HOLLYWOOD PARK
Race 1
No. 3 Church Avenue is in top form and the one to beat, No. 4 Soul Custody is a sneaky Golden Gate invader for trainer Tim McCanna and Rosario says he will ride. 3-4
Race 2
No. 5 Gilligan gets the Mitchell drop off the win treatment as he looks for this third straight win, No. 6 Hunter Creek is looking for his fifth straight win and seventh out of his last eight races. No. 7 Green Card James gets his third start off the layoff and looks set for his best. 5-6-7
Key Play
$2 double
1st 3-4
2nd 5-6-7= $12
Race 3
Baffert and Martin Garcia have been ringing all the bells and they hook up with No. 1 Indian Firewater. No. 3 American Lion finds a good spot to begin his 4yo season after a hard 3yo campaign on the Derby trail. No. 5 Red Door Drive is the other Baffert in the race. 1-3-5
Race 4
No. 1 Coming Thru exits our HTW list and looks set for a big run, No. 4 Tommy D’ Horsey also exits out HTW list and is stretched out for this his second start. No. 5 Cook Inlet is still unlucky to be a maiden after back- to- back close losses. 1-4-5
Key Play
$2 exacta box 1-4-5= $12
Race 5
No. 5 Jacob’s Journey broke his maiden at first asking going 6 furlongs on the grass and now goes 7 furlongs on the cushion surface he will have no problem getting the trip, No. 8 Arresting Officer ran big in his only two starts last year and looks live off the layoff. 5-8
Key Play
$2 double
4th 1-4-5
5th 5-8= $12
Race 6
Trainer Peter Miller can strike with layoff horses and he sends out No. 2 Stealthy off the year layoff, he is bred to handle the grass and looks live, No. 5 Ubetshesroyalty ran a big time race in her first start on this 6 furlong turf course missing by less than a length. 2-5
Race 7
Trainer Mike Mitchell looks to strike while the iron is hot with No. 9 Favorable as he spots her perfectly off the win, we will single in the late pick four. 9
Race 8
There is a lot of early speed in here and that could set things up for No. 1 Dynamic Host and No. 2 Averoo who will both be making late runs. 1-2
Race 9
No. 3 Coal Region Kid missed by a nostril when dropped to this level in his last start, No. 5 Dancing Joy will be out winging it on the front end. 3-5
Key Play
$1 pick four
6th 2-5
7th 9
8th 1-2
9th 3-5= $8
CHECK FOR LATE SCRATCHES AND CHECK THAT THE SADDLE CLOTH NUMBERS MATCH
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RESULTS
hollywood park
race 1 we had the winner
race 2 we had the winner and hit our double
race 3 second
race 4 we lost
race 5 we lost
race 6 we lost
race 7 we lost
race 8 loser
race 9 we ran one two