Preview: Jockey Stewart Elliott hit the wall after nine winners the first week as he was shut out the first two days of this week. Jockey Kent Desormeaux showed up on Friday and won his first race. Fernando Perez and Tiago Periera after having good meets.

Race 1: #4 He’s a Dandy (4-1)
Our Eyes: Trainer Wilton Whitehouse hit with a Northern California Fair bomber earlier this week and he has this gelding ready to run here. Felipe Martinez takes the mount and the 8-year-old has a good work over the track. Whitehouse is 22% with shippers.

Race 4: #6 Shakeitupbetty (3-1)
Trainer Dean Pederson claimed this mare at Del Mar and drops her a level. He no doubt got her for this spot as she is 1-for-1 over the track. Pederson is 22% first off the claim and Abel Lezcano keeps the mount.

Race 7: #2 Sidepocket Run (5-2)
This mare won at this level at Santa Anita and trainer Phil D’Amato drops her from an open race back in with Cal-breds today. The 7-year-old is 5-2-0-2 at this distance and jockey Martin Garcia, who is 21% with D’Amato, takes over.

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Race 1: #4 Ain’t No Other (5-1)
Trainer Tim McCanna brought this gelding to Del Mar, lost him via a claim and re-claimed him back to bring him back to his favorite track. This 8-year-old 11-5-3-1 at GG and 16-5-5-4 on synthetic tracks. McCann is 24% first off the claim and 20% with jickey Ricardo Gonzalez.

Race 3: #3 Mizzen Me (6-1)
Tough to explain the last race other than he lost to a Bob Baffert good thing. Now Keith Desormeaux ships him north to try turf for the first time. The sire Mizzen Mast gets 11% first out winners on grass.

Race 7: #1 Terrys Tom Cat (4-1)
Does this sound familiar? Trainer Tim McCanna brought this gelding to Del Mar, lost him via the claim box and re-claimed him. He cuts him back in distance and jockey Frank Alvarado, who is 23% with McCanna, jumps on.

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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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Preview: The first week of the meet sprint races were won 25% of the time in wire-to-wire fashion, according to Brisnet stats. The four through seven posts won 20% of the time. In 10 route races, there were no wire-to-wire winners, but you still needed to be close to win. Winners of two-turn races were 1.59 lengths behind at the first call and 0.96 lengths behind at the second call.

Race 5: #3 Peppermint Kitty (7-2)
This filly took some sneaky betting in her debut at Del Mar for trainer Peter Miller before finishing fourth. Jockey Kent Desormeaux saw enough to ride back here and he’s 26% with Miller. The 4-year-old has the best Late Pace Rating from Brisnet, which should help in the longest home stretch in America.

Race 7: #6 Carlsbad Mountain (5-1)
Trainer Robertino Diodoro claimed this gelding from Peter Miller at Del Mar and Diodoro is 26% first off the claim. This gelding has a third over this track in his only appearance earlier this year against tougher. Jockey Stewart Elliott keeps the mount and he’s 40% with Diodoro.

Race 8: #5 Tension (5-1)
This filly was the 13-10 favorite over this track as a 2-year-old and now resurfaces nearly two years later. However, rfarely are Bob Baffert horses short and jockey Stewart Elliott has been hot, especially with the Baffert barn.

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Race 5: #5 Brownie Finale (6-1)
Trainer John Martin claimed this colt at Sacramento no doubt with his 3-for-4 record on synthetic tracks in mind. Martin is 44% first off the claim and there’s a big work showing plus Martin is 30% with jockey Roberto Gonzalez.

Race 6: #8 Compel (9-2)
This filly has been running in Southern California, facing way better and dropping to her lowest level ever. Trainer Eric Kruljac is 21% when he drops a horses two or more levels.The 3-year-old has the top Late Pace Rating from Brisnet.

Race 8: #5 Arendal (15-1)
Our Eyes: There are five shippers from Southern California in his maiden race on the turf plus one European import from the Simon Callaghan barn, but we’re going with the first time turfer from the Jerry Hollendorfer barn. This filly is sired by Cape Blanco (Ireland), whose offspring have a winning average of 7.8 furlongs and gets 8% first time out winners. On top of that the mare is out of Danzig, which is 26% first time out on grass. This 3-year-old has the top Late Pace Rating.

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