Horse Racing: Today at Del Mar, November 27

Post Time 11 a.m.

Race 1 - 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $30,000, Starter allowance $40,000, 3-year-olds and up

3 May B - Private purchase was a runaway winner in debut at Presque Isle; find out if he is man or mouse here.

4 U S Citizen - Hard to have confidence in a 1-for-18 animal; has run second and third 9 times, a nibbler.

Long Shot - 5 Kings Adventure

Race 2 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $58,000, Optional claiming $80,000, Fillies, 2-year-olds

4 Windy Forecast - Rebounded off a poor race in the grade 1 Debutante; has always been highly regarded by the barn.

1 Xoxo - Blinkers off after a pop and stop try in the Anoakia; Peter Miller switches to Elvis Trujillo too.

Long Shot - 6 Stealth Drone

Race 3 - 1 1/16th miles, Purse $19,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, 3-year-olds and up

5 Burning - Don’t usually see a top barn claim a maiden $30K animal; rebounded in a big way last time out.

8 Storm the Channel - Ran like a chump in last, but this is too good a barn; expect a much improved effort.

Long Shot - 3 Royal Tale

Race 4 - 6 furlongs, Purse $23,000, Maiden claiming $30,000, Fillies, 2-year-olds

12 Where Is My Mind - Sliding down the maiden claiming ladder to this bottom rung; improved with blinkers on in last.

13 Victoria Falls - Typical green debut, slow early, but fast late; sometimes it takes a while to find her best stride.

Long Shot - 7 Scatajawea

Race 5 - 1 1/16th miles (turf, rail at 6 feet), Purse $60,000, Optional claiming $62,500, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

7 Colonel Joan - Was well regarded but finally woke up for Kieran Fallon; suspect bigger fish are expected from her.

3 Lady Asano - Been stuck at this level for a long time; key is she’s always competitive, switch to Kent Desormeaux.

Long Shot - 10 Burning Arch

Race 6 - 1 mile, Purse $56,000, Maiden special weights, 3-year-olds and up

3 Alfa Bird - Did everything but win last time out; key was he was 4-lengths clear of the show horse.

6 Nowalking - Like the rider switch to Rafael Bejarano for the money shot; unknown is first time around 2-turns.

Long Shot - 8 Little Curlin

Race 7 - 1 1/2 miles (turf, rail at 6 feet), $250,000 Hollywood Turf Cup, 3-year-olds and up

2 Holiday Star - Would be a good way for Graham Motion to cap off the year; HOF Mike Smith for the retired Rosie Napravnik.

11 The Pizza Man - How many Illinois-bred horses win graded stakes at Del Mar; from the same barn as the BC Sprint champ.

Long Shot - 3 Finnegans Wake

Race 8 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $33,000, Maiden claiming $62,500, 2-year-olds

10 Dream Police - Taking the biggest class drop in racing from MSW to maiden claiming; Richard Baltas takes blinkers off.

12 Sky Heart - Sliding down the maiden claiming ladder another rung; John Sadler putting the blinkers on for more focus.

Long Shot - 6 Thunder Thief

Best Bet - 4 Windy Forecast (race 2)

Del Mar Sunday - Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 16/5/$24.20; Long Shots, 9/4/$31.80; Best Bet, 1/0/$0

Del Mar Totals - 182/44/$283.80; Long Shots, 92/15/$140.60; Best Bets, 11/2/$10.80

SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY - #2 Wealth to Me (10/1) in race 5 at Aqueduct. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Sunday, Indian Nobility ran second at Aqueduct paying $6.50 to place and $3.40 to show. Stats - 182/107/$973.40; Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick