Finally back to a normal weekend of racing at Los Alamitos after two weeks of Saturday only cards. Tonight we get the Grade 1 Winter Derby for 3 year olds and Sunday it’s the Grade 1 Winter Championship for older horses.
Side note: I have been thinking about a trip to Los Al this summer. I haven’t yet figured out how exactly I am going to pull it off but it has been a long time (30 years probably) since I have visited. Hopefully I can find a way to make it happen.
Race 1 - 1000 Yards Mdn 18k THREE YEARS OLD
8 O C Rhapsody (3/1) has cleared easily in two of her three starts. She looks to do it again and I don’t see any real threats to come and get her late. 3 Picahouse (8/1) didn’t fire last out as the favorite. Two back though he showed some promise in a race that saw him have a pretty troubled trip. 4 Peppertini (5/2) will be following my top pick early. He’s a threat to follow him right around the track. 5 Bart Sip Some (6/1) is a first time starter for Craig Dollase. He gets Edgar Payeras in the saddle and has a solid work tab coming in including a nice tightener five days ago. 6 Mischievous Dylan (9/2) is in from Santa Anita after showing some speed in his last two tries. He takes the blinkers off which I do not like and has a trainer I am not all that familiar with so is hard to trust.