Weekend Racing at Del Mar : Zany Tactics Heads Bing Crosby Field Sunday

A field of 10 headed by Zany Tactics was entered Friday to run in Sunday’s $60,000-added Bing Crosby Handicap at Del Mar.

Zany Tactics, to be ridden by Jack Kaenel, was assigned high weight of 120 pounds for the six-furlong race for 3-year-olds and up.

Zany Tactics, a six-year-old gelding, set a world record of 1:06 4/5 for six furlongs March 8 at Turf Paradise in Arizona.

Top challengers to Zany Tactics figure to be Bolder Than Bold, who will be ridden by Bill Shoemaker and carry 118 pounds, and Prince Bobby B., who will be ridden by Fernando Toro and carry 117 pounds.

Others entered: Lincoln Park, who will be ridden by Gary Stevens and carry 115 pounds; Santa Rosa Prince, Ray Sibille, 113; My Gallant Game, Chris McCarron, 113; Carload, Corey Black, 113; Petrovich, Martin Pedroza, 110; Stan’s Bower, Aaron Gryder, 110, and My Favorite Moment, Eddie Delahoussaye, 110.

If all 10 start, the total purse will be $66,800, and the winner will collect $29,800.

Today’s Osunitas Handicap, a 1 1/16 mile-race on Del Mar’s turf course for fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, will be run in two divisions. There are 10 entries in each.

Carrying high weight of 118 pounds in the first division is Princess Cariole, who will be ridden by Rafael Meza.

Top challengers to Princess Cariole figure to be Short Sleeves, who will be ridden by Patrick Valenzuela and carry 117 pounds, and Affirming, who will be ridden by Stevens and carry 117 pounds.

Miss Alto, who will be ridden by Gary Baze, and Word Harvest, who will be ridden by Toro, share top weight of 117 pounds in the second division. Another contender figures to be Sporting Ack, who will be ridden by Valenzuela and carry 116 pounds.

Hasty Pasty, the even-money favorite owned by Aaron Spelling and his wife, Candy, scored an impressive victory in Friday’s featured $54,000 C.T.B.A. Stakes before a crowd of 15,273.

Hasty Pasty, providing jockey Laffit Pincay, Jr., with his second straight win of the afternoon, broke a bit slowly from her inside post position. The Flying Paster filly moved smoothly into contention on the backstretch, battled for the lead at the top of the stretch and then drew away to win by five lengths.

The winner’s time for six furlongs was 1:10 2/5.

Pirate’s Angel, a 35-1 outsider under Ray Sibille, was second, a length in front of third-place Bolchina, with Present Flyer fourth in the field of seven California-bred two-year-old fillies.

Hasty Pasty, trained by John Gosden earned $31,500. As the betting choice, the winner paid $4, $3 and $2.60. Pirate’s Angel returned $16 and $5.20, while Bolchina returned $3.60 to show.