
Hollywood for Saturday 30 April 2011
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Good looking card with 4 races rated better than average clarity
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race 1Â Â Â average clarity
6 Led Advantage  solid better then par for the level efforts in her last 2 races and few reasons not to believe she can't fire another
2 Magicory  significant drop here to a level she should fit if she is ready fresh and the works suggest she is
1, 1A ENTRYÂ Â the one horse really runs well for Pedroza....the 1A is not impossible
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race 2Â Â Â slightly above average clarity
4Â Smoking GÂ Â strong drills at KEE for this 1st timer and then a good 4F work over the Hol surface....Miller has been very hot so far this week
6 Sheriff Hutton  mom not only tossed 8 winners but many of them won at 2......good drills and a good (limited starters) conditioner...sure seems set for debut
1 Pend Oreillie  solid tightly spaced drills for this 1st timer.....especially like seeing a 5 furlong work for a 4 1/2 F race
3 Wise Guise  another 1ster drilling sharply and this 1ster appears to have ample early speed
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race 3Â Â Â average clarity
7 Bay Rush  big forward move (somewhat disguised with a wide trip) with the blinkers off.....ran fine in lone race over the Hol AW
6 Party Ruler  long hiatus from the track but......drops out MSW...and....recent works hint he is returning as an improved animal
5 Sir Ed  good works for this Baffert 1st timer who they paid only 10K for so why not pop for MC30K
1 Magic Spirit  4 bad trips in 4 lifetime races....in fact his last where he only gave away about 3 lengths was his best journey so far of his career
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race 4Â Â Â slightly above average clarity
2 Farley Star  very strong turf figs and key races at 1 mile and 1 1/8 miles....so....you would think 1 1/16 would also fit
1 My Maloof Rocker  controlling speed in this spot and Bejarano has excelled on this horse running on or near the front end
3 Initial Impression  last was the tune-up off of the layoff to drop into claiming and go go go
7 Rainbow Luck  seems like a bad claim somewhat but trouble city if she rebounds to her effort 3 back
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race 5Â Â Â slightly above average clarity
7 Tamarack Smarty  late runner is very consistent in 1 mile grass affairs....also the only time this 5 year old ran with short rest he won by 3
8 Atticus Jack  career best fig 1st at a route on The Racing Digests Top Turf figs....strong works sinceÂ
4 Alley Hondro  1 for 1 at Hol and it was in the same turf lane as today....runs well with 6 to 8 weeks off and gets it
9 Rauschenberg  last run on firm turf was solid running too wide versus 2 very stout foes and only got beat by 4.....also 1 for 1 at Hol like our 3rd choice
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race 6Â Â Â average clarity
5 Brown Is Beige  new trainer takes over and Sadler is oh so dangerous in this situation.....consistently decent efforts in all 4 lifetime races
1 Advantage Player  up for 80K in last and now drops in for 50K and the recent works indicate she is feeling great
4 Given Episode  ships in from GG and drops.....Hollendorfer is solid 1st time ever in claiming.....lone race at Hol was very strong crushing his foes in solid 2 year old time
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race 7Â Â Â average clarity
2 Just Imagine  2 of this colt's 4 lifetime races are withthe blinkers off and they are both solid.....work tab for O'neill is as good as I can remember for quite some time....rather sure this colt is sitting on a lifetime best
4 Saddleranch   bred to be a nice sprinter.......wound up nicely for his MSW debut.....and one of the best 1st time out trainers in history...Mr Bob Baffert
5 Celtic Charmer  very consistent both on the conventional dirt and the sod....1st ever on the AWÂ
6 R U Experienced  decent close just 8 days ago in a grass MSW debut run at 1 mile...should be fit now...might come roaring down the stretch late
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race 8Â Â Â slightly below average clarity
6 Well Monied  Zucker is very good withturf horses and he appears to have this ever so consistent race mare ready to roll off an 11 month hiatus from the track
9 Vamo A Galupiar   invader had a terrific 2 year season overseas and is training like he is well meant and ready under the careful handling of Hall Of Famer N. DrysdaleÂ
4 Lilly Fa Pootz  forward move in last and hasn't missed a beat in the morning since.....seems to be on a rebound of sorts
3 Givine  training awfully well and hard to argue with 4 wins out of 7 mile turf races
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race 9Â Â Â average clarity
6 Lil Dumaani   believe avoided the conventional dirt at SA so shipped to GG....caught two very fast heats....stout here on drop to the very bottom if health remains intact
3 Dee Dee's Legacy  likes time between races and gets it...likes the track.....likes the distance
10 Beyound Loaded  solid run/number two races back at today's distance......last wasn't bad either...back to 61/2 which seems like a good fit
5 Flashman Papers  ran OK in last just seemingly placed a little too high....back where claimed 2 races back....nice drill
8 Justice Reigns (tie for 5th)   horrid start and then showed life....race 4 back is very strongÂ
9Â My Man Sumo (tie for 5th)Â Â Mitchell seemingly made a bad claim but he has placed this horse at the bottom and might get one more run out of him
NOTE:Â spent 15 minutes deciding between the 8 or the 9 as my 5th choice and finally said screw it.......tie.....done
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