inside and will come running.

Long Shot – 8 Warren’s Got Game

Race 6 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $20,000, Claiming $16,000, 3-year-olds and up

4 Itssultryinthecape – Adding blinkers on, appears to hold a class edge over these; tactical speed in the hardest race on the card.

6 Papa Terry – Sliding down the claiming ladder to this career-low price tag; like that Rafael Bejarano remains loyal.

Long Shot – 9 Obsess

Race 7 – 1 1/16th miles (turf, rail at 10 feet), $100,000 Inglewood Handicap, 3-year-olds and up

6 Jeranimo – Not worried about the 2-week turn around; with his late running style, he only blasts off a quarter mile in a race.

5 The Usual Q. T. – Has more tactical speed than Jeranimo; hard to separate these two with a crowbar, coin flip.

Long Shot – 1 Liberian Freighter

Race 8 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $52,000, Allowance, Fillies, 3-year-olds

9 English Royal – Favored twice, won twice so far in her brief career; will be tested for class facing tougher tonight.

5 Hout Bay – Dead-late closer will hope the pace is fast enough to chase; first try over a synthetic surface.

Long Shot – 2 Dazzling Display

Race 9 – 6 furlongs (turf, rail at 10 feet), Purse $32,000, Claiming $25,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

8 Vikkilee – Like the horse, hate the parking lot post; in turf sprints at Hollywood, you make a quick left turn to the straight.

6 Entabeni – She’s never won on turf, but this isn’t a field of worldbeaters; tactical speed to sit a nice trip.

Long Shot – 7 Queen Mariles

Best Bet – 6 Jeranimo (race 7)

Hollywood Park Saturday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 19/6/$35.80; Long Shots, 10/0/$0; Best Bet, 0/0/$0

Hollywood Park Totals – 51/15/$87.60; Long Shots, 26/2/$30.40; Best Bets, 2/2/$7.00

SIMULCAST PICK OF THE DAY – 4 Dual Exhauzt (3/1) in race 5 at Gulfstream Park. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Saturday, Cal Nation ran out at Aqueduct. Stats – 68/46/$362.60