The Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap (GI)

The road to the Champion of Champions continues at Los Alamitos Race Course today with the running of the $150,000 Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap. A full field of ten fillies and mares will dash four hundred yards with the winner also earning a berth to the Champion of Champions in December. The Millie Vessels will go as race 9 on today's card.

Race 6:  5-6-1
#5 Check Out Liz- had some trouble last out against tougher, drops & efforts two & three back fit here.
#6 Back to a Tac- also drops from #5's race, this is lowest level she has faced, good outside post.
#1 Painted Ocean- good win last out against lower level, rail post does not benefit her gate habits.

Race 7:  1-6-3
#1 Dash Dinastia- drops to the bottom level off of okay effort, has faced MUCH better before.
#6 El Mexican Choice- was favored last out when 3rd against open claimers, gets leading rider.
#3 The King Coliman- outran his odds last out when 3rd at this level, can upset field.

Race 8:  5-4-2
#5 Natalias Got Moves- sharp back to back wins against easier but ran well against tougher before.
#4 Ruths Chris- has won 3 of last 6 starts, good win in Canada at this distance two starts back.
#2 Sheza Bad Habit- returns from Idaho but won two stakes locally in 2011. Adds Flipping halter.

Race 9:  9-10-5     The $150,000 Mildred N. Vessels Memorial Handicap (GI) 400yards
#9 Flame N Flash- good Derby win last out, has good late kick, good drill of 17.9 on Sep 15.
#10 Fredaville- very good stakes win last out after May layoff, likes to win races (10 for 33).
#5 Thisfeatureisspecial- 2nd last out against #10 when slow out the gate, tough with a good break.


My Play:

$1 Late Pick Four ($24):  5,6 / All / 4,5 / 9

Good Luck!

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The Junos Request Handicap

This Saturday evening of racing at Los Alamitos features the running in the Junos Request Handicap where a field of eight runners will dash 300 yards in the 9th race. The late pick four looks very competitive and should provide a good payout.

Race 6:  5-6-2
#5 Mamas Girl- favored last out against tougher, drops into claiming, only third lifetime start.
#6 Love Diamonds- tougher last time, drops in class, had good drill before last, outside post.
#2 Heshowsclass-good gate speed last out after leading all the way, shortens distance.

Race 7:  5-4-2
#5 Seperate Checks- troubled trip last out at same level, first off claim, race two back fits.
#4 Superstar Cartel- drops slightly in class, good speed in debut win two starts ago. upside.
#2 American Corona- rallied for win last out from tough post and beat next out winner.

Race 8:  5-4-6
#5 Redhot Baby doll- had lead in last time and a repeat of that effort makes her tough here.
#4 Miss Racy Racie- solid third in debut with troubled trip, much room to improve.
#6 Runaway Envy-has outside post to benefit and second start off small layoff.

Race 9:  1-6-8   The Junos Request Handicap
#1 Does She Ever- has improved in each start, comes off of tough Hcp, has good gate speed.
#6 Attack the Cartel- consistent filly comes off her best effort yet when 2nd to good filly.
#8 Tac It To Heart- when she focuses and runs straight shes dangerous. Good post.

My Play:

$1 Late Pick Four ($24):  1,2,5,6 / 2,4,5 / 4,5 / 1

Good Luck!

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Los Alamitos Friday 9/28

It is Santa Anita Park opening day across town in what should be a great meet ending with the Breeders' Cup Championships. Tomorrow is a big Saturday of racing with an abundance of graded stakes to be run in preparation for the Breeders' Cup. You can find my top 3 picks for each race at Santa Anita on theracingedition.com

The week of racing at Los Alamitos kicks off with a nine-race card tonight. Cold Cash 123 left us with a beautiful performance in the Go Man Go last Sunday and showed that he is in top form and ready for the Champion of Champions. The next berth to the Champion of Champions will be given to the winner of this Sunday's Mildred Vessels Memorial Handicap. Stay tuned for that.

I am concentrating on the late pick four tonight, lets get to the picks.

Race 6:  6-7-5

#6 Snowbound Zanny, slightly fractious at gate in last, drops a tad, blinkers on, new rider up.

#7 Superspeedway, third against tougher when favored, lacks gate speed but can finish.

#5 Teller Verde, troubled last race, throw it out and his effort two back fits against these.

Race 7:  4-5-6

#4 Annas Babe, tough beat last out after leading all the way, gate speed, shortens distance.

#5 First Runaway Dash, face much tougher last out (rank), drops, good work, live.

#6 Bank Steller, threw head & rank in last race, give him one more chance.

Race 8:  3-5-1

#3 Seperate Interest, Ruidoso invader drops from trials, good efforts in two starts, live trainer.

#5 Havana Cartel, 2nd start, decent debut, given some time to refresh, nice drill, good price.

#1 Secret Cartel, other Ruidoso invader, slow work locally but drops in class, live combo.

Race 9:  2-6-7

#2 Classy Companion, comes off of best race ever, back to leading rider, tough here.

#6 Jumper Cat Carver Sa, won despite lugging out, Jones keeps them sharp.

#7 Another Nice Move, has improved since last seen locally, good outside post.

My Play:

$1 Late Pick Four ($24):  6 / 4,5,6 / 3,5 / 1,2,6,7

Good Luck!

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The $100,000 Go Man Go Handicap (GI)

This is the race that we have been waiting for all week. The road to the prestigious Champion of Champions (GI) continues today at Los Alamitos with the running of the Go Man Go Handicap (Race #9). This is one of the most talented fields of the Go Man Go that I have ever seen. The field includes a total of ten runners going to post including the morning line favorite, reigning World Champion American Quarter Horse of 2011, Cold Cash 123.

Cold Cash 123 comes into this race with a five-race winning streak which includes having won 9 of his last 11 starts with 6 of those wins coming in GI races. He is a talented winning machine. He is the deserving favorite, but my top pick is somewhere else. Cold Cash 123 (post #8) and Terrific Synergy (second choice on the morning line, post #9) drew side by side and I believe that will play against their favor. Why? Because both of those classy runners have strong late kicks but lack strong early gate speed. They have the speedy Creston Goer right to their inside (post #7) and the also have the speedy Sparky E Boy to their outside (post #10) with two of the best gate-speed riders in the game aboard, Cruz Mendez and Rodrigo Aceves. I envision Creston Goer and Sparky E Boy breaking fast and trying to cross over and clear the favorites in the early stages of the race and making it a tough trip for them. All these horses are filled with class and classy horses have a way of overcoming trouble but my pick to win the Go Man Go is Senor Toby.

Senor Toby does not have to worry about the talented El Aguila Real being in this field (second to him in his last three starts) and comes into this race with small freshening and two good workouts. He has gate speed and the rail post should fit him very well. His final quarter times are strong and has won 7 of his last 10 starts with two second place finishes in GI races. My pick. Good Luck!


Race 6:  1-6-3
Race 7:  3-5-6
Race 8:  2-6-5
Race 9:  1-3-8

$1 Late Pick 4 ($36):  1,6 /  3,5,6 / All / 1

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Los Alamitos Saturday 9/22

It is Saturday night of racing at Los Alamitos and I am going to focus on the late pick 4 tonight. My single is in the 8th race where you could make a case for every runner. My key will be #4 Freakiest who is 6-1 on the Morning Line. He is a first time gelding coming off a small layoff. He was last seen when he faced One Dashing Eagle in the trials to the Ed Burke. His debut two races back was a decent one where he showed gate speed in a final time of 15.67. He now has had chance to mature and has a nice 12.20 drill in preparation for this. #2 Commando Tres Seis will take alot of play off of those fast drills. Let's get to the play.

Race 6:  6-4-1
Race 7:  6-2-4
Race 8:  4-2-5
Race 9:  4-5-2

My play:

$1 Late Pick 4 ($24):  1,4,6 / 2,6 / 4 / 1,2,4,5

Good Luck!

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Los Alamitos Friday 9-21

It's Friday!

I have begun a new project (Sadly, not related to horse racing, still in search of an opportunity in this industry) that will take my time away from playing and watching the entire cards from Los Alamitos, but for the most part I will still be able to catch the second half of the card on occasions so that will be my main focus tonight. If you want some opinions on earlier or other races just shoot me a tweet or DM and I will gladly share my thoughts.

Nine-race card today so the late pick 4 begins in race 6. No major stakes today but this Sunday is the running of the $100,000 Go Man Go Handicap where a classy and talented field of ten runners will face off in search of the win, but most importantly a berth to the GI $750,000 Champion of Champions is up for grabs (to be run in December). Reigning champion Cold Cash 123 (Already is qualified to Champion of Champions) will make his local start in the Go Man Go and will be looking to keep his five-race winning streak going. Tune in on Sunday for that.

Let's get to my selections and play for tonight.

Race 6:  5-6-3
Race 7:  3-6-1
Race 8:  5-6-2
Race 9:  2-5-6

My Play:

$1 Late Pick 4 ($24):  5 / 3,6 / 1,2,5,6 / 2,5,6

Good Luck!

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PCQHRA Breeders Futurity Trials

Trials continue at Los Alamitos on this Saturday night of racing but these trials are for the two-year-olds going 350 yards. 75 horses are entered in the nine trials tonight and only the ten fastest qualifiers will return to race in the $392,000 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity on Saturday October 8. The fields are strong and there are going to be some good betting odds on many of these runners. Let's get to the selections and plays.

Race 1:  5-6-3
Race 2:  5-2-1
Race 3:  1-5-2
Race 4:  8-1-2
Race 5:  6-7-2
Race 6:  8-3-4
Race 7:  8-2-6
Race 8:  7-1-8
Race 9:  3-6-2

My Plays:

$1 Early Pick4 ($24):  3,5,6,8 / 2,5 / 1 / 1,2,8

$1 Late Pick4 ($24):  8 / 2,8 / 1,7,8 / 2,3,4,6

Good Luck!

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PCQHRA Breeders Derby Trials

This week of racing at Los Alamitos kicks off with the three trials to the PCQHRA Breeders Derby. The three trials will go as the last three races on the card. There is also a pick six carry over tonight.

Race 1: 3-5-1
Race 2: 5-3-1
Race 3: 2-3-6
Race 4: 2-3-6
Race 5: 4-2-3
Race 6: 5-1-2
Race 7: 2-7-4
Race 8: 2-1-3
Race 9: 5-1-3

My plays:

$1 Early Pick 4 ($16):  3 / 3,5 / 2,3 / 2,3,6,7

$1 Late Pick 4 ($18):  1,2,5 / 2,4,7 / 1,2 / 5

Good Luck with your plays!

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Fairplex Park Thursday 10/13

The fourth fifth day of the 13-day Fairplex Park meet gets underway today at 1pm with a nine-race card.

Who's hot?: Jockey E. Maldonado
Who's heating up?: Jockey J.J. Hernandez
Who's not?: Jockey K. Krigger
Horses to look for?: Horses that have been routing and have mid-pack speed, they have been doing very well at the 6 & 6 1/2 furlong races.


The pick six carryover was hit yesterday (I only hit 4of6 on my $48 play, i will get you!) but a $11,021.86 carryover in the Win pick 9 bet is up for grabs. Pick the winners of the entire card today and take down that pool. Yesterday it paid well for 7 of 9 ($776). Take a look at that wager today.

Race 1:  4-2-1     $1 Win pick 9 starts here
Race 2:  2-3-8     $.50 Early pick 4 starts here
Race 3:  5-4-2     $.50 Players pick 5 starts here
Race 4:  5-3-7
Race 5:  1-6-2
Race 6:  5-4-6     $.50 Late pick 4 starts here
Race 7:  7-2-3
Race 8:  5-4-2
Race 9:  7-2-1


My Plays:

$1 Win 9 ($8):  2,4 / 2 / 5 / 5 / 1 / 4,5 / 2,7 / 5 / 7

.50 Early Pick 4 ($8):  2,3 / 5 / 3,4,5,7 / 1,6

.50 Players Pick 5 ($36):  5 / 3,4,5,7 / 1,6 / 4,5,6 / 2,3,7

.50 Late Pick 4 ($13.50):  4,5,6 / 2,3,7 / 5 / 1,2,7

Good Luck with your plays!

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Los Alamitos Sunday 9/9

Back to a nine-race card for Sunday. $25,000 Handicap to close out the night and a pick six carryover to tackle.

Race 1:  1-6-3
Race 2:  6-2-4
Race 3:  2-3-6
Race 4:  3-6-7
Race 5:  4-2-5
Race 6:  6-2-1
Race 7:  6-5-3
Race 8:  1-2-6
Race 9:  4-5-6

My Plays:

$1 Early Pick 4 ($12):  1,6 / 6 / 2,3,6 / 3,6

$2 Pick Six ($48):  3,6 / 4 / 6 / 5,6 / 1,2 / 4,5,6

$1 Late Pick 4 ($12):  6 / 5,6 / 1,2 / 4,5,6

Good Luck with your plays!

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Fairplex Park 9/9

Third day of the Fairplex Park meet and we have a Double pick six carryover. The card looks wide open and it may carryover again. The $50,000 Jim Kostoff Stakes is the feature race today. Bob Baffert and Martin Pedroza have the even-money favorite Mile High Magic in the six-and-one-half furlong event.

Race   1:  2-6-5
Race   2:  1-6-7       .50 Early Pick 4 Starts Here
Race   3:  1-2-4       .50 Players Pick 5 Starts Here
Race   4:  6-7-4
Race   5:  7-10-9
Race   6:  2-1-8       $2 Pick 6 Starts Here
Race   7:  8-2-3
Race   8:  1-2-8       .50 Late Pick 4 Starts Here
Race   9:  2-4-7
Race 10:  1-4-2       $50,000 Jim Kostoff Stakes
Race 11:  3-8-10

$.50 Early Pick 4 ($12):  1,6 / 1,2,4 / 6,7 / 7,10

$.50 Pick 5 ($24):  1,2,4 / 6,7 / 7,10 / 1,2 / 2,8

$2 Pick 6 ($16):  1,2 / 2,8 / 1 / 2,4 / 1 / 3

$.50 Late Pick 4 ($8):  1,2 / 2,4 / 1,4 / 3,8

Good Luck with your Plays!

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Pat Hyland Memorial Stakes

Saturday night of racing at Los Alamitos with a small pick six carryover and the running of the Pat Hyland Memorial Stakes. Eight races on today's card.

Race 1:  2-7-3
Race 2:  2-6-5
Race 3:  1-3-5
Race 4:  2-3-5
Race 5:  5-1-6
Race 6:  5-3-2
Race 7:  3-2-1
Race 8:  5-8-4

My Plays:

$1 Early Pick Four ($20):  2,3,5,6,7 / 2,4,5,6 / 1 / 2

$1 Late Pick Four ($12):  5 / 2,3,5 / 3 / 3,4,5,8

Good Luck!

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Fairplex Park 9/8

It's Fair season in Southern California.

Fairplex Park racing bridges the gap between Del Mar and Santa Anita but do not sleep on the wagering opportunities, lots of great payouts are always there waiting to be scooped. Yesterday treated me very well, let's see if i can hit the pick 5 today.

Race 3:  6
Race 4:  7
Race 5:  6,7,8,9
Race 6:  2,3,10
Race 7:  5,6,7,8,9,10

.50 Cent Pick 5 ticket total :  $36

Good Luck with your plays!

Stay tuned for my Los Alamitos selections later today.

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Los Al Friday 9/7

It's Friday!
Not much time on my hands, lets get straight to the picks and plays for tonight's Los Alamitos card.

Race 1:  7-1-5
Race 2:  4-6-5
Race 3:  6-2-4
Race 4:  4-5-7
Race 5:  6-3-5
Race 6:  4-6-3
Race 7:  1-3-4
Race 8:  1-5-4
Race 9:  1-2-5

My Plays:

$1 Early Pick 4 ($21):  7 / 4 / 2,4,6 / All

$1 Late Pick 4 ($36):  4 / 1,3,4 / 1,4,5 / 1,2,5,6

Good Luck!

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The Eagle Soared in The All American Futurity

Track: Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico.
When: Labor Day, Monday September 3rd.
What: The World's Richest Quarter Horse Race, The Grade I $2.4 Million All American Futurity.
Who Won: One Dashing Eagle ridden by Ramon Sanchez, Trained by Jose De La Torre, Owned by Jose and Gustavo De La Torre and San Gregorio Racing Stables Inc.

Not only is winning the All American Futurity a difficult task, just qualifying as one of the final 10 horses in the gate on Labor Day is a mission in itself. One Dashing Eagle was one of the 257 horses that raced in the 26 trials (the ten runners with the fastest final times earn a spot in the final) a few weeks back in search of a fast enough time to be in the top ten.

One Dashing Eagle won his trial in a time of 21.369 for the 440 yards. That was a good enough time to land the sixth fastest qualifying time. In his trial One Dashing Eagle won despite lugging out to the outside rail during the running of the race. I believe that was a good thing. Why? Because after that race, his Jockey Ramon Sanchez knew what he had to correct and worry about in the final on Labor Day.

