Los Alamitos Race Course

Ed Burgart Handicap

For Sunday, May 19, 2013

First Post 5:30 P.M.

Pick Four Selections: $1 wager is $42. 1^st Race (2); 2^nd Race (1,2,3,4,5,6,8); 3^rd Race (1,2); 4^th Race (2,6,8). $1 wager is $112. 1^st Race (2); 2^nd Race (1,2,3,4,5,6,8); 3^rd Race (1,2); 4^th Race (All).

1^ST RACE: Purse $9,000, thoroughbreds, claiming, 3 year olds and up, 4 ½ furlongs.

DANNY’S MEMORY (Guce) was under pace pressure throughout in last nose setback and looms the lone speed horse here. POKER DAVE (Charlton) finished with interest while in tight quarters near the wire of last fifth-place try vs. class-dropping winner and should be rolling late again. GAME OF LUCK (Navarro) broke slow in last fourth-place try vs. eventual $2,500 winner Big G’s Dance and is usually prominent early.

2^ND RACE: Purse $7,935, maidens, 2 year olds, 300 yards.

FIVE BAR CARTEL (C Mendez) beat his workmate by many lengths in rapid 12.1 drill for debut and well-bred colt has leading rider up. REALLY A DASHER (Cruz) was well in hand late when easily best in nice 12.2 drill for bow. RUN LIKE U STOL IT (Sanchez) veered in steadily after a sluggish start in sixth-place debut and gets a positive post switch.

3^RD RACE: Purse $8,000, thoroughbreds, claiming, 3 year olds and up, 4 ½ furlongs.

SEAFIRE (Charlton) rallied nicely from between horses to win with class drop to this level in last and should get another lively pace to help late surge. GEORGIA’S FRIEND (Guce) proved hard to catch in last neck setback vs. class-dropping winner and retains leading rider for new barn. MR SAMBUCA (Gomez) never looked comfortable along the inside vs. stronger in last and showed solid early speed when winning at higher level three outs ago.

4^TH RACE: Purse $13,600, allowance, 3 & 4 year olds, 300 yards.

ROYAL REGARD (F C Rubio) broke slow in last trial outing nine months ago and posted quick 18.0 gate drill for return. SECRET CARTEL (E Garcia) makes first start for new connections since veering in to get bumped steadily early in last fourth-place try four months ago and has encouraging 18.2 gate drill since. BULLET IN THE GUN (DeAlba) has hooked stakes company in three of last four tries and is well drawn.

5^TH RACE: Purse $8,500, thoroughbreds, claiming, 3 year olds and up, 4 ½ furlongs.

SILENCIO GATO (Guce) wore down uncontested pacesetting runnerup in last game victory vs. easier and should get a sizzling pace to chase. DECARCHY FEVER (Cruz) is speedster who seeks sixth consecutive victory but draws outside two other front-running foes. C’MON MARQUIS (Torres) opened a big early lead despite breaking off balance in last victory vs. easier and seeks third consecutive win.

Pick Four Selections: $1 wager is $36. 6^th Race (2,4,6); 7^th Race (1,2,7); 8^th Race (1,6); 9^th Race (3,7). $1 wager is $81. 6^th Race (2,4,6); 7^th Race (1,2,7); 8^th Race (1,3,6); 9^th Race (3,6,7).

6^TH RACE: Purse $5,775, maiden claiming, 3 year olds and up, 330 yards.

JAZZ SECRET SA (DeAlba) has been second in last three tries at this level and draws nicely between two slow breakers. CINCA MAE (Gonzalez) finished trying hard in last runnerup try after 11-month layoff and is well drawn. CORONA STYLE SNL (Arriaga) broke nearly 1 ½ length slow while veering in at the start of debut vs. stronger from the rail post.

7^TH RACE: Purse $7,335, maidens, fillies, 2 year olds, 300 yards.

RECEIVABLES (R Aceves) lugged in solidly throughout before leveling with run pat the wire in fourth-place debut three weeks ago. NEFERTITY (S Mendez) recorded two solid rills for debut and accelerated nicely to the 1/16-pole in last 12.1 move. COMPOSED CHARISMA (Sanchez) was hard-trying third in debut vs. winner who had previously worked 220 yards from the gate in 12.0 and hails from leading barn.

8^TH RACE: Purse $9,580, starter allowance, 3 year olds and up, 330 yards.

QUARTER MOON ACTION (C Mendez) came away in sluggish style when third vs. sizzling winner in last and has won five of last seven outs. WILLIE DASHER (R Aceves) outfinished top pick in last runnerup try when coming away quickly and retains strong rider. BUFALO RUNNER (A Bautista) was nicely drawn on the outside in last neck runnerup try and doesn’t always break alertly.

9^TH RACE: Purse $281,100, Kindergarten Futurity, 2 year olds, 300 yards.

GLITTER IN MY FACE (C Mendez) was in hand throughout when showing sharp improvement in last trial victory and gets a great post draw. SHE FORGIVES (R Aceves) looked strong when posting the fastest qualifying time while lugging out steadily from the rail post in last one-length victory. SHAKE DJIBOUTI (Arriaga) broke sharp in last trial win after coming away nearly 1 ½ lengths slow in debut.

BEST BET: DANNY’S MEMORY (1^ST RACE)

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