Dashing Knud Returns to Racing Tonight

The millionaire Dashing Knud will make his first start as a 4-year-old in tonight’s $26,400 Kaweah Bar Handicap at Los Alamitos.

Owned by Gordon Knudsen and Vessels Stallion Farm and trained by Danny Cardoza, the gray will be making his first start since he finished sixth in the Golden State Derby July 27.

A winner of 10 of 16 lifetime and $1,010,846 in purses, Dashing Knud won the Golden State Futurity and the Los Alamitos Million as a 2-year-old. Kenny Hart will ride the gelding, the 5-2 third choice in the field of five, for the first time.

Just Down The Lane, a 6-year-old gelding bred in Utah who has won two in a row, is the 9-5 favorite in the 350-yard contest.

The field is completed by Classic First, A Secret Account and All American Jewel.

The picks: 1. Good Presentation. 2. Du East. 3. Nunish. 4. E.R. Nurse. 5. Orthopod. 6. Robert’s Legend. 7. Great Tip. 8. Chicks Charger Easy. 9. Dashing Knud. 10. Strawfly Te.

Four! In the opener, let’s use Good Presentation and Admiral Challenge, single Du East in the second, use Nunish, Mighty Smooth Dash and Hot Saki in the third and E.R. Nurse, Santa Rosa Glory and Sythingaboutmerry in the fourth. Total cost: $18.

Shots in the dark: Hot Saki is dropped to a career low in the third by a winning stable (Adan Farias) and Quick Royal Smith is the second of two entrants for trainer Jaime Gomez in the seventh, one of two 2-year-old races.

Post time: 6:30 p.m.

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