Horse Racing: Today at Los Alamitos, September 19

Post Time 2 p.m.

Race 1 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $19,000, Maiden claiming $30,000, 2-year-olds

3 Slapshot Man - Showed some early speed in debut; Doug O’Neill babies usually improve with experience.

5 Cloudy River - Drayden Van Dyke is due to explode with winners this last week of the meet; 5-pounds off is like stealing.

Long Shot - 6 Papa Kade

Race 2 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $19,000, Maiden claiming $30,000, 3-year-olds and up

6 Boom Boys - Claimed by Peter Miller and spotted to win first out; he puts blinkers on and legs up aggressive Edwin Maldonado.

1 Island Freedom - FTS from the Mike Pupye barn; when those with experience look too slow, then the FTS all deserve a second look.

Long Shot - 7 Militant

Race 3 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $30,000, Claiming $32,000, Fillies, 2-year-olds

5 Myrna Lou - Taking a huge class drop for Molly Pearson; makes her Los Alamitos debut facing a motley crew.

6 Holiday Maker - Game win first time out of the box; remember that facing winners for the first time is a big step up in class.

Long Shot - 3 Oh Deann

Race 4 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $42,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, Fillies, 2-year-olds

3 South Texas - Has taken betting in both of her career starts; she improved a lot in second start, trending in the right direction.

7 Caymus Kat - FTS from the Tom Proctor barn; your edge over me is seeing the betting action on the debut starter.

Long Shot - 5 Party Rock

Race 5 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $12,000, Claiming $6,250, 3-year-olds and up

Bench Press - Sliding down the claiming ladder to this low rung; his race two back, if repeated, would beat these.

1 Youonlyliveonce - High percentage tandem during the cheaper racing at Los Alamitos; surprised this horse is only 5/2 morning line.

Long Shot - 2 Warren’s Jeff G.

Race 6 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $19,000, Maiden claiming $30,000, Fillies, 2-year-olds

4 Lady Dish - Rafael Deleon switches to Edwin Maldonado for the money shot; has tactical speed to sit a good trip throughout.

10 Stood Up - FTS from Art Sherman; with his focus on California Chrome in the Pennsylvania Derby, this one’s under the radar.

Long Shot - 3 Charmstealer

Race 7 - 7 furlongs, Purse $27,000, Starter allowance $25,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

2 Prettyhotprincess - Great to see Kent Desormeaux riding at the Los Alamitos meet; he had a great meet at Del Mar, keep the mojo going.

1 Tim’s Go Girl - Second start off the claim by Doug O’Neill; showed some gumption last time and another step improvement is possible.

Long Shot - 5 Appealing Resume

Race 8 - 6 furlongs, Purse $17,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

4 Swiss Perfection - Like the cutback in distance from 2-turn mile to sprint; should show a lot more energy in the late stages.

10 Sunday Stroll - Ran a career best when second last time out; key is another step improvement to possible graduate.

Long Shot - 6 Cocabella Myst

Best Bet - 5 Myrna Lou (race 3)

Los Alamitos Thursday - Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 13/5/$27.80; Long Shots, 8/1/$10.60; Best Bet, 1/0/$0

Los Alamitos Totals - 124/37/$239.20; Long Shots, 62/11/$103.20; Best Bets, 7/2/$7.40

SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY - #4 Helm (4/1) in race 5 at Belmont Park. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Thursday, Distorted Dream ran out at Belmont Park. Stats - 145/85/$805.30; Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick