Horse Racing

By Richard Eng

Post Time 7:05 p.m.

Race 1 – 6 furlongs, Purse $35,200, Claiming $25,000, 3-year-olds

3 Deluxe Bus – Kept winning ways after being claimed by Mike Mitchell; one change is he is running faster.

1 Cat in the Forest – Speedy sort will need to contend with Free Time early on; goes as far and as fast as he can.

Long Shot – 5 Shane Daniel

Race 2 – 5 furlongs, Purse $29,700, Maiden claiming $40,000, Cal-breds, Fillies, 2-year-olds

3 Free Itch – The ones with experience all look too slow to win; exits a bullet work for a live trainer, Bobby Troeger.

6 Outrageous Belle – Tepid morning line favorite; you’ll have a big edge over me in seeing the tote board action.

Long Shot – 8 Toluca

Race 3 – 6 furlongs (turf, rail at 10 feet), Purse $38,500, Starter allowance $40,000, 3-year-olds and up

5 Mandated Bliss – Closed fast in last but is at the mercy of the pace; has more tactical speed to utilize.

6 Klassy Saint – Speedball tactics from a parking lot post; suspect P Val will hit the gas pedal from the get go.

Long Shot – 2 Aqua Fever

Race 4 – 6 1/2 furlongs, Purse $22,000, Maiden claiming $20,000, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

2 Bayona – Sliding down the maiden claiming ladder to this bottom level; this is a now-or-never time for this gal.

1 Girls Lacrosse – No early speed, but has closed with late energy; bad race could fall apart in front of her.

Long Shot – 6 Birthday Time

Race 5 – 6 furlongs (turf, rail at 10 feet), Purse $57,200, Allowance, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

3 West Ruler – Beaten favorite has a lot of faster races on her resume; draw a line through last and she looks fine.

7 Cooloftheevening – Closed fast last time after a tardy start; can’t afford to spot the field 10 lengths again.

Long Shot – 8 English Royal

Race 6 – 7 furlongs, Purse $29,700, Maiden claiming $40,000, Cal-breds, 3-year-olds and up

7 Valley Fog – Typical green debut, slow early, fast late; like the parking lot post to clock the early speed.

3 Tapfortexas – Has improved a lot the last two starts for a price tag; these are his friends, expect better.

Long Shot – 5 Thunder’s Heat

Race 7 – 1 1/16th miles, Purse $57,200, Optional claiming $62,500, Fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up

5 Wild Rose – Interesting claim in her U.S. debut; she is eligible for a lot of conditions now too.

2 Downhill Diva – Small 5-pack is the hardest race on the card; stretching out in third start off a 5-month hiatus.

Long Shot – 3 Hopeful Union

Race 8 – 5 1/2 furlongs, Purse $22,000, Claiming $16,000, 3-year-olds and up

2 Fleet Continental – Red-flag vacation after graduating 6 months ago; big class drop too, still he is plenty fast enough.

6 Marcy’s Woods – Tepid chalk ran miserably in last; his race two back is clearly fast enough to beat these.

Long Shot – 9 Preferred Mandate

Best Bet – 3 Deluxe Bus (race 1)

Hollywood Park Thursday – Picks/Winners/Mutuels, 15/6/$48.00; Long Shots, 8/1/$7.60; Best Bet, 1/0/$0

Hollywood Park Totals – 861/225/$1,540.80; Long Shots, 423/67/$756.40; Best Bets, 48/21/$79.00

SIMULCAST PLAY OF THE DAY – 8 Wildcat Frankie (5/2) in race 9 at Monmouth Park. For scoring purposes, we’ll make a hypothetical $2 win, place and show bet, $6 total. On Thursday, Here Oui Go Again ran second at Arlington Park paying $5.20 to place and $3.60 to show. Stats – 113/71/$579.60