Horse Racing, Hollywood Park, July 6
July 6, 2012 - 1:01 am
Today at Hollywood Park
Post Time 7 p.m.
Race 1 - 6 furlongs (turf, rail at 20 feet), Purse $35,000, Claiming $32,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up
6 Missdealornodeal - Will be the shortest priced favorite on the card tonight; only negative is overcoming a parking lot post.
5 Risky Art - Sliding down the claiming ladder to this career low class; will be finishing in a small, but select, field.
Long Shot - 4 Entabeni
Race 2 - 1 1/16th miles, Purse $20,000, Claiming $16,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up
4 Lika - Tiny edge in an ugly looking field; suspect one can time this with a sundial and not a stop watch.
6 Sheskey - Figures to show some speed in a paceless looking race; bugboy Vinny Bednar looks pretty good on horseback.
Long Shot - 5 Raggin Wood
Race 3 - 1 1/16th miles (turf, rail at 20 feet), Purse $50,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, 3-year-olds and up
1 Jolly Joseph - Edwin Maldonado won 3 races on Thursday; saves all the ground and figures to stick it out late.
5 Deep Play - Darrell Vienna adding blinkers on for this; he is stretching out around 2-turns and should be forwardly placed.
Long Shot - 6 Raya Roja
Race 4 - 7 furlongs, Purse $17,000, Claiming $8,000, 3-year-olds and up
2 Striking Spirit - Iggy Puglisi has had a few memorable moments this meet; he has teamed up twice with Paul Aguirre for wins.
7 Streets of Heaven - Been away 14-montha; let the tote board tell you how live he is, field is so poor he's the morning line chalk.
Long Shot - 6 Brady Blue Eyes
Race 5 - 6 furlongs (turf, rail at 20 feet), Purse $52,000, Optional claiming $25,000, Cal-breds, 3-year-olds and up
2 Nofty - Has good tactical speed, but a lack of winning ways; in Friday night racing, speed tends to hold up better.
3 Blue Jay Attack - Even Rafael Bejarano has to pick his spots in some of these races; he'll get plenty of chances at Del Mar.
Long Shot - 5 Mr. Ornery
Race 6 - 1 1/16th miles, Purse $19,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, 3-year-olds and up
7 Tiz Victorious - He has run third 4 times, that's all folks; some of these races are pretty difficult to decipher.
1 Chezzy Breezy - Dead late closer draws the rail to save all the ground; clearly overdue for a tally.
Long Shot - 6 Nearly Was Mine
Race 7 - 1 1/16th miles, Purse $52,000, Optional claiming $40,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up
2 Emerald Gold - This is the toughest race on the card; third start off a 8-month hiatus could be her best.
3 Bella's Fantasy - Bob Baffert is winning with everything he throws out; no matter what they they like, they run.
Long Shot - 5 Jaredella
Race 8 - 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $19,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up
2 Full's Figurehead - Sometimes the less starts the better at this bottom level; showed improvement last time on the drop.
7 Queen Mercury - Leap of faith that Rafael Bejarano knows what he's doing; filly doesn't look like much, but he's riding.
Long Shot - 9 Bursquel
Best Bet - 6 Missdealornodeal (race 1)
Betfair Hollywood Park Thursday - Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 16/8/$40.80; Long Shots, 6/0/$0; Best Bet, 1/0/$0
Betfair Hollywood Park Totals - 719/189/$1,175.40; Long Shots, 360/53/$538.40; Best Bets, 38/14/$55.40
SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY - #7 Banner Cat (3/1) in race 4 at Ellis Park. For scoring purposes, we'll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Thursday, Mahubo ran third at Belmont Park paying $2.70 to show. Stats - 103/71/$580.30; Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick