Disqualification Puts $220.80 Price on Board

Artic Fuzz posted the biggest upset of the Hollywood Park meeting when, with help from the stewards, he won Friday night’s ninth race.

Making his first start as a gelding and racing for the first time since Sept. 9, 1993, Artic Fuzz finished second under Jose Silva in the $25,000 maiden claiming race, but moved up when first-time starter Go Hardy Go was disqualified to third for interfering with favored Romanticon in the stretch.

Owned by the Way-Jo Stables and trained by Leon Boykin, who had failed to hit the board with two previous starters at the meeting, Artic Fuzz paid $220.80.

In his first three races, all last year at Del Mar, Artic Fuzz had been beaten a total of 49 lengths. He finished last at 111-1 in his debut, then finished 10th of 12 at 125-1, and in his final race before Friday was ninth at 157-1.