Sise Takes Spot Atop Standings

Continuing his hot streak, Cliff Sise moved into the top spot in the Hollywood Park trainer standings when heavily favored Prospective Angel rolled to victory in Thursday’s third race.

A debuting 2-year-old daughter of Northern Prospect owned and bred by Ted Aroney’s Halo Farms, Prospective Angel, who paid $2.60, gave Sise his eighth winner in 16 starts through the first 15 days of the spring-summer meet. John Sadler is next with seven.

Ridden by Corey Nakatani, Prospective Angel, who won by seven lengths and completed the 4 1/2 furlongs in 52 1/5, was the fourth first-time starter Sise has won with at Hollywood Park.

Sise, who is winning at better than a 30% clip in 2000, is enjoying his run, which also includes three other on-the-board finishes.

“You saddle the horse, you watch the race and you go to the winner’s circle,” he said. “A lot of my 2-year-olds won’t be ready until Del Mar and I just don’t have enough of those good, honest claimers that you need to [win a training title].”

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Kent Desormeaux, who leads the jockey standings with 13 victories, was given a five-day suspension, beginning Sunday, for his disqualification on High Honor in Wednesday’s third race. High Honor was moved from fourth to fifth for alleged interference with favored Sign Of Fire.