Today at Del Mar, July 28

By Richard Eng

Post Time 2:05 p.m.

Race 1 – 6 furlongs, Purse $75,000, Maiden special weights, Fillies, 2-year-olds

1 Secret Compass – Beaten favorite in debut; Bob Baffert babies do improve second time out, adding blinkers on.

2 Abide in Me – Ran a good second in debut; now Art Sherman adding first time with Lasix today.

Long Shot – 6 Spy Girl

Race 2 – 6 furlongs, Purse $48,000, Claiming $32,000, 3-year-olds

8 Disarm – Taking a huge class drop to face much easier; John Sadler barn kicking into overdrive trying to pile up wins.

3 Laugh At Life – Tepid chalk was claimed in last by Doug O’Neill; interesting that he drops this one in class.

Long Shot – 1 Too Fast to Pass

Race 3 – 1 1/16th miles (turf, rail at 7 feet), Purse $75,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

5 Coconut Cream Pie – Big chalk has a versatile stalking style that is perfect on this turf course; will sit a trip.

4 Keldy – Sprinter stretching out can be expected to surge for the lead; goes as fast and as far as she can.

Long Shot – 1 Little Unusual

Race 4 – 7 furlongs, Purse $62,000, Claiming $50,000, 3-year-olds

7 Mudflats – Gets a chance to restart his career back in SoCal; Doug O’Neill taking the blinkers off.

4 Scherer Magic – Tepid chalk drops to the lowest class level of his career; John Sadler is turning up the heat to win races.

Long Shot – 3 He’s Not Too Shabby

Race 5 – 1 1/8th miles, Purse $24,000, Claiming $10,000, 3-year-olds and up

6 Whipstock – Won well in last and is dropped in class by Marty Jones; he’s not in the business of giving horses away.

9 Arraignment – Chalk has worked 4 times since being put on the vet’s list; key vote comes from Rafael Bejarano up.

Long Shot – 7 Scofield Barracks

Race 6 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $77,000, Optional claiming $40,000, 3-year-olds and up

2 Gnarly Dude – Claimed by John Sadler and spotted aggressively to win; he’s pulling out all the stops of late.

10 Ranulf – Bob Baffert colt won his MSW well in last; now facing winners for the very first time.

Long Shot – 8 Marchman

Race 7 – 1 1/16th miles (turf, rail at 7 feet), Purse $77,000, Allowance, Fillies, 3-year-olds

7 Blingismything – Big rider switch to Rafael Bejarano for the money shot; has shown ability and a high ceiling.

6 Smooth Talker – Tom Proctor charge was one of the few wire to wire grass winners; Joe Talamo for Gary Stevens at Monmouth.

Long Shot – 1 Somethingabouther

Race 8 – 6 furlongs, $300,000 Bing Crosby, 3-year-olds and up

2 Goldencents – 3-YO colt facing his elders early in a grade 1; like the cut back in distance, adding blinkers on too.

4 Comma to the Top – No horse on earth tries harder every time out; at some point though he has to start showing wear and tear.

Long Shot – 5 Jimmy Creed

Race 9 – 6 furlongs, Purse $28,000, Claiming $12,500, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

4 One Magical Girl – Sliding down the claiming ladder to this career low class; Bill Spawr uses Agapito Delgadillo a lot.

5 Lia Juliana – In a field full of early speed, this filly may be closing; like Alec Baldwin once said “always be closing”.

Long Shot – 10 Suances Flower

Race 10 – 1 1/16th miles (turf, rail at 7 feet), Purse $75,000, Maiden special weights, 3-year-olds and up

1 Layton Register – This ship and win horse sure looks tough in here; should skim the rail and come flying fast late.

7 Corinthian’s Song – Draw a line thru last over the synthetics; he is better on turf and that’s what he prefers.

Long Shot – 6 Horizontalspeakin

Best Bet – 2 Goldencents (race 8)

Del Mar Saturday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 18/5/$40.40; Long Shots, 10/1/$14.00; Best Bet, 1/0/$0

Del Mar Totals – 152/39/$286.20; Long Shots, 76/8/$89.40; Best Bets, 9/3/$11.60

SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY – #8 Channel Lady (4/1) in race 5 at Monmouth Park. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Saturday, Parnelli ran second at Saratoga paying $4.00 to place and $3.20 to show. Stats – 123/80/$601.10; Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick