HORSE RACING

By Richard Eng

Post Time 1 p.m.

Race 1 – 5 furlongs, Purse $50,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, Fillies, 2-year-olds and up

6 Roar Baby Roar – Speedball ran well in debut just missing; cozy parking lot post to clock the field.

5 Molly’s All Heart – Was favored in debut and crapped out, then rallied well in last; big rider switch to Garrett Gomez.

Long Shot – 2 Warren’s Amber

Race 2 – 6 furlongs, Purse $35,000, Claiming $32,000, Fillies, 3-year-olds

3 Tuesdays With P – Bob Baffert cull is earning her keep; won her maiden for a $50k price tag, now drops to $32k.

5 Meter Me Gone – Great record at Hollywood, a horse for course; tactical speed to sit a perfect trip.

Long Shot – 2 No Afillyation

Race 3 – 5 furlongs, Purse $27,000, Maiden claiming $40,000, 2-year-olds

2 Big Blaze – Interesting price horse ran third to two next-out winners; need not be much to upset these.

8 Sunny Superstition – FTS from Doug O’Neill is working well for debut; your edge is seeing the tote board action.

Long Shot – 4 Warren’s Bandit

Race 4 – 6 furlongs, Purse $20,000, Claiming $16,000, 3-year-olds and up

8 Irish Coral – Interesting NoCal invader won his MSW in last; now he shows up for a $16k price tag, your move.

3 Bold Type – Second start off a 9-month hiatus; got a test drive, should be a lot tighter for this.

Long Shot – 1 Polly’s Dancer

Race 5 – 6 furlongs (turf, rail at 10 feet), Purse $52,000, Allowance, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

1 Miles Rules – Joel Rosario had multiple choices, opted to ride for Cliff Sise; rail helps in turf sprints.

8 English Royal – Adding blinkers on and hot-riding Joe Talamo; suspect she may try and flank Miles Rules early on.

Long Shot – 6 Lunch Time Diva

Race 6 – 5 furlongs, Purse $23,000, Claiming $12,500, 3-year-olds and up

4 Western Smoke – Steve Asmussen left this horse behind with Peter Miller; has speed and is dropping in class.

6 Afleet Deal – Interesting game of cat and mouse between two speeds; if they duel, they will burn each other up.

Long Shot – 3 Dixie Trouper

Race 7 – 1 mile (turf, rail at 10 feet), $70,000 Golden State Cup, Cal-breds, 3-year-olds and up

1 Norvsky – Dead-late closer has lost two excruciating races; big rider switch to Joel Rosario for the money run.

4 Logical Single – Chantal Sutherland opted for this filly over Norvsky; tactical speed to sit a perfect trip.

Long Shot – 2 Renegade Storm

Race 8 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $20,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

11 Favorable – Mike Mitchell claimed from Richard Mandella; drops from $50k to $20k, a little too obvious.

3 Lucky Eleven – FTS gets Joel Rosario, reason enough for interest; watch the tote board for more clues.

Long Shot – 6 Smil’n From Above

Best Bet – 6 Roar Baby Roar (race 1)

Hollywood Park Sunday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 18/6/$31.40; Long Shots, 9/1/$6.80; Best Bet, 1/1/$4.80

Hollywood Park Totals – 629/162/$1,074.00; Long Shots, 307/51/$480.00; Best Bets, 34/14/$53.40

SIMULCAST PICK OF THE DAY – 5 Lady On The Run (3/1) in race 7 at Belmont Park. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Sunday, Slevin ran out at Belmont Park. Stats – 100/60/$482.20