Horse racing: Today at Del Mar, July 17

By Richard Eng

Post Time 2 p.m.

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

2 Husband’s Folly – Tepid favorite opens the Del Mar meet; he ran a winning race for this class two races ago.

10 Beer Meister – Popular gelding has been claimed in his last 3 starts; has the back class to handle this group.

Long Shot – 8 Sir Bell

Race 2 – 1 mile (turf), Purse $43,000, Starter allowance $40,000, 3-year-olds and up

4 Scorcher – The ship/win angle makes sense for us handicappers; you know the connections are all out to win in the spot.

2 This One’s for Mel – Peter Miller is typically tough at the sea shore meet; suspect most of his stock will be live.

Long Shot – 6 Bipartisan

Race 3 – 6 furlongs, Purse $38,000, Claiming $20,000, Fillies, 3-year-olds

5 Bluegrass Ellie – Speedball cuts back in distance for this; suspect he’ll have some gas left for the end.

4 Wink and Wish – Claimed by Bill Spawr and spotted nicely to win; her best races have been on the engine.

Long Shot – 2 Katy’s Star

Race 4 – 1 1/16th miles (turf), Purse 480,000, Optional claiming $62,500, 3-year-olds and up

4 Cyclometer – Sprinter stretching out could be the speed of the speed; suspect the turf course will be very firm and fast.

1 Ivanho – Gary Stevens has a big shot to break the ice early on this meet; hugs the rail to save ground, grinds it out late.

Long Shot – 7 Gab Power

Race 5 – 5 furlongs, Purse $75,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, Fillies, 2-year-olds

6 My Lucky Rose – Bob Baffert babies figure to be front and center; with the BC at SA, he’ll get them all lined up.

10 Cal Gal – FTS from the Jeff Mullins barn; expect him to have a good meet, legs up co-leading rider Edwin Maldonado.

Long Shot – 9 Jaycee’s Faith

Race 6 – 1 mile (turf), $100,000 Oceanside, 3-year-olds

2 Gervinho – Nice comeback in last in NoCal stakes; idle since the BC, he’s got the license to be a nice turf stakes horse.

5 Undrafted – Logical chalk off a huge turf win in last; ridden by bugboy Dylan Davis, son of jockey Robbie Davis.

Long Shot – 6 Freakin Rocket

Race 7 – 6 furlongs, Purse $38,000, Claiming $20,000, 3-year-olds and up

8 Legal Separation – Runs for the lowest price tag of his career; claimed two races ago by John Sadler, is spotted to win.

1 Magic Beam – Another interesting claim by Bill Spawr; he remains one of the most underrated trainers in SoCal.

Long Shot – 6 Royal Meridian

Race 8 – 6 furlongs, Purse $75,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, 3-year-olds and up

9 E K Ruler – Huge rider switch to Garrett Gomez for the money shot; like a big jockey riding for a low percentage barn.

5 Love de Car – FTS from Jeff Mullins; I’ll be paying close attention to the Joel Rosario mounts today.

Long Shot – 2 Gentlemen Pete

Race 9 -1 mile (turf), $100,000 Oceanside, 3-year-olds

4 Den’s Legacy – Bob Baffert second stringer is a hard trying colt his biggest win came in the grassy Generous.

9 Rosengold – He wins with pure blazing speed so no secret’s here; goes as fast and as far as he can.

Long Shot – 6 Si Sage

Race 10 – 6 furlongs, Purse $25,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, 3-year-olds and up

11 Blue Cherokee – Sliding down the maiden claiming ladder to this bottom rung; if you’re live in the pick 6, hope your spread.

12 Spring Up – Another one of the ship and win horses on the card; Cody Autrey keeps coming back for more, wish him success.

Long Shot – 6 Big Macher

Best Bet – 8 Legal Separation (race 7)

Hollywood Park Sunday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 21/6/$29.20; Long Shots, 10/3/$41.20; Best Bet, 1/1/$3.40

Hollywood Park Final Totals – 830/211/$1,381.40; Long Shots, 403/60/$663.80; Best Bets, 48/18/$72.20

SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY – #3 Political Miss (3/1) in race 2 at Delaware Park. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Sunday, Conte won at Monmouth Park paying $3.00 to win, $2.20 to place and $2.10 to show. Stats – 114/73/$551.70; Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick