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!