Hollywood Park news and notes: November 15th
Friday (11-14-08) Hollywood Park recap
A trio of wire jobs on Cushion Track, and early/pressing types nabbed both turf races carded on Friday night.
Martin Garcia booted home a pair. Bejarano crossed the line first in two events, but his mount Tough Apples was disqualified in the grass feature.
Saturday (11-15-08) Hollywood Park recap
Cushion Track played fair. A wire job and a pair of stalkers made up the three grass winners.
A couple of wins for Joel Rosario…he is finally starting to heat up a bit. Julio Canani saddled a pair of winners.
Sunday (11-16-08) Hollywood Park preview
Sunday’s 9-race card features the $100k Moccasin Stakes for 2yo fillies traveling seven furlongs on Cushion Track. There is a $58,391 Super High 5 carryover into Sunday’s finale (race 9).
The 5th race, a straight maiden synthetic sprint for 2yo fillies is featured below.
Hollywood Park race 5 (MSW, 2yo fil, 6f)
(1) Elusive Allie (5-1) - $300k purchase is out of 16% FTS sire Elusive Quality. Rail post clicking at a 22% rate.
(2) Air Fair (6-1) - Working locally since August. Yes It’s True 15% with firsters.
(3) Life By RR (20-1) - $150k purchase working well at Santa Anita recently.
(4) Silent Stalk (3-1) - Even 3rd in Oak Tree bow. Canani won 2 yesterday and is 16% 2nd timers.
(5) L.A. Devine (15-1) - $100k daughter of Pulpit working at Hollywood since Sept. 15th bullet.
(6) Navigator (9-5) - Beat Silent Stalk in 2-1 bow. Ellis 19% 2nd timers. Working well locally all along.
7) Rare Sparkle (6-1) - Stalk/fade in 4-1 bow across town. Place finisher came back to score. Blinkers added for 5% 2nd timer outfit.
(8) Successful Friend (8-1) - $50k Keeneland sales grad out of 3% debut MSW barn.
Analysis: No knocks on fav Navigator, and 2nd choice Silent Stalk hails from a hot barn. Elusive Allie breaks from the good rail, but the inside post is typically a problem for young firsters. O’Neill has been winning recently, and his firster Air Fair rates a gander.
The $20 Play:
$8 exacta Navigator-Air Fair
$4 quinella Air Fair-Silent Stalk
$2 quinella Elusive Allie-Air Fair
$1 trifecta Air Fair-Silent Stalk/Navigator/Elusive Allie-Air Fair-Silent Stalk-L.A. Devine ($6)
Daily Wager recap
Friday (11-14-08): Key horse Berna Dette was disqualified from 4th and place last.
Saturday (11-15-08): Medjool gave the suggested exacta a chance, but Exuma failed to get up for 2nd.
Overall: (-200) through 14 days of the Hollywood Park fall meet.
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