Horse Racing, Hollywood Park, 11/17/11

Post Time 12:30 p.m.

Race 1 – 1 1/16th miles, Purse $45,000, Maiden special weights, Fillies, 2-year-olds

3 Stormy Randie – Dead late closer should get a leg up exiting a turf route; might be the only one finishing.

7 Milania – Logical chalk is developing an early case of seconditis; stretching out for the first time.

Long Shot – 5 Wild Date

Race 2 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $25,000, Maiden claiming $40,000, Cal-breds, Fillies, 2-year-olds

5 Peppy Bolly – Huge rider switch to Joe Talamo for the money shot; has improved a lot running for a price tag.

8 Unusual Hottie – I like the 2 FTS with top riders, Joel Rosario and Rafael Bejarano, to maybe take the bacon.

Long Shot – 6 Freckles Galore

Race 3 – 1 1/16th miles, Purse $24,000, Claiming $16,000, 3-year-olds

5 Rhythm in May – Ran evenly in first start off the claim for Mike Mitchell; expect improvement tonight.

1 Gatheratthealter – Claimed by Dan Hendricks off a sharp second; will save all of the ground throughout.

Long Shot – 6 Fire Seeker

Race 4 – 1 1/16th miles, Purse $34,000, Claiming $32,000, 3-year-olds and up

6 Spurrier – Bob Baffert cull runs first time for a price tag; suspect he might get claimed for $32K bargain.

1 Achak – Dead late closer in a race with some cheap early speed; figures to hug the rail and rally in the lane.

Long Shot – 4 Willyconker

Race 5 – 6 furlongs, Purse $21,000, Claiming $12,500, 3-year-olds

6 Los Bomberos – Won his last like a good thing at this class level; found a preferred style, sit and pounce late.

5 Edgewick Road – Finished behind Los Bomberos who got the jump on him; can’t change his style, has no early speed.

Long Shot – 10 Gibson Home Run

Race 6 – 1 1/16th miles (turf, rail at 15 feet), Purse $45,000, Maiden special weights, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

6 Tizalwaysomething – Solid second down the hillside course in last; should show a lot more speed on the stretch out.

2 Heidi Maria – Good turf debut in last; showed good tactical speed, a big help with the turf rail out 15 feet.

Long Shot – 3 Roxanne O

Race 7 – 1 1/8th miles, Purse $52,000, Optional claiming $62,500, 3-year-olds and up

1 Kettle Corn – Looks like his preferred surface is synthetics; his win 2 back at Del Mar is fast enough to beat these.

4 Java Man – John Sadler has an uncoupled entry; looks like one of them will get their photo taken, possible this guy.

Long Shot – 6 Uncle Sam

Race 8 – 1 1/16th miles, Purse $45,000, Maiden special weights, 3-year-olds and up

1 Admission – Suspect will hold his value with Ramon Guce up; he sure looks fast enough to me to upset this field.

8 Maestro – Logical chalk won a race but was DQ’d; still trying to get back to that career topper, more than capable.

Long Shot – 7 Candy Sweetheart

Best Bet – 5 Rhythm in May (race 3)

Hollywood Park Sunday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 16/6/$27.20; Long Shots, 9/1/$7.80; Best Bet, 1/1/$2.80

Hollywood Park Totals – 64/20/$114.60; Long Shots, 34/4/$40.40; Best Bets, 4/3/$8.40

SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY – #8 Cypress Isle (4/1) in race 8 at Churchill Downs. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Sunday, Silent Appeal ran out at Aqueduct. Stats – 175/114/$905.90. Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick