Horse Racing: Today at Del Mar, Aug. 30

By Richard Eng

Post Time 4 p.m.

Race 1 – 1 mile, Purse $28,000, Claiming $12,500, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

2 Splendiferous Moon – Laughing winner of last moves on to the next condition; note that John Sadler did not raise her price tag.

4 Lilly’s Perfect – Claimed by Doug O’Neill off a nice win; key vote comes from Rafael Bejarano riding back.

Long Shot – 3 Tornado Allie

Race 2 – 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $38,000, Maiden claiming $50,000, Cal-breds, Fillies, 2-year-olds

9 My Lucky Rose – Bob Baffert cull need not be much to graduate with these; exits a bullet work too.

3 Grazenette – FTS from Mike Mitchell; has not been as busy as normal, but still has 10 pelts on his belt.

Long Shot – 2 Cabbage

Race 3 – 1 1/16th miles (turf), Purse $80,000, Optional claiming $62,500, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

5 Blues and Silvers – Loses his rider Gary Stevens to the chalk Gulsary; Corey Nakatani is a solid sub and this filly can run.

7 Gulsary – A ship and win filly for Tom Proctor; seems like Stevens and Proctor have been winning races together for decades.

Long Shot – 2 Vionnet

Race 4 – 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $42,000, Maiden claiming $62,500, Fillies, 2-year-olds

1 Quick Approval – FTS from Dan Hendricks has top speed pedigree; suspect will be a fast 1-turn animal.

4 Mia’s Storm – Tepid chalk in a ran full of question marks; you’ll be able to see the tote board action for hot ones.

Long Shot – 10 Goodhumorgirl

Race 5 – 1 mile, Purse $24,000, Claiming $16,000, 3-year-olds and up

8 Frenemy – Sliding down the claiming ladder to this career low class; need not be much in a very hard race.

5 Afflication – Facing winners for the first time after a nice maiden win; won despite running a much slower Beyer number.

Long Shot – 3 Seven Bridges

Race 6 – 1 mile, $100,000 El Cajon, 3-year-olds

4 Fury Kapcori – Jerry Hollendorfer having a magnificent meet; his winners coming in all shapes and sizes.

5 Manando – Tried turf for the first time in the Oceanside; he proven to like the synthetic surface a lot more.

Long Shot – 6 Pataky Kid

Race 7 – 1 mile (turf), Purse $75,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

8 st. Malo’s Gate – Jerry Quinn is sitting in for his boss Carla Gaines; barn hasn’t cooled off, taking the blinkers off.

6 Van Dien Avenue – Closed well in last for a non-threatening third; facing a pretty slow group for her graduation day.

Long Shot – 2 Gypsy Friday

Best Bet – 4 Fury Kapcori (race 6)

Del Mar Thursday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 17/3/$16.40; Long Shots, 8/1/$8.40; Best Bet, 1/0/$0

Del Mar Totals – 529/124/$901.60; Long Shots, 256/42/$452.20; Best Bets, 32/9/$35.40

SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY – #5 Promise Me More (8/1) in race 8 at Saratoga. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Thursday, Little Rocket won at Saratoga paying $4.20 to win, $2.50 to place and $2.30 to show. Stats – 145/96/$775.50; Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick