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.