Horse Racing, Hollywood Park, 12/16/12

Post Time 12:30 p.m.

Race 1 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $18,000, Claiming $10,000, Fillies, 3-year-olds

6 Si Mar’s Dear – The Mike Mitchell train keeps on running; speedball went ridiculous fractions last time out.

1 Michailasheartlite – Her race two back was a lot better than last time; suspect she is capable of better at honest odds.

Long Shot – 4 Ancient Artifact

Race 2 – 1 mile (turf, rail at 15 feet), Purse $45,000, Maiden special weights, 2-year-olds

6 Qatar’s Pearl – Had a trip from hades last time; was boxed inside and never had room to move, was full of energy too.

4 Late Night Sky – Has good tactical speed to sit a nice trip; reunited with Rafael Bejarano, that’s got to be good.

Long Shot – 2 Candy’s Jewel

Race 3 – 1 1/16th miles, Purse $18,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

3 Geniality – Could be another chalky day if these short priced favorites get home; will close fast again under Joel Rosario.

1 Warren’s Hopeful – Jack Van Berg has an uncoupled entry in here; this filly has shown speed figure improvement of late.

Long Shot – 4 Warren’s Boogie

Race 4 – 1 mile (turf, rail at 15 feet), Purse $37,000, Claiming $40,000, 2-year-olds

7 Inquisitive Son – An Unusual Heat get for Barry Abrams tries turf for the first time; suspect has the pedigree to like it.

3 Tio Vic – Tries turf for the first time; has speed pedigree, expect that tactic on the stretch out around 2-turns.

Long Shot – 6 Fear the Beard

Race 5 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $45,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, 2-year-olds

4 Corner Office – John Sadler baby ran well late in career debut; suspect this colt will improve a lot in second career start.

12 Spirit Rules – Logical chalk lost a dirty nose first time out; has a parking lot post in this elongated sprint.

Long Shot – 3 Dylan Donnelly

Race 6 – 1 mile (turf, rail at 15 feet), Purse $25,000, Claiming $25,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

3 Cosset – Interesting east coast invader ends up with Jeff Metz; is dropped in for $25K raising red flags of suspicion.

4 Glorified – Logical chalk is taking a big class drop to face these; ran like a filly who needed her last race off a layoff.

Long Shot – 7 Charm the Crowd

Race 7 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $48,000, Allowance, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

1 There Is No Limit – She has proven to like the synthetic surfaces; saves all the ground and comes firing fast late.

2 Teroda – Garrett Gomez has been picking and choosing his mounts, with lots of success; tab him to ride another live one.

Long Shot – 7 Screaming Regal

Race 8 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $16,000, Claiming $8,000, 3-year-olds and up

8 Skippy Due – Huge rider switch to Joe Talamo for the money shot; he may be the most overlooked talent in the jock’s room.

3 Coal Region Kid – Blistering win first off the claim by Francesco Santella; just don’t ask me who the trainer is.

Long Shot – 10 Devils Afleet

Best Bet – 6 Qatar’s Pearl (race 2)

Hollywood Park Thursday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 16/3/$17.00; Long Shots, 8/2/$24.40; Best Bet, 1/0/$0

Hollywood Park Totals – 374/110/$631.40; Long Shots, 186/26/$332.40; Best Bets, 23/11/$40.80

SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY – #8 Huxley Winner (5/2) in race 8 at Tampa Bay Downs. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Thursday, Donoharm ran out at Fair Grounds. Stats – 190/121/$959.40; Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick