Horse Racing

By Richard Eng

Post Time 7:05 p.m.

Race 1 – 4 1/2 furlongs, Purse $27,000, Maiden claiming $40,000, Fillies, 2-year-olds

4 Joseph Joe – Was well bet in debut and did a basic pop and stop; exits a bullet workout, expect better tonight.

5 Miss Fitzy – Exits a pair of 2-furlong drag races for this; beaten favorite in both of her career starts.

Long Shot – 1 Kvell

Race 2 – 1 1/16th miles, Purse $32,000, Claiming $25,000, 3-year-olds

2 Big Son of a Gun – Exits 3 NoCal allowance races for this SoCal $25k claimer; should be able to boss these.

4 Winning Desire – Strong run in last in an off the turf race; has won 2-of-3 over synthetics so the switch should be all good.

Long Shot – 3 Bronster

Race 3 – 6 furlongs, Purse $32,000, Claiming $25,000, 3-year-olds and up

5 Dapper Gene – Draw a line thru last in a surface switch race; his preference is grass and that’s what we got today.

2 Get Funky – Sharp win down the hillside course in Arcadia last out; proven to like the Hollywoadd green too.

Long Shot – 1 Shadow of Illinois

Race 4 – 1 1/16th miles, Purse $17,000, Claiming $8,000, 3-year-olds and up

2 Manofgold – Huge rider switch to Rafael Bejarano for the money shot; tactical speed to sit a nice inside trip.

4 Lucky Fitz – Sputtered late in a grass route last out; returns to synthetics which is his preferred surface.

Long Shot – 5 Hunter Creek

Race 5 – 1 mile (turf), Purse $50,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

4 Tiz Zoe – Was 31/1 in debut and ran great late for second; Marty Jones babies improve second time out.

5 Meltarib – Chantal Sutherland is making the best of her limited chances; takes over for Rafael Bejarano.

Long Shot – 10 Brave Journey

Race 6 – 1 1/16th miles, Purse $25,000, Claiming $25,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

6 Americas Dreaming – Dropping in class to the lowest level of her career; now or never to rally past them all.

8 S C Song Girl – Could be lone on the lead, but a couple others are stretching out from sprints; may have some early company.

Long Shot – 5 Ancient Holiday

Race 7 – 6 furlongs (turf), Purse $52,000, Allowance, 3-year-olds and up

3 Vaundell – Could see a perfect trip if the two inside speed horses duel; big rider switch to Rafael Bejarano.

1 Sammartino – Expect P Val to settle for nothing but the lead from a favorable rail post; catch him late to win.

Long Shot – 4 Shediak

Race 8 – 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $27,000, Maiden claiming $40,000, Cal-breds, 3-year-olds and up

8 Red Tesla – Bob Baffert hasn’t started many lately, maybe taking a post-Derby break; may be ready to go on a hot streak.

4 Creston Cowboy – Ran well in debut breaking from post 10 and having traffic trouble; big rider switch to Joel Rosario.

Long Shot – 2 Los Bomberos

Best Bet – 3 Vaundell (race 7)

Hollywood Park Thursday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 15/5/$45.40; Long Shots, 8/3/$23.20; Best Bet, 1/0/$0

Hollywood Park Totals – 222/60/$443.20; Long Shots, 110/21/$195.80; Best Bets, 12/5/$22.60

SIMULCAST PICK OF THE DAY – #6 Break Up the Game (5/2) in race 7 at Belmont Park. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Thursday, System Ready won at Belmont Park paying $4.90 to win, $3.50 to place and $3.10 to show. Stats – 77/48/$377.90