HORSE RACING

TODAY AT OAK TREE AT HOLLYWOOD PARK

By Richard Eng

Post Time 7:05 p.m.

Race 1 - 7 1/2 furlongs, Purse $17,000, Maiden claiming $40,000, Cal-breds, 3-year-olds and up

7 Absolutlypositivly - Like the parking lot post in this elongated sprint; taking the blinkers off.

4 Lone Justice - Taking the biggest class drop in racing from MSW to maiden claiming; need not be much to compete.

Long Shot - 5 Warrens Temptation

Race 2 - 6 furlongs, Purse $40,000, Allowance, 3-year-olds and up

4 Scofield Barracks - Tiny edge because he is in dead stroke; the chalk has been away a long, long time.

1 Irrefutable - Impressive FTS win; put on the shelf for 10 months, the key question will be maturity and fitness.

Long Shot - 5 Sea Rascal

Race 3 - 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $15,000, Maiden claiming $32,000, 2-year-olds

5 Dime - Beaten favorite faced a tougher group in last at Del Mar; gets a return visit with Joel Rosario.

4 Ultimate Question - Had a good recent second at Fairplex; no questioning his fitness level for this.

Long Shot - 3 Certainly Certain

Race 4 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $12,000, Claiming $8,000, 3-year-olds and up

2 Quoted - Tiny edge in a difficult, cheap heat; tactical speed to sit a perfect trip for Kerwin John.

5 Swift Demand - Respect Ron Ellis as he doesn't claim many; big rider switch to Alonzo Quinonez for the money shot.

Long Shot - 9 Two Violins

Race 5 - 6 furlongs (turf, rail at 15 feet), Purse $26,000, Claiming $32,000, 3-year-olds and up

3 Pack Your Bags - Profitable claim by Jack Carava; he slides in class, but has won his way out already.

5 Mrs. Cacht - Red-flag drop in class by Jeff Mullins; been away 10 months, may have enough left in the tank.

Long Shot - 1 Sassou

Race 6 - 1 1/16th miles, Purse $26,000, Starter allowance $40,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

1 L'Enchanteresse - No one in this group is big on winning; she is 1-for-20 yet is faster than most of these.

2 Tiz a Bud Girl - Good horses have good names, so this gal remains a question mark; favored here, but not by much.

Long Shot - 3 Ruby Lane

Race 7 - 1 mile, Purse $48,000, Optional claiming $80,000, 3-year-olds and up

2 Meteore - Class relief from the grade 2 Oak Tree Mile to this; should be able to save some ground tonight.

3 No Inflation - Eastern-based turf runner will provide a litmus test; chased Barbaro's brother Nicanor in last.

Long Shot - 8 Great Siege

Race 8 - 7 furlongs, Purse $13,000, Maiden claiming $25,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

10 Magic Lantern - Beaten favorite had an ultra-tough trip in last; this is the right class for his graduation.

7 Real Obvious - Ran awful in last, but her synthetic tries are much faster; Jeff Mullins takes the blinkers off.

Long Shot - 4 Suitable Attire

Best Bet - 10 Magic Lantern (race 8)

Oak Tree Sunday - Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 18/5/$38.00; Long Shots, 9/1/$13.20; Best Bet, 1/1/$3.20

Oak Tree Totals - 220/61/$491.20; Long Shots, 106/13/$105.20; Best Bets, 13/5/$16.80

SIMULCAST PICK OF THE DAY - 6 Who's the Cowboy (5/2) in race 1 at Belmont Park. For scoring purposes, we'll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Thursday, Tod the Destroyer ran second at Keeneland paying $4.00 to place and $2.80 to show. Stats - 175/126/$970.60