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Is It Destiny for Destination?

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Final Destination, has won five in a row and will try to keep the roll going in the $100,000 Wilshire Handicap today at Hollywood Park.

Final Destination started her streak with three wins in her native New Zealand, then continued in her first two starts for owner Ed Gann and trainer Bobby Frankel.

In her U.S. debut last Dec. 11 in Inglewood, Final Destination won wire-to-wire, then battled Garden in the Rain to win the Buena Vista Handicap, a Grade II, at Santa Anita.

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She was ridden by Victor Espinoza in both races and he will be aboard again today in the Wilshire, a Grade III at one mile on the turf.

Trainer Laura De Seroux is scheduled to start three against Final Destination, including comebacking Turtle Bow.

Race of the day: The seventh at Hollywood Park is a starter allowance sprint (seven furlongs) that has attracted 13 entrants, among them Master Of The Sea, Sabalucious, Reality Check and More Influence.

One for the road: Galena Summit, a firster by Dance Brightly, has trained sharply for owners Bob and Beverly Lewis and trainer Bob Baffert and could make a successful debut in today’s fifth at Churchill Downs.

Exotically speaking: A pick three using More Influence, Sabalucious, Reality Check, Master Of The Sea and M.S. Balkhair in the seventh, the coupled Dublino-Little Treasure entry and Final Destination in the eighth and singling Damar Wayne in the ninth.

Winners: Previous day/meet total: 2/15. Money: Previous day/meet total: $14.40/$103.60. Total money bet: $70.

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