This Card Will Be a Turning Point

Before tonight’s main event, the $361,000 Kindergarten Futurity, fans of two-turn races at Los Alamitos will have plenty of action.

Four of the first seven races are at 41/2 furlongs--three featuring thoroughbreds, the other Arabians.

In the first, Hemet Charm drops to the $2,500 level as he tries to win his first race in his fifth start for trainer Charles Bloomquist.

In the third, Admiral Challenge will try for his third consecutive win for trainer Elmer January against six other $3,200 claimers.

Rubin’s Pride, a gelded son of What A Spell, will be seeking his 11th career win when he takes on seven other $2,000 claimers in the sixth.

Trainer Billy Lewis will have two chances to win the Arabian race when he sends out Fmr Petes Sake and Concorde CS in the seventh.

The picks: 1. Hemet Charm. 2. Willows Lil Effort. 3. Lost Pirate. 4. How Bee Zar. 5. Jace My Ace. 6. Rubin’s Pride. 7. Breakingtradition. 8. First Steps Special. 9. Lonely Moon Sign. 10. Winter Love. 11. Sand Mountain Tara.

Four! In the first, let’s use Sweet J.C. and Hemet Charm, Willows Lil Effort, Hot Saki and I Got Hot Pants in the second, Lost Pirate and Cielo Apache in the third and Easy To Dazzle and How Bee Zar in the fourth.

Shots in the dark: Danger returns in the fifth after nearly two years on the shelf for the solid jockey-trainer team of Guce and Ray Thomas. Olenes Highness drops in against $2,500 maidens in the 11th as she makes her first start for trainer Rodney Hart.

Post time: 6:30 p.m.

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