Preview: Speed wasn’t as good on Thursday’s card as it was the first week of the meet. It might have been the horses running or a change in the dirt surface so make sure you look at Friday’s charts and the first race or two today.

Race 1: #3 Runaway Wildcat (10-1): This gelding has a 4-1-1-1 record over this track and has been given a break since early August. Trainer Lorenzo Ruiz is 27% on dirt and the same percentage with jockey Vinny Bednar, who regularly rides Los Al at night.

Race 3: #5 Coyote Fly (2-1): This colt is 2-for-2 over the Los Al surface and no doubt got claimed at Del Mar to run here.

Race 5: #9 Lofty Cause (4-1): Trainer Mike Harrington trains year round at Los Al and points for this meet. This 2-year-old showed good improvement off a layoff and could be ready for the cap and gown today.

Race 6: #6 Dr. Go (7-2): Another Mike Harrington horse. Gets a big jock switch to Fernando Perez and has a win over the track.

Race 7: #6 Mysterious Miracle (6-1): If you throw out that last race when she got squeezed at the break, this filly looks pretty good at a price for trainer Phil D’Amato. Stewart Elliott takes over and he was on fire the first week of the meet.

Race 9: #5 Hennythelovepenny (8-1): This filly has a 4-1-0-1 record over this track and Bill Spawr drops her into a starter allowance, a condition her win at this track was in. Tyler Baze jumps on and he is 17% with Spawr.

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Race 5: #2 Adler (7-2): Trainer Eddie Truman ships up to GG and he’s 43% with shippers. This filly was sired by Unusual Heat and bred to love the turf. Truman is 2-for-4 with horses with two sprints into a route race.

Race 7: #5 Swiss Minister (5-1): Ships up from SoCal after being claimed two back by Tim McCanna, who is 39% second off the claim. McCanna is 33% in turf sprints.

Good luck.

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