A Secret Account Not a Longshot in Holiday

A troubled fourth at nearly 71-1 in the $500,000 Champion of Champions less than two weeks ago, A Secret Account will be a considerably shorter price in tonight’s $26,900 Holiday Handicap at 350 yards.

Owned and trained by Rodney Hart, the 6-year-old gelding was beaten by 1 3/4 lengths by Whosleavingwho in the Grade 1 Champion of Champions and was only a neck behind Beccas Bunny, who finished third at more than 60-1 in the 440-yard race.

A winner of 16 of 48 races in his career, A Secret Account is listed at 6-5 on Ed Burgart’s morning line.

The rest of the field comprises Pure D Cool, Takin On Spoon Man, Valberry Pie, Royal N Rowdy, Rare Coup and Whats So Special.

The picks: 1. Splash For Glory. 2. Falling In Luck. 3. Go Little Flurt. 4. We Once Met. 5. Miss Curley Lite. 6. Local Call. 7. Sell Short. 8. Boogie Special. 9. A Secret Account. 10. Easily Dashin.

Four! The Princeability-Meter Me Mighty entry and Splash For Glory in the first, single Falling In Luck in the second, Dont Tell Bugs, Go Little Flurt and How Bee Zar in the third and the We Once Met-Saatin entry and Mistry Unveiled in the fourth.

Shots in the dark: Proyen was wide in his latest and drops a notch in the sixth. Whats So Special ships in from Arizona in the ninth.

Post time: 7:15 p.m.

On the Net: For entries and results from Los Alamitos, visit: www.latimes.com/horseracing/