Today at Los Alamitos: Sept. 12, 2014

Post Time 2 p.m.

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

1 Ninnavee - I like this Quinn Howey and I’m picking him again to win; his horses look good and run well.

3 Puttybadshark - Sliding down the claiming ladder to this career low class; expect Aaron Gryder to sit a trip and take over late.

Long Shot - 4 Hugger of Trees

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

6 Holding Aces - FTS from the well heeled Bob Baffert barn; his leftovers are better than most that run at Los Alamitos.

3 Arigato - Gave a good account of himself in debut for maiden claiming $50K; double tough if he improves one step.

Long Shot - 4 Unblunted

Race 3 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $17,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, 3-year-olds and up

5 Salt Power - William Antongeorgi has gotten off to a great start this meet; he’s used to seeing horses like this up in NoCal.

6 Tribal Mystery Man - It’s that man Robertino Diodoro again; he is double tough off the claim and on the drop.

Long Shot - 4 Changing Game

Race 4 - 5 furlongs, Purse $12,000, Claiming $6,250, 3-year-olds and up

2 Brandon’s Princess - Heaviest chalk on today’s card; taking a huge class drop to face a much easier task.

7 Surelylu’s Andante - The outside posts have fared well in sprints at Los Alamitos; provides a nice stalking trip and firmer ground.

Long Shot - 6 Vindicted Ruler

Race 5 - 5 furlongs, Purse $15,000, Claiming $8,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

5 Spring Breeze - Mark Glatt claimed and spots well for win first out in new barn; rider switch to old reliable Agapito Delgadillo.

2 It’s Aine - Mike Harrington does well with the talented apprentice Drayden Van Dyke; expect him to sit in arrears and make one run.

Long Shot - 3 Ziva the Diva

Race 6 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $23,000, Maiden claiming $50,000, Cal-breds, Fillies, 2-year-olds

7 Don’t Needa Reason - Peter Miller took over the training last time; ran a pop and stop for new barn, expect improvement tonight.

1 Libby - Ran well in debut facing a tougher group at Del Mar; will save all the ground under William Antongeorgi.

Long Shot - 10 Abets Abet

Race 7 - 6 furlongs, Purse $17,000, Claiming $16,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

4 Bird In Love - William Antongeorgi is on a lot of live mounts today; would not be surprised to see him win an equador.

3 Eddies Curl - Sliding down the claiming ladder to this career low class; should probably not worry about her getting claimed.

Long Shot - 1 Shared Image

Race 8 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $17,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, 3-year-olds and up

10 Ron’s Boy - Elvis Trujillo is fresh from his boxing match win over Corey Nakatani; of course the fight was staged for charity.

3 Mahalo Arturo - Doug O’Neill making an appearance in Orange County; remember the summer meet they used to run at the Orange County Fair.

Long Shot - 8 Shop Forever

Best Bet - 7 Don’t Needa Reason (race 6)

Los Alamitos Thursday - Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 14/5/$41.60; Long Shots, 7/1/$14.00; Best Bet, 0/0/$0

Los Alamitos Totals - 63/20/$140.20; Long Shots, 29/5/$62.20; Best Bets, 3/2/$7.40

SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY - #7 Funky Munky Fever (6/1) in race 6 at Belmont Park. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Thursday, Sir Leslie ran out at Belmont Park. Stats - 141/84/$805.30; Follow him on Twitter: @richeng4propick