His Horses Aren’t Terrible 2s
Off to a good start with his 2-year-olds, trainer Carlos Lopez has three more entered in the three baby races being offered this evening.
In the sixth, a 300-yard race for maiden fillies, Lopez will send out Miss Willie Nilly, a California-bred daughter of Willie Wanta Dash. Cody Jensen will ride for owners Steve Burns and Chuck Casselman and will break from Post 2 in the field of 10.
The seventh is also at 300 yards, but is for $10,000 claimers. First Payboy, a gelded son of Corona Cartel, will debut for Lopez and owners Dutch Masters III and leave from the outside in a field of seven.
Lopez’s final 2-year-old making a debut is Cedeno, a Strawfly Special gelding also owned by Dutch Masters. Alvaro Gomez, who will ride First Payboy, also has the call in the 300-yard race for maiden fillies.
The picks: 1. Point Given. 2. Hugo Ripple. 3. Blue Warrior. 4. Evolution One. 5. Fairly Fasty. 6. Miss Willie Nilly. 7. Willys Wampum. 8. Marotta. 9. Cedeno.
Four! Use Funny Secret, Point Given and A Secret Chick in the first, Hugo Ripple, Highly Rated and Cagey Cameron in the second, single Blue Warrior in the third and Pritzi Too, Evolution One and Runnin With The Cash in the fourth.
Shots in the dark: Slew On Fire debuts against a weak field for trainer Paul Price in the fifth. Pals Eyes just won nicely for trainer Adan Farias and could repeat in the eighth.
Post time: 5:30 p.m.
On the Net: For entries and results from Los Alamitos, visit: www.latimes.com/horseracing/