One Dashing Eagle (at Odds of 6-1, paid $14.60 for every $2 to win) broke good in the All American Futurity from post position #6 and from the start you could see that Jockey Ramon Sanchez was just trying to keep him straight and not ask him much to not lose his rhythm. He kept extending his stride and had a good lead midway through the race and pulled away to a 1 and 3/4 length win in a final time of 21.23 seconds. Sudden Thoughts got second, Aha Moment finished third.

One Dashing Eagle earned $1,200,000 for his win in the All American Futurity. He now has two GI wins under his belt, previously had won the GI Ed Burke Million Futurity at Los Alamitos Race Course, and his lifetime earnings are now $1,626,205. He was purchased for $43,000 at the Ruidoso Select Yearling Sale, talk about return on investment!

Next, he will likely be pointed to the Golden State Million Futurity. Sadly he is not paid in The Two Million Futurity, both of those races are to be run later this year at Los Alamitos Race Course.

If you follow my blog and follow me on twitter you knew that One Dashing Eagle was my pick all along leading up to the race, hope i helped you cash a winning wager.

Here is my play that i made: https://twitter.com/LosPonies/status/242762602239893505

You can Watch the Replay of the Race here: http://www.drf.com/news/ruidoso-all-american-futurity-showcases-one-dashing-eagles-talent

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Labor Day Del Mar Pick 5

The last time i posted my DelMar pick 5 play here we were alive for $18,000 in the last leg.....we got third.

I am back for a redemption.

Playing an economic ticket today but it has potential to pay a little something, maybe not $18,000 but a good profit will be on the table if we get it home.

Race 1:  6
Race 2:  4,5,7,8
Race 3:  5,6
Race 4:  6
Race 5:  2,3,4,5,6

Ticket Total: $20

Single in the first leg #6 Woodmans Luck, gets an extra 1/16 of real estate to run at and a new rider to get a win for this runner before the meet ends. Second-itis no more, right?

Single in the four leg #6 Thehumancomplaint, was an unlucky loser in debut when second after a slow break, experience under belt, much upside potential, $105,000 buy after a $5,500 sire stud fee speaks good, nice drill after the debut, all systems go. Oh and Bejarano dont fail me now!

Good Luck!

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Sunday Racing to Close the Week

Nine-race card to close out the week of racing at Los Alamitos, but Labor Day Monday is packed with great racing across the nation. I highly suggest catching the $2.3 Million All American Futurity from Ruidoso Downs tomorrow. The voice of Los Alamitos Mr. Ed Burgart will be calling the race tomorrow in the live video feed and also catch it live on TVG. I like One Dashing Eagle-PJ Chick in Black-Sudden Thoughts.

Let's get to the selections for tonight's Los Alamitos Card.

Race 1:  2-3-4
Race 2:  2-6-1
Race 3:  1-2-5
Race 4:  6-5-4
Race 5:  6-1-5
Race 6:  6-1-4
Race 7:  1-2-3
Race 8:  4-2-6
Race 9:  2-4-6

My Plays:

$1 Early Pick Four ($18):  2,3,4 / 2,6 / 1,2,5 / 6

$1 Late Pick Four ($24):  6 / 1,2,3,5 / 2,4 / 2,4,6

Good Luck with your Plays!

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$20,619 Pick Six Carryover

The pick six was not hit last night at Los Alamitos and that brings us to a $20,619 pick six carryover on this Saturday evening of racing. The highlight on the night is a $30,000 Claiming sprint race where a compact field of five runners will dash 300 yards in race eight. Let's get to the picks.

Race 1:  3-6-7
Race 2:  5-6-1
Race 3:  2-4-6
Race 4:  1-2-7
Race 5:  2-6-5
Race 6:  3-6-2
Race 7:  1-4-2
Race 8:  3-1-4
Race 9:  4-1-5

My Plays:

$1 Early Pick Four ($18):  3 / 1,5,6 / 2,4 / 1,2,7

$2 Pick Six ($54):  1,2,7 / 2 / 3 / 1 / 1,3,4 / 1,4,5

$1 Late Pick Four ($9):  3 / 1 / 1,3,4 / 1,4,5

Good Luck with your Plays!

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