HORSE RACING

TODAY AT DEL MAR

By Richard Eng

Post Time 2 p.m.

Race 1 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $50,000, Maiden special weights, Fillies, 2-year-olds

May Day Rose - Hard to believe in a 5-horse field, Bob Baffert has an uncoupled entry; Martin Garcia had his choice.

Ready Interest - Neil Drysdale rarely wins with a FTS; filly is by More Than Ready, a precocious sire of win early 2-YOs.

Long Shot - Intentional

Race 2 - 6 furlongs, Purse $22,000, Claiming $25,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

Roman Charity - Her turf races stink so don't hold that against her; can see her sitting back and flying down the stretch.

Costa Marta - Logical chalk is strictly the one to beat; has lots of early speed, but has had trouble holding on.

Long Shot - Naughty Maria

Race 3 - 7 furlongs, Purse $20,000, Maiden claiming $25,000, 3-year-olds and up

Fortunate Appeal - Has run two seconds and is knocking on the door; Martin Pedroza had choices and opted to ride here.

Bell Zone - P Val takes over for Martin Pedroza, who chose to ride the chalk; like the parking lot post in elongated sprint.

Long Shot - Scorsese

Race 4 - 6 1/2 furlongs, $150,000 Rancho Bernardo Handicap, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

Silver Swallow - Dead-late closer will see all the action inside of her; she likes the distance and adores synthetics.

Free Flying Soul - Logical chalk has a problem with the elongated sprint distance; could see her as lone speed here.

Long Shot - Alpha Kitten

Race 5 - 1 mile (turf, rail at 7 feet), Purse $62,000, Optional claiming $80,000, 3-year-olds and up

Unusual Smoke - Value pick in a real dart throw of a race; has faced tougher in recent races, will be charging late.

Hey Elvis - Tepid chalk in a wide-open affair; won first off the claim by Doug O'Neill, is aggressively upped in class.

Long Shot - Golden Mexico

Race 6 - 6 furlongs, Purse $27,000, Claiming $20,000, 3-year-olds

Seeuat Sticknstein - Second start off the claim by Doug O'Neill; hated the turf and was overmatched in last, not today.

Good Brother - First off the claim by Ted West; West has had a quiet meet, but has a live one here under Rafael Bejarano.

Long Shot - Majestic Vintage

Race 7 - 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $50,000, Maiden special weights, Cal-breds, 2-year-olds

Woodmans Luck - Tiny edge in a wide-open affair; you'll have an edge over me in seeing the tote board action.

Mr. Sierra - FTS from the clever Jeff Bonde barn; note he was working bullets at Pleasanton, ships here for debut.

Long Shot - Shane Daniel

Race 8 - 1 mile (turf, rail at 7 feet), $100,000 Solana Beach Handicap, Cal-breds, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

U R All That I Am - Rafael Bejarano has the advantageous rail post; can save all the ground and find a seam to rally late.

You Lift Me Up - Did everything but win last time at Santa Rosa; ships to SoCal, but picks up hot riding P Val for the money shot.

Long Shot - Ruffled Feathers

Race 9 - 7 furlongs, Purse $20,000, Maiden claiming $25,000, 3-year-olds and up

Royal Import - Second start off a 2-month hiatus; just missed last time and figures to be a lot tighter tonight.

Uncle Greg - Ran evenly in last and may get overlooked; second start since claimed by Jack Carava, expect improvement.

Long Shot - My Last Tycoon

Best Bet - Fortunate Appeal (race 3)

Del Mar Saturday - Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 19/7/$38.80; Long Shots, 10/1/$15.20; Best Bet, 1/1/$5.00

Del Mar Totals - 399/98/$641.80; Long Shots, 198/27/$313.40; Best Bets, 24/9/$43.40

SIMULCAST PICK OF THE DAY - #6 Scale (8/5) in race 2 at Saratoga. For scoring purposes, we'll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Saturday, Applesolutely Wild ran second at Arlington Park paying $4.00 to place and $3.00 to show. Stats - 153/109/$827.